Activity of mefloquine and mefloquine derivatives against Echinococcus multilocularis

Reto Rufener1, Dominic Ritler1, Jana Zielinski2, Luca Dick1, Emerson Teixeira da Silva3, Adriele da Silva Araujo3, Deborah Elisabeth Joekel4, David Czock5, Christine Goepfert6, Adriana Marques Moraes3, Marcus Vinicius Nora de Souza3, Joachim Müller1, Meike Mevissen2, Andrew Hemphill1, Britta Lundström-Stadelmann1
1Institute of Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
2Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 124, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
3Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto de Tecnologia em Fármacos – Far Manguinhos, 21041-250, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
5Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
6Institute of Animal Pathology COMPATH, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, Switzerland