Trypanosomatid diseases : molecular routes to drug discovery / edited by Timo Jäger, Oliver Koch, and Leopold Flohé.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jäger, Timo.

Koch, Oliver.

Flohé, Leopold.

Series:

Drug discovery in infectious diseases ; v. 4.

Drug discovery in infectious diseases ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitic diseases.

Trypanosomatidae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first resource to provide researchers in academia and industry with an urgently needed update summarizing the current knowledge and possibilities for drug intervention against Trypanosomatides all in one volume. As such, it covers every aspect of the topic from basic research findings, via current treatments to translational approaches in drug development and includes both human and livestock diseases. The outstanding editor and contributor team reads like a Who?s Who of the field, thus guaranteeing the outstanding quality of this ready reference.

Contents:

pt. 1. Disease burden, current treatments, medical needs, and strategic approaches

pt. 2. Metabolic peculiarities in the trypanosomatid family guiding drug discovery

pt. 3. Validation and selection of drug targets in kinetoplasts

pt. 4. Examples of target-based approaches and compounds under consideration.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783527670406

3527670408

9783527670383

3527670386

9781299402201

1299402208

9783527670390

3527670394

OCLC:

833767002