Type 2 antifolates in the chemotherapy of falciparum malaria
About 40% of the world population is exposed to malaria, which results in the death of over 2 million people per year in Africa, Latin America, Southern Asia and Oceania. The most severe type of malaria in humans is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Chemotherapy is still one of...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2002-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532002000600003 |