The development of new drugs depends today on clearly defined goals, since spreading of resistances occurs in very short periods and research just by screening test affords long time. Thus, drug targets must be clearly defined and selectively chosen for experiments. Recent drug targets are listed in the following review.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Drug Targets for Helminthic Diseases. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_5032-1
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