Antiparasitic Therapy
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Antiparasitic therapy.
Parasitic diseases affect more than 2 billion people globally and cause substantial morbidity and mortality, particularly among the world's poorest people. This overview focuses on the treatment of the major protozoan and helminth infections in humans. Recent developments in antiparasitic therapy include the expansion of artemisinin-based therapies for malaria, new drugs for soil-transmitted he...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2011.0203