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  • Title: The use of the 2 substituted 5-nitroimidazole, Fexinidazole (Hoe 239) in the treatment of chronic T. brucei infections in mice.
    Author: Jennings FW, Urquhart GM.
    Journal: Z Parasitenkd; 1983; 69(5):577-81. PubMed ID: 6636983.
    Abstract:
    Relapse of chronic T. brucei infections was completely prevented by treating with either diminazene aceturate (Berenil) at 40 mg/kg or suramin (Germanin) at 20 mg/kg followed by four doses of the 2-substituted 5-nitroimidazole (Fexinidazole) (Hoe 239). None of these drugs administered singly elicited 100% permanent cures although a high percentage of the mice were cured with four doses of Fexinidazole at 250 mg/kg. A single dose of 20 mg/kg suramin followed by four daily doses of 30 mg/kg Fexinidazole will effectively eliminate all the trypanosomes from the brains of chronically infected mice.
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