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