title: Soleus muscle adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) levels in Mastomys natalensis with Dipetalonema viteae infections: effect of diethylcarbamazine.
abstract: Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) levels in the soleus muscles of Mastomys natalensis during the patent phase of Dipetalonema viteae infection were studied. Decreased ATP levels were found in the infected animals as compared with the uninfected controls. Diethylcarbamazine citrate produced an 'anaphylactic reaction' and enhanced microfilaraemia in the infected animals, but did not cause any lowering of the soleus muscle ATP in the infected as well as in the uninfected animals.
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004153:Dipetalonema / Q000187:drug effects; D004154:Dipetalonema Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000187:drug effects; D009115:Muridae; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine