The Diagnosis and Treatment of Protozoan Diseases discusses about major protozoan diseases such as Malaria, Leishmaniasis, etc., including clinically minor protozoan diseases. This book provides all essential information to the professional researcher and medical personnel about the disease, causative organism, and their lifecycle, diagnostics, and treatments, including drugs and vaccine, resistance and key points of future research. Infectious diseases are accountable for millions of deaths every year throughout the globe. Among them, significant contributors are protozoan parasites. Despite the many research group working on the various protozoan diseases, there are still major gaps to fill.The authors of this book have critically reviewed all the aspects of major protozoan diseases, their diagnostics, and treatments including resistance.

The Design and Development of Novel Drugs and Vaccines: Principles and Protocols presents both in silico methods and experimental protocols for vaccine and drug design and development, critically reviewing the most current research and emphasizing approaches and technologies that accelerate and lower the cost of product development. Sections review the technologies and approaches used to identify, characterize and establish a protein as a new drug and vaccine target, cover several molecular methods for in vitro studies of the desired target, and present various physiological parameters for in vivo studies. The book includes preclinical trials and research, along with information on FDA approval.