Improving tests for tropical worm diseases aim of $2.95 million grant – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Peter Fischer Field research technicians (from left) Aaron Mamolu and Emanuel Gray, along with Lincoln Gankpala (right), a senior research technician and DOLF project coordinator of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, examine blood smears for worm larvae in a remote village of Foya District, Liberia, in 2016. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a grant to develop better diagnostic tests for worm infections as part of an international effort in Liberia and elsewhere to eliminate two tropical infectious diseases: lymphatic filariasis a...
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