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SUBMITTER: De Leon-Nava MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4849070 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De León-Nava Marco A MA Romero-Núñez Eunice E Luna-Nophal Angélica A Bernáldez-Sarabia Johanna J Sánchez-Campos Liliana N LN Licea-Navarro Alexei F AF Morales-Montor Jorge J Muñiz-Hernández Saé S
Marine drugs 20160408 4
Toxins that are secreted by cone snails are small peptides that are used to treat several diseases. However, their effects on parasites with human and veterinary significance are unknown. Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic parasite that affects approximately 30% of the world's population and can be lethal in immunologically compromised individuals. The conventional treatment for this parasitic infection has remained the same since the 1950s, and its efficacy is limited to the acute phase of i ...[more]