Abstract
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense are the causative agents of sleeping sickness, a fatal disease that affects 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, only a handful of clinically useful drugs are available. These drugs suffer from severe side-effects. The situation is further aggravated by the alarming incidence of treatment failures in several sleeping sickness foci, apparently indicating the occurrence of drug-resistant trypanosomes. Because of
Keywords: Trypanosoma brucei, sleeping sickness, functional genomics, drug target, chemotherapy, drug resistance
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: Chemotherapeutic Strategies Against Trypanosoma brucei: Drug Targets vs. Drug Targeting
Volume: 13 Issue: 6
Author(s): A. Luscher, H. P. de Koning and P. Maser
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Keywords: Trypanosoma brucei, sleeping sickness, functional genomics, drug target, chemotherapy, drug resistance
Abstract: Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense are the causative agents of sleeping sickness, a fatal disease that affects 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, only a handful of clinically useful drugs are available. These drugs suffer from severe side-effects. The situation is further aggravated by the alarming incidence of treatment failures in several sleeping sickness foci, apparently indicating the occurrence of drug-resistant trypanosomes. Because of
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Luscher A., de Koning P. H. and Maser P., Chemotherapeutic Strategies Against Trypanosoma brucei: Drug Targets vs. Drug Targeting, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2007; 13 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161207780162809
| DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161207780162809 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
| Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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