A

African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)

Human African trypanosomiasis, or “sleeping sickness”, is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. Untreated, the disease is fatal.

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Our Focus

CERID’s research on African Trypanosomiasis is focused on drug discovery & development.

B

Besnoitiosis

Besnoitiosis is caused by infection with protozoan Besnoitia spp., which are cyst-forming coccidian parasites that affect multiple host species worldwide.

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Our Focus

CERID’s work with Besnoitiosis is focused on drug discovery and development.

C

Chagas Disease

Chagas disease, or “American trypanosomiasis”, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi.

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Our Focus

Chagas disease research at CERID is focused on drug discovery/development.

Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidiosis, also known as “Crypto”, is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium, a microscopic protozoan parasite.

Our Focus

CERID’s work on Cryptosporidiosis focuses on target-based drug discovery and development.

Cystoisosporiasis

Cystoisosporiasis is an intestinal disease of humans caused by the coccidian parasite Cystoisospora belli.

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Our Focus

CERID’s work on Cystoisosporiasis focuses on target-based drug discovery and development.

G

Giardiasis

Giardiasis is a diarrheal illness caused by Giardia, a microscopic parasite found on surfaces or in soil, food or water.

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Our Focus

CERID’s work on Giardiasis focuses on target-based drug discovery and development.

L

Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by protozoan parasites and is transmitted by the bite of a certain species of sand fly.

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Our Focus

CERID’s research concentrates on drug discovery for Leishmania species (the cause of leishmaniasis).

M

Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by the parasite Plasmodium.

Our Focus

CERID’s research on Malaria includes immunology, diagnostics and clinical trials to test new drugs and vaccines.

N

Neosporosis

Neosporosis is a disease caused by Neospora caninum, a microscopic protozoan parasite with worldwide distribution.

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T

Theileria Parva

Theileria parva is a highly pathogenic tick-borne intracellular protozoan parasite of cattle.

Associated Labs
Our Focus

CERID is performing proof-of-principle experiments in mice testing a rapid synthetic “minigene” technology for highly parallel synthesis of multi-antigen DNA vaccines, an approach that could support discovery of vaccine subunits.

Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.

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