Prospects for Moxidectin As a New Oral Treatment for Human Scabies

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2016 Mar 18

PMID 26985995

Citations 41

Authors

Kate E Mounsey

Charlotte Bernigaud

Olivier Chosidow

James S McCarthy

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