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Project

BEL-42 World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for monitoring anthelminthic drug efficacy against soil-transmitted helminths.

On request of WHO, the Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ghent University) applied for becoming the WHO Collaborating Centre (CC) for the monitoring of anthelmintic efficacy against Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms, the so called soil-transmitted helminths. The 4-year mandate started in 2009, and has been prolonged in 2013. This project provides fincanial support to the Laboratory of Parasitoology to perform this mandate.

Date:1 Jan 2015 →  31 Dec 2019
Keywords:anthelmintic drug efficacy, soil-transmitted helminths, anthelmintic resistance
Disciplines:Microbiology, Tropical medicine, Veterinary medicine, Immunology, Public health care, Public health sciences, Public health services