Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in parasites
Open Access
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 6 (11), 874-882
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00777.x
Abstract
Drug resistance is complicating the treatment of parasitic diseases. We review here the basic mechanisms of parasite resistance in malaria, sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and common helminthiases. ...Keywords
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