THE NEW ERA AGAINST NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES: FIGHTING PROTOZOA STRIKING KNOWN AND INNOVATIVE TARGETS

• Prof. Roberto Di Santo
• 25/06/2019 11:27

• Conferencia

Trypanosomatid diseases caused by protozoa belonging to the genera Leishmania and Trypanosomoma represent an increasing global health involving more than 20 million people worldwide. They include leishmaniases, Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness, categorized by WHO as the most challenging neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) . Theese pathologies are expanding their frontiers worldwide due to migration phenomenon. Due to the poor interest of big Pharma towards such pathologies new treat...