Research Article

Antigiardial Effect of Kramecyne in Experimental Giardiasis

Table 1

Results of effect in vivo. Efficiency of treatment of kramecyne over infected gerbils with experimental giardiasis. The chronological procedure in days is shown. Nontreated gerbils remain infected until day 26 and they were also euthanized.

Group1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Day 0Intragastric inoculation
Oral inoculation of 1 106 purified cysts of Giardia into the gerbils
Days 5–15Infection
CPS analysis searching Giardia intestinalis cysts
Days 16–20Treatment
Oral inoculation of kramecyne (μg/Kg of weight)
40320450500750
Days 21–26Evaluation
CPS to follow the infection status
Day 26Euthanasia of the gerbils at day 26
Efficiency of treatmentElimination of parasite
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