Strategies for drug target identification in Mycobacterium leprae

Abstract excerpt

Hansen's disease (HD), or leprosy, continues to be endemic in many parts of the world. Although multidrug therapy (MDT) is successful in curing a large number of patients, some of them abandon it because it is a long-term treatment. Therefore, identification of new drug targets in Mycobacterium leprae is considered of high importance. Here, we introduce an overview of in silico and in vitro studies that might be...