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Project
Towards the assessment of the global status of anthelmintic resistance in human intestinal worms
Intestinal worms infect ~1.4 billion children worldwide. To fight these worms, large-scale deworming
programs are implemented. However, these programs are highly vulnerable to the development of
anthelmintic resistance (AR). The project aims to identify molecular markers for AR, to
develop/validate diagnostic tools for these markers, and to implement the tools to assess AR in high
drug pressure areas.
Date:1 Jan 2019 → Today
Keywords:mass drug administration, anthelmintic resistance, intestinal worms, molecular marker, benzimidazole
Disciplines:Parasitology, Health management, Community child health, Public health sciences not elsewhere classified, Tropical medicine, Veterinary anatomy, morphology and (clinical) pathology