Training to Enhance Schistosomiasis Research in Brazil

血吸虫病是一种重新出现的疾病，因为它在人类中的发病率在过去十年中有所增加。目前，全世界76个国家约有2亿人罹患此病。它的主要影响是使人口丧失能力，尽管有80万人死于这种疾病。这笔培训经费将加强我们目前在巴西的研究项目，并允许我们在FIOCRUZ的Rene Rachou Pesquisas中心建立可持续的研究能力，通过建立遗传流行病学和地理信息系统的研究项目来加强正在进行的免疫学领域研究，加强免疫学、生物信息学方面的现有项目，并使美国科学家对新出现和再出现的疾病感兴趣。我们建议对4名博士后进行长期培训，每人两年，中期和短期培训加上研讨会，以对我们的研究产生直接影响，并吸引巴西科学界的兴趣。这项培训补助金预计将通过对血吸虫病的研究，加强与Rene Rachou Pesquisas中心和国际传染病研究计划有关的美国和巴西科学家了解和应对再次出现的传染病的能力，并对任何传染病的爆发进行进一步培训。

Schistosomiasis is a re-emerging disease as its incidence has increased in humans over the past decade. It currently afflicts some 200 million individuals in 76 countries of the world. Its main impact is to dehabilitate populations although 800,000 people succumb to the disease. This training grant will strengthen our current research program in Brazil and allow us to build sustainable research capacity at the Centro des Pesquisas Rene Rachou, FIOCRUZ by establishing research programs in genetic epidemiologic and geographic information systems to enhance ongoing immunological field research, strengthen existing programs in immunology, bioinformatics and interest established American scientists in emerging and reemerging diseases. We propose long-term training of 4 postdoctoral fellows, two years each, mid- and short-term training coupled with workshops to have an immediate impact on our research and to attract the interest of the Brazilian scientific community. This training grant is expected to strengthen the capacity of American and Brazilian scientists associated with the Centro des Pesquisas Rene Rachou and the International Center for Infectious Diseases Research Program through studies on schistosomiasis to understand and respond to a reemerging infectious disease and with further training to outbreaks of any infectious disease.