Schistosomiasis Resource Center
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What services does this resource provide?
The Schistosomiasis Resource Center:
- Maintains and distributes snails and mammals (non-Government link) infected with life-cycle stage Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. japonicum, the three major schistosome species affecting humans. Non-living schistosome stages, or extracts, are not available, due to the wide variety of schistosome antigenic extracts used for experimental purposes.
- Provides Standard Operating Procedures (non-Government link) for working with infected animals
- Provides training and technical assistance to other laboratories on snail cultivation, parasite collection and host infection.
- Serves as a backup facility for those investigators who have had problems maintaining life-cycle stages of parasites in their own laboratories.
Where are services provided?
Services are provided by Biomedical Research Institute (BRI).
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