Decoding the molecular components of aquatic parasite-host interactions

该项目旨在进一步了解调节水生宿主-寄生虫相互作用的分子成分，这些分子成分导致全球许多疾病。水生寄生虫依靠化学信号来定位和感染宿主。该项目将针对水生宿主-寄生虫的相互作用来破译这些化学信号，以便将来可以开发出抑制这种相互作用的工具。该项目预计将为今后控制肠道寄生虫病-血吸虫病-这一毁灭性热带疾病提供必要的基本知识。

This project aims to further understand the molecular components that regulate aquatic host-parasite interactions which contributes to many diseases worldwide. Aquatic parasites rely on chemical cues to locate and infect their host. This project will target the aquatic host-parasite interaction to decipher these chemical cues, so that future tools may be developed to suppress this interplay. This project expects to contribute imperative basic knowledge for the future control of the intestinal parasite disease, Schistosomiasis, a devastating tropical disease.