Purpose
to test the hypothesis that infecting blackflies with the bacteria Spiroplasma could impair the ability to transmit the river blindness parasite and increase fertility of female flies that pass along this beneficial bacteria to its offspring
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
MAY 2010
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
18
Grantee location
Rochester, New York, United States
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