A new type of 8-quinolinol amebacidal agent

JH Burckhalter, WH Edgerton

Index: Burckhalter; Edgerton Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1951 , vol. 73, p. 4837

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Abstract

Discussion Dysentery and malaria were the tropical diseases of greatest occurrence among the armed forces of the United States during World War 11. Through the use of modern suppressive and curative drugs, there is no reason why malaria should be so serious in the future. However, because amebiasis, which is caused by the organism Endameba histolytica, is at present diffcult to detect and to treat, it remains a widespread chronic ...