New Treatment For Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)

Main Category: Tropical Diseases
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology
Article Date: 10 Jan 2007 - 2:00 PDT

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A significant reduction in parasite burden and pathology by a vinyl sulfone cysteine protease inhibitor suggests a new direction for chemotherapy of human schistosomiasis.

Citation: Abdulla M, Lim KC, Sajid M, McKerrow JH, Caffrey CR (2007) Schistosomiasis mansoni: Novel chemotherapy using a cysteine protease inhibitor. PLoS Med 4(1): e14.

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