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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2013
Elise Isabel, Point-Claire, CA;
Christopher Mellon, L'lle Bizard, CA;
Christian Beaulieu, Laval, CA;
Elise Isabel, Point-Claire, CA;
Christopher Mellon, L'lle Bizard, CA;
Christian Beaulieu, Laval, CA;
Merck Canada Inc., Quebec, CA;
Abstract
Several parasites responsible for mammalian diseases are dependent on cysteine protease for various life-cycle functions. Inhibition or decreasing function of these proteases can be useful in the treatment and/or prevention of these parasitic diseases including; toxoplasmosis, malaria, African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, amebiasis, giardiasis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, paragonimiasis, fasciolopsiasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, dracunculiasis,, trichuriasis, stronglyoidiasis, trichostrongyliasis, trichomoniasis or cestodiasis.