Facilitated By

San Antonio Medical Foundation

Genetic Analysis of Host Specificity in Schistosoma mansoni

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

 

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Principal Investigator(s)
Anderson, Timothy J. C.
Collaborating Institutions
UTHSCSA
Funded by
NIH-PMS
Research Start Date
Status
Active

Schistosomes are the most important of the helminth parasites that infect humans. Larval stages infect aquatic snails, so the transmission cycle can be broken by interfering with this stage in the parasite lifecycle. We will use genetic crosses of schistosomes in the laboratory to identify the parasite genes that underlie recognition of snail vectors and development of parasites within host snails.

Collaborative Project
Genetics
Diabetes and Obesity