It features case studies, practical applications, and future perspectives, serving as an essential resource for researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and students involved in parasitology, tropical medicine, and drug discovery.
Table of Contents
1. Overview of blood parasitic diseases2. Drug resistance and the urgent need for novel therapies
3. Natural products in the ight against blood parasites
4. Mechanisms of action of natural antiparasitic agents
5. Medicinal and analogue chemistry of natural products
6. Nanotechnology in blood parasite control
7. Artificial intelligence and machine learning in antiparasitic drug discovery
8. In silico tools and computational biology in natural product research
9. From integrated control to next-generation interventions against major hemoprotozoan parasites??????
Authors
Mohamed Dkhil Professor, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.Prof. Dr. Mohamed Dkhil is a distinguished parasitologist who began his academic journey at the Faculty of Science, Cairo University, and earned his MSc from Helwan University in 1999. He pursued his PhD in malaria research at the Molecular Parasitology Institute, Heinrich Heine University, D�sseldorf, Germany (2000-2004). Currently a full Professor at the Department of Zoology and Entomology, Helwan University, he has authored nearly 250 peer-reviewed publications and serves as an editor for several ISI-indexed journals. With over 10 funded research projects, Prof Dkhil has significantly advanced parasitological science, especially in host-parasite interactions and natural therapies. He has served as Director of both the Interdisciplinary Research Center and the International Ranking Unit at Helwan University. His scientific excellence has been recognized with prestigious honors, including the Medal of Excellence (First Class) from President Abdelfatah Alsisi, the State Encouragement Prize (2017), and the State Award for Excellence in Basic Sciences (2021).
