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Christabel N Hikaambo1, Natalia Shakela1, John G Woodland1,2,3
1Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
Science Translational Medicine
|October 18, 2023
Abstract:
Zoonotic and related infections pose an enormous health threat to the world's second-most populous continent. Despite the challenges faced by drug discovery scientists in Africa, recent progress toward identifying potential medicines across diverse disease areas is a cause for optimism and an indicator of progress in African-led scientific initiatives.
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