Code
3G019210
Duration
01 January 2010 → 31 December 2015
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Biochemistry and metabolism
- Microbiology
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Immunology
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Microbiology
- Tropical medicine
- Immunology
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Microbiology
- Tropical medicine
- Immunology
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Microbiology
- Tropical medicine
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
Keywords
Taenia solium
immunodiagnosis
host-parasite interaction
Project description
Taenia solium cysticercosis is the mot important cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. T. solium produces excretory/secretory products (ESP) at the interface between parasite and host. The biological functions of ESP are poorly understood. We propose a mass spectrometic analysis of ESP to better understand their role in host-parasite interactions and to refine existing immunodiagnostic techniques.