Niclosamide is an antihelminthic used for the treatment of tapeworm infections. Helminths (worms) are multicellular organisms that infect very large numbers of humans and cause a broad range of diseases. Over 1 billion people are infected with intestinal nematodes, and many millions are infected with filarial nematodes, flukes, and tapeworms. They are an eve...
For the treatment of tapeworm and intestinal fluke infections: Taenia saginata (Beef Tapeworm), Taenia solium (Pork Tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium latum (Fish Tapeworm), Fasciolopsis buski (large intestinal fluke). Niclosamide is also used as a molluscicide in the control of schistosomiasis.
Tor Vegata, Rome, Italy
Baghdad teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berlin, Germany
San Marcos University, Lima, Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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