Recent advances in malaria drug discovery.

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Published in Bioorg Med Chem Lett on March 27, 2013

Authors

Marco A Biamonte1, Jutta Wanner, Karine G Le Roch

Author Affiliations

1: Drug Discovery for Tropical Diseases, Suite 230, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. marco.biamonte@ddtd.org

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