Challenges and recent progress in drug discovery for tropical diseases

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Abstract

Infectious tropical diseases have a huge effect in terms of mortality and morbidity, and impose a heavy economic burden on affected countries. These diseases predominantly affect the world’s poorest people. Currently available drugs are inadequate for the majority of these diseases, and there is an urgent need for new treatments. This Review discusses some of the challenges involved in developing new drugs to treat these diseases and highlights recent progress. While there have been notable successes, there is still a long way to go.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)498-506
Number of pages9
JournalNature
Volume559
Issue number7715
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2018

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