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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance2017

A novel in vitro image-based assay identifies new drug leads for giardiasis.

Christopher J S Hart, Taylah Munro, Katherine T Andrews, John H Ryan, Andrew G Riches, Tina S Skinner-Adams

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The activity of combinations of currently used antigiardial drugs against Giardia duodenalis.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2026
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  4. Assessment of therapeutic potential ofJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher J S HartGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.
Taylah MunroGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.
Katherine T AndrewsGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.
John H RyanCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Biomedical Manufacturing, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
Andrew G RichesCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Biomedical Manufacturing, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
Tina S Skinner-AdamsGriffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia. Electronic address: t.skinner-adams@griffith.edu.au.
Griffith University · AUHealth Sciences and Nutrition · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giardia duodenalis is an intestinal parasite that causes giardiasis, a widespread human gastrointestinal disease. Treatment of giardiasis relies on a small arsenal of compounds that can suffer from limitations including side-effects, variable treatment efficacy and parasite drug resistance. Thus new anti-Giardia drug leads are required. The search for new compounds with anti-Giardia activity currently depends on assays that can be labour-intensive, expensive and restricted to measuring activity at a single time-point. Here we describe a new in vitro assay to assess anti-Giardia activity. This image-based assay utilizes the Perkin-Elmer Operetta

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Drug DiscoveryAntiprotozoal AgentsAutomationDrug ResistanceGiardia lambliaImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLife Cycle StagesParasitic Sensitivity TestsAntiprotozoal AgentsDrug discoveryGiardiaImage-based assayMalaria Box

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PMID28171818
PMCPMC5295624
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