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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Main Authors: Malina A. Bakowski, Case W. McNamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/3/108