Publication Year: 2012
Edition: 1st
Authors/Editor: Caffrey, Conor R.; Selzer, Paul M.
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-3-52-733059-1
With its well-balanced mix of high-profile contributors from academia and industry, this handbook and reference will appeal to a wide audience, including parasitologists, pharmaceutical industry, epidemiologists, and veterinary scientists.
This book is the first to deal with drug discovery in helminthic infections in human and animals. The result is a broad overview of different drug target evaluation methods, including specific examples of successful drug development against helminthes, and with a whole section devoted to vaccine development.