Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases

Amebiasis

Regions: Central and South America, South Asia, Middle East, Africa Number
Afflicted: 50 million
At risk: 480 million
Involved Since: 1985

Leishmaniasis

Regions: South America, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Southern Europe
Afflicted: 12 million
At Risk: 350 million
Involved Since: 1997

Hookworm

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, South and South-East Asia
Afflicted: 0.7-1.0 billion
At Risk: 1.0-1.2 billion
Involved Since: 2010

Filariasis

Regions: South America, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Southern Europe
Afflicted: 12 million
At Risk: 350 million
Involved Since: 1997

African Sleeping Sickness

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa
Afflicted: 50,000
At risk: 60 million
Involved Since: 1997

Schistosomiasis

Regions: Africa, Middle East, Caribbean, South America, China, South East Asia
Afflicted: 250 million
At Risk: 700 million
Involved Since: 1985

Onchocerciasis

Regions: West and Central Africa, Yemen, Latin America.
Afflicted: 25 million
At Risk: 125 million
Involved Since: 1990

Chagas Disease

Regions: Latin America
Afflicted: 7-8 million
At risk: 100 million
Involved Since: 1997

Naegleriasis

Regions: Worldwide
Afflicted: 235
At Risk: Freshwater swimmers
Involved Since: 1990

Research

Neglected Tropical Diseases: from Innovation to Cure

Education

Hosting Scholars and Sabbaticals from Endemic Regions

Awareness

Striving for a Healthy World

Resources

• Screening • Validation • Design • Development

 
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Recent Publications

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Summer Research for High School Students

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Africa’s Silent Disease – a Snapshot from the Field

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Flatworm Brain is Made of Four Distinct Lobes

Featured Article

Naegleria fowleri is common, deadly and there is no cure

Awareness groups and foundations across the US joined together as the National Advocates for Amoeba Awareness.

Families and friends who lost a loved one to this devastating pathogen have found the strength and have the desire to inform other families of the risk and the prevention.

 
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Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks  

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Crystal Lab

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Screening Facility

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The UCSD Drug Development Pipeline