Chemotherapy of African trypanosomiasis.
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چکیده
No new effective drugs for trypanosomiasis, human or animal, have been brought into field use for 20 years; increased drug development costs, the generally small drug budgets of developing countries and widespread evolution of drug resistance are primary causes. The topics covered briefly here deal with data accumulated since an earlier review (WILLIAMSON, 1970). A more extended account will be published elsewhere.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
دوره 70 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976