$5 Million Supports Research into Neglected Tropical Diseases (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

$5 Million Supports Research into Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, (right) works with Hyeim Jung, a doctoral student in her lab at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Mitreva has received two grants totaling $5 million to develop genomic tools to study two types of parasitic infection that are endemic in Peru and parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The research could help fight drug-resistant parasitic infections and build maps to track drug-resistant parasites.

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Matt Miller

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