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LEISHMANIASIS AND CHAGAS DISEASE – NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES: TREATMENT UPDATES
Sangenito, Leandro Stefano et al. | Date Issued: 2019
Author
Sangenito, Leandro Stefano
Santos, Vanessa da Silva
d´Avila-Levy, Claudia Masini
Branquinha, Marta Helena
Santos, André Luis Souza dos
Oliveira, Simone S.C. de
Affilliation
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes. Departamento de Microbiologia Geral. Laboratório de Estudos Avançados de Microrganismos Emergentes e Resistentes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes. Departamento de Microbiologia Geral. Laboratório de Estudos Avançados de Microrganismos Emergentes e Resistentes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes. Departamento de Microbiologia Geral. Laboratório de Estudos Avançados de Microrganismos Emergentes e Resistentes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes. Departamento de Microbiologia Geral. Laboratório de Estudos Avançados de Microrganismos Emergentes e Resistentes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de janeiro. Instituto de Química. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioquímica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) [1] has listed 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including infections caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa. Together, these illnesses put at risk more than 1.4 billion people that live in absolute poverty, primarily in developing countries. Despite the high morbidity and high costs with treatment/hospitalization, it is been evident that the private sector does not have suitable interest in financing programs against many of the NTDs. This regrettable fact occurs because these conditions affect a portion of the population living on the margins of poverty, and therefore little financial return is obtained by the development of new drugs and diagnostic tests. This market strategy contributes to spread poverty and generates social stigma in this neglected population ....
Keywords in Portuguese
Doença de Chagas
Leishmaniose
Tratamento
 
Keywords
Chagas Disease
Leishmaniasis
Treatment
 
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers
Citation
SANGENITO, Leandro Stefano et al. Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease – Neglected Tropical Diseases: Treatment Updates. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, v. 19, n. 3, p. 174-177, 2019.
DOI
10.2174/156802661903190328155136
ISSN
1568-0266