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Preface: Positive interactions between anti-infection drugs and the immune response: an emerging paradigm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. J. Doenhoff  and
L. H. Chappell
M. J. Doenhoff
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwnyedd, LL57 2UW, UK
L. H. Chappell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB9 2TN, Scotland
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Summary

In the third and fourth decades of this century chemotherapy began to be established as one of the greatest success stories in medicine. Now unfortunately severe problems compromise the efficacy of drugs used to treat infectious diseases, two of the most serious handicaps being the rapidity with which target pathogens can develop drug-resistance and the slow rate at which replacement products are appearing on the market. Increased understanding of the ways in which existing drugs act may help both to prolong their usefulness and to generate novel therapeutic strategies.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 105 , Issue S1: Chemotherapy and the immune system , January 1992 , pp. S1 - S2
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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