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ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2021

An Overview on the Therapeutics of Neglected Infectious Diseases-Leishmaniasis and Chagas Diseases.

Brindha J, Balamurali M M, Kaushik Chanda

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Review in Frontiers in chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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68citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
16.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Can floral nectars reduce transmission of Leishmania?PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022
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  18. CRISPR-Cas13b mediated gene knockdowns in Leishmania infantum.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2025
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  20. Novel Chalcone Derivatives as Anti-Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brindha JDivision of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Balamurali M MDivision of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Kaushik ChandaDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.
Vellore Institute of Technology University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as termed by WHO include twenty different infectious diseases that are caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Among these NTDs, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis are reported to cause high mortality in humans and are further associated with the limitations of existing drugs like severe toxicity and drug resistance. The above hitches have rendered researchers to focus on developing alternatives and novel therapeutics for the treatment of these diseases. In the past decade, several target-based drugs have emerged, which focus on specific biochemical pathways of the causative parasites. For leishmaniasis, the targets such as nucleoside analogs, inhibitors targeting nucleoside phosphate kinases of the parasite's purine salvage pathway, 20S proteasome of

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