Killing of trypanosomatid parasites by a modified bovine host defense peptide, BMAP-18.

• Main Authors: Lee R Haines (Author), Jamie M Thomas (Author), Angela M Jackson (Author), Brett A Eyford (Author), Morteza Razavi (Author), Cristalle N Watson (Author), Brent Gowen (Author), Robert E W Hancock (Author), Terry W Pearson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Tropical diseases caused by parasites continue to cause socioeconomic devastation that reverberates worldwide. There is a growing need for new control measures for many of these diseases due to increasing drug resistance exhibited by the parasites and problems with drug toxicity. One new...