Antiprotozoal drug discovery : a challenge that remains / edited by Norma Rivera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rivera, Norma, Author.

Rivera, Norma, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiprotozoal agents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates : Bentham eBooks, 2016.

Summary:

Protozoan infections that are endemic in countries with limited economic resources pose a significant public health challenge to affected communities and some of these diseases are categorized as neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization. At the moment there is an urgent need to identify and develop new antiprotozoal drugs. Antiprotozoal Drug Discovery: A Challenge That Remains brings together research from all scientists (including parasitologists chemists biologists among others) involved in the field of antiprotozoal experimental pharmacology drug design and natural product research. The monograph is a compilation of review chapters written by experts on medical parasitology and pharmacology that covers a wide range of topics such as general characteristics of protozoan diseases (malaria toxoplasmosis Chagas' disease leishmaniasis trichomoniasis) prophylaxis treatments natural products and rational drug design. The contents of this book are useful to medical microbiologists and pharmaceutical scientists seeking to update their knowledge about antiprotozoal drug design.

Contents:

Antiprotozoal Drug Discovery: A Challenge That Remains

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 4, 2016).

ISBN:

9781681083292

1681083299