Research Activities

During the past few years, increased awareness of parasitic infections has led to newly recognized parasites, emerging pathogens, and bioterrorism considerations; the field of diagnostic medical parasitology, treatment and vaccines are undergoing dramatic changes.

The NRCP has interests in:

• diagnosis of parasitic diseases
• screening drugs to be used as therapies for protozoan parasitic diseases
• developing vaccines to prevent parasitic diseases
• the study of host-parasite interactions
• applying proteomic technology to discover biomarkers for infectious diseases.