Treatment for chronic hepatitis C has changed over the past years achieving higher response rates. The combination treatment with pegylated interferon-a and ribavirin is tailored based on the on-treatment virological responses. With this response-guided therapy, the overall sustained virological response rate is about 55%. Many new antivirals are currently under investigation and some will be c...

Giardiasis, which is caused by Giardia lamblia infection, a relevant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Because no vaccines are currently available to treat giardiasis, chemotherapeutic drugs the main options for controlling infection. Evidence has shown that nitro drug nitazoxanide (NTZ) commonly prescribed treatment giardiasis; however, mechanisms underlying NTZ’s antigiardial activi...