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Antifungal, antiprotozoal and antiviral agents

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In addition to bacterial disease many infections are caused by fungi, viruses and protozoa. Chemotherapy of these infections has been somewhat neglected because of the difficulty in designing safe and selective agents, but in recent years chemical ingenuity has led to some major breakthroughs.

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  1. T. J. Franklin
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Franklin, T.J., Snow, G.A. (1989). Antifungal, antiprotozoal and antiviral agents. In: Biochemistry of Antimicrobial Action. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0825-3_6

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0825-3_6

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