Project Details
Description
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Parasitic diseases continue to be
an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The last decade has
provided a series of new tools for parasite control, however these are not yet
thoroughly applied in developing countries where most emerging and re-emerging
parasitic infections occur. This program aims to strengthen and interrelate
three already existing research lines in Peru, that will be used as a
comprehensive framework for the concerted use of these new tools. A core
structure covering immunology/parasitology and epidemiology/GIS/data
management will enhance the shared use of new technology for the diagnosis,
treatment, and control of endemic parasitic diseases. In order to improve E.
granulosus control methods, fast-track alternatives will be sought in Project
1 by defining transmission dynamics, targeting the definitive host. In
Project 2, new synthetic peptides will be screened and used in a field
applicable format to detect individuals with brain T. solium cysticercosis
before the appearance of symptoms to determine the utility of pre-symptomatic
antiparasitic therapy, and in Project 3, the basic patterns of transmission in
endemic zones of Cyclospora cayetanensis, a new human pathogen protozoa
described and named at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, the applicant
institution, will be defined.
an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The last decade has
provided a series of new tools for parasite control, however these are not yet
thoroughly applied in developing countries where most emerging and re-emerging
parasitic infections occur. This program aims to strengthen and interrelate
three already existing research lines in Peru, that will be used as a
comprehensive framework for the concerted use of these new tools. A core
structure covering immunology/parasitology and epidemiology/GIS/data
management will enhance the shared use of new technology for the diagnosis,
treatment, and control of endemic parasitic diseases. In order to improve E.
granulosus control methods, fast-track alternatives will be sought in Project
1 by defining transmission dynamics, targeting the definitive host. In
Project 2, new synthetic peptides will be screened and used in a field
applicable format to detect individuals with brain T. solium cysticercosis
before the appearance of symptoms to determine the utility of pre-symptomatic
antiparasitic therapy, and in Project 3, the basic patterns of transmission in
endemic zones of Cyclospora cayetanensis, a new human pathogen protozoa
described and named at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, the applicant
institution, will be defined.
Status | Not started |
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Education
- Infectious Diseases
- Medical Laboratory Technology
- Food Animals
- Small Animals
- Library and Information Sciences
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Virology
- Epidemiology
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Parasitology
- Statistics and Probability