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SCHIZONTOCIDE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Medication
DEF

Drug which destroys the asexual forms of malaria parasites.

OBS

Schizontocides are distinguished as blood schizontocides and tissue schizontocides. When "schizontocide" is used alone, it usually refers to a blood schizontocide, i.e., one which acts on the erythrocytic asexual parasites. Tissue schizontocides are those drugs which destroy the exoerythrocytic stages of the parasite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Médicaments
DEF

Médicament qui détruit les formes asexuées des parasites du paludisme.

OBS

On distingue les schizontocides sanguins et les schizontocides tissulaires. Quand il est question de «schizontocide» sans qualificatif, il s'agit d'ordinaire d'un «schizontocide sanguin».

Spanish

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