What is it about?
Trying to demonstrate the antiparasitic role of omeprazole, a drug used in the peptic acid illness.
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Why is it important?
There is at least one lethal strain of Giardia lamblia capable to infect human. If this lethal (or other) turned multidrug resistant it would be one of the worst pandemia to human being.
Perspectives
Demonstrate the efficacy of omeprazole against giardiasis.
Dr Gabriel Lopez-Velazquez
Instituto Nacional de Pediatria
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This page is a summary of: Giardial Triosephosphate Isomerase as Possible Target of the Cytotoxic Effect of Omeprazole in Giardia lamblia, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2014, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/aac.02900-14.
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