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- Title
Genomics.
- Abstract
The article presents the study by the National Institutes of Health Roadmap and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on identifying chemical compounds as potential therapies for schistosomiasis in the U.S. Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia or snail fever, is a parasitic-worm disease that has affected 207 million people around the world. It states that people got the infection by wading, swimming or bathing in fresh water inhabited by snails, which are hosts of worms.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SWIMMER'S itch; COMMUNICABLE diseases; NATIONAL Institute of Allergy &; Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
- Publication
Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO), 2008, Vol 40, Issue 5, p10
- ISSN
0580-7247
- Publication type
Article