Traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of echinococcosis: a review].

Echinococcosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by infection with Echinococcus species. As the drug of first choice for treatment of echinococcosis, albendazole suffers from problems of large doses and remarkable adverse reactions in clinical therapy. Development of novel drugs against echinococcosis is of urgent need. Recently, great advances have been achieved in the research on traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of echinococcosis. This review summarizes the progress of researches on traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of echinococcosis, aiming to provide insights into development of anti-echinococcosis drugs.

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Q Chen, C Liu, C Li, B Zhang, H Fan. Traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of echinococcosis: a review]. Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control. 2023 Sep 19;35(4):398-406

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