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SUBMITTER: Battista T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7221613 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Battista Theo T Colotti Gianni G Ilari Andrea A Fiorillo Annarita A
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200421 8
The protozoans <i>Leishmania</i> and <i>Trypanosoma</i>, belonging to the same Trypanosomatidae family, are the causative agents of Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and human African trypanosomiasis. Overall, these infections affect millions of people worldwide, posing a serious health issue as well as socio-economical concern. Current treatments are inadequate, mainly due to poor efficacy, toxicity, and emerging resistance; therefore, there is an urgent need for new drugs. ...[more]