Pathogens (Oct 2023)

Therapeutic Strategies against <i>Leishmania</i> and <i>Trypanosoma</i>

  • André L. S. Santos,
  • Igor A. Rodrigues,
  • Claudia M. d’Avila-Levy,
  • Cátia L. Sodré,
  • Koert Ritmeijer,
  • Marta H. Branquinha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12101263
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 10
p. 1263

Abstract

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Human African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness, with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense as etiological agents), American trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas disease, with Trypanosoma cruzi as the etiological agent), and leishmaniasis (including cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral forms, with multiple species belonging to the Leishmania genus as etiological agents) are recognized as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) [...]

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