Drug targets in kinetoplastid parasites /

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Imprint:New York : Springer Science+Business Media ; Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 157 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 625
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 625.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8886689
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Other authors / contributors:Majumder, Hemanta K.
ISBN:9780387775692
0387775692
9780387775708 (electronic bk.)
0387775706 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:If viewed globally, the parasitic diseases pose an increasing threat to human health and welfare. The diseases caused by kinetoplastid protozoan parasites like Leishmania and Trypanosoma continue as a cause of suffering for many millions of people in both tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Leishmania species are found throughout Latin America, Africa and Asia. Trypanosoma cruzi that cause Chagasa (TM) disease is endemic in Latin America, while members of Trypanosoma brucei group are found in sub-Saharan Africa. Although the past two decades has witnessed commendable research effort.
Other form:Print version: Drug targets in kinetoplastid parasites. New York : Springer Science+Business Media ; Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, c2008 9780387775692 0387775692