Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis

Human Africa trypanosomiasis is a centuries-old disease which has disrupted sub-Saharan Africa in both physical suffering and economic loss. This article presents an update of classic chemotherapeutic agents, in use for >50 years and the recent development of promising non-toxic combination chemo...

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Autor principal: Bacchi, Cyrus J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/195040
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description Human Africa trypanosomiasis is a centuries-old disease which has disrupted sub-Saharan Africa in both physical suffering and economic loss. This article presents an update of classic chemotherapeutic agents, in use for >50 years and the recent development of promising non-toxic combination chemotherapy suitable for use in rural clinics.
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spelling pubmed-27304752009-08-25 Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis Bacchi, Cyrus J. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis Review Article Human Africa trypanosomiasis is a centuries-old disease which has disrupted sub-Saharan Africa in both physical suffering and economic loss. This article presents an update of classic chemotherapeutic agents, in use for >50 years and the recent development of promising non-toxic combination chemotherapy suitable for use in rural clinics. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2730475/ /pubmed/19707529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/195040 Text en Copyright © 2009 Cyrus J. Bacchi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis
title Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis
title_full Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis
title_fullStr Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis
title_full_unstemmed Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis
title_short Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis
title_sort chemotherapy of human african trypanosomiasis
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/195040
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