Purpose
to eradicate diseases transmitted by the parasite Schistosoma by testing whether other parasites known as amphistome flukes can infect schistosome-transmitting snails and block and/or prevent infections in these snails.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
OCTOBER 2013
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
25
Grantee location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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