Purpose
to control the dominant tick species Rhiphicephalus haemaphysaloides, which causes human and animal diseases in south Asian countries, by developing anti-tick biological agents composed of dsRNAs that will inhibit two selected tick proteins.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
OCTOBER 2013
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
19
Grantee location
Shanghai, China
Related work
More about our financials
Our work
Learn about where we work around the globe and the programs we’ve created to address urgent issues in global health, global development, and education.
How we work
We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers.