Therapeutic Strategies against Leishmania and Trypanosoma

Pathogens. 2023 Oct 19;12(10):1263. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12101263.

Abstract

Human African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness, with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense as etiological agents), American trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas disease, with Trypanosoma cruzi as the etiological agent), and leishmaniasis (including cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral forms, with multiple species belonging to the Leishmania genus as etiological agents) are recognized as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial

Grants and funding

This study was supported by grants from the following Brazilian Agencies: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa no Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES—Financial code 001).