Treatment of human babesiosis: then and now

I Renard, C Ben Mamoun - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the
genus Babesia. With its increasing incidence worldwide and the risk of human-to-human …

Assay methods for in vitro and in vivo anti-Babesia drug efficacy testing: Current progress, outlook, and challenges

MA Rizk, SAES El-Sayed, M Nassif, J Mosqueda… - Veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Absence of an effective high-throughput drug-screening system for Babesia parasites is
considered one of the main causes for the presence of a wide gap in the treatment of animal …

Synergistic drug combination effectively blocks Ebola virus infection

W Sun, S He, C Martínez-Romero, J Kouznetsova… - Antiviral research, 2017 - Elsevier
Although a group of FDA-approved drugs were previously identified with activity against
Ebola virus (EBOV), most of them are not clinically useful because their human blood …

Comparison of the Efficacy of Longer versus Shorter Pulsed High Dose Dapsone Combination Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease/Post Treatment …

RI Horowitz, J Fallon, PR Freeman - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Twenty-five patients with relapsing and remitting Borreliosis, Babesiosis, and bartonellosis
despite extended anti-infective therapy were prescribed double-dose dapsone combination …

Theileria equi isolates vary in susceptibility to imidocarb dipropionate but demonstrate uniform in vitro susceptibility to a bumped kinase inhibitor

SA Hines, JD Ramsay, LS Kappmeyer, AOT Lau… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The apicomplexan hemoparasite Theileria equi is a causative agent of
equine piroplasmosis, eradicated from the United States in 1988. However, recent outbreaks …

Evaluation of possible prophylactic and therapeutic effect of mefloquine on experimental cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised mice

ES El-Wakil, AE Salem, AMF Al-Ghandour - Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 2021 - Springer
Cryptosporidiosis is an imperative global health concern. Unfortunately, Nitazoxanide
(NTZ)(the nowadays drug of choice) is not effective in treatment of immunocompromised …

Mefloquine loaded niosomes as a promising approach for the treatment of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis

BM El Sharazly, IAA Asaad, NA Yassen… - Acta tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmosis is a disease with a worldwide distribution and significant morbidity and
mortality. In search of effective treatment, mefloquine (MQ) was repurposed and loaded with …

A dual target of Plasmepsin IX and X: Unveiling the atomistic superiority of a core chemical scaffold in malaria therapy

G Munsamy, C Agoni… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmepsin IX and X, members of the prominent aspartic family of proteases whose function
were hitherto unknown have only recently been established as key mediators of erythrocyte …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of the inhibitory effects of coumermycin A1 on the growth of Theileria and Babesia parasites in vitro and in vivo

M AbouLaila, AR AbdEl-Aziz, S Menshawy… - Pak Vet J, 2021 - researchgate.net
B. caballi were observed with IC50 values of 80, 70, 57, and 65 nM, respectively. Their
development was remarkably inhibited at observed concentrations of 10, 25, 50, and 100 …

Parasite cathepsin D-like peptidases and their relevance as therapeutic targets

D Sojka, D Hartmann, P Bartošová-Sojková… - Trends in …, 2016 - cell.com
Inhibition of aspartic cathepsin D-like peptidases (APDs) has been often discussed as an
antiparasite intervention strategy. APDs have been considered as virulence factors of …