Advances in Antiwolbachial Drug Discovery for Treatment of Parasitic Filarial Worm Infections
The intracellular bacteria now known as <i>Wolbachia</i> were first described in filarial worms in the 1970s, but the idea of <i>Wolbachia</i> being used as a macrofilaricidal target did not gain wide attention until the early 2000s, with research in filariae suggesting the r...
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MDPI AG
2019-07-01
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Series: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/3/108 |