* KNIH/ Division of Malaria & Parasitic Diseases
Division of AIDS
Division of Zoonoses
Division of Arboviruses
Division of Malaria & Parasitic Diseases
Division of Medical Entomology
 
 
Division of Malaria & Parasitic Diseases
The Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases manages the overall control planning of tropical and endemic parasitic diseases and facility maintenance to support research activities with administrative expertise. We coordinate interactions and activities in fundamental basic research to applications that improve human health. To promote basic and clinical scientific aspects of
parasitic diseases, several parasitic diseases caused by malaria, water-borne and food-borne, and enzootic that have medical importance are greatly concerned. We manage the surveillance system for imported parasitic diseases, and standardization of quality control of parasitic diseases diagnosis in nationwide. We also carry out collaborations to control parasitic disease and construction of abroad laboratory for national network between northeast Asia.
 
Research projects
1. Diagnosis and research for the tropical and endemic parasitic diseases
2. Diagnosis and research for parasitic and imported parasitic diseases
3. Diagnosis and surveillance for Malaria and pathogenic protozoa etc.
4. Research for pathogenic protein characterization
5. Identification and characterization of intermediate host
6. National standardization laboratory control of pathogenic organism for Article 1
7. Diagnosis products and vaccine development research for Article 1
 
Research topics
1. Diagnosis of Parasitic disease (the tropical, resident, and imported parasites)
- Protozoan parasite : Malaria, Babesiosis, Giardiosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Amebiasis, Leishmaniasis, Toxoplasma, Chagas' disease, African trypanosomiasis
- Trematode parasite : Schistosomiasis, Metagonimiasis, Clonorchiasis, Paragonimiasis, Heterophyes
- Nematode parasite : Filariasis, Gnathostomiasis, Angiostrongylosis, Enterobiasis, Trichinosis, Anisakiasis, Hookworm, Enterobiasis, Ascaris
- Cestode parasite : Taeniasis, Cysticercosis, Echinococcosis, Sparganosis, Diphyllobothriasis
1. Diagnosis of Parasitic disease (the tropical, resident, and imported parasites)
- Protozoan parasite : Malaria, Babesiosis, Giardiosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Amebiasis, Leishmaniasis, Toxoplasma, Chagas' disease, African trypanosomiasis
- Trematode parasite : Schistosomiasis, Metagonimiasis, Clonorchiasis, Paragonimiasis, Heterophyes
- Nematode parasite : Filariasis, Gnathostomiasis, Angiostrongylosis, Enterobiasis, Trichinosis, Anisakiasis, Hookworm, Enterobiasis, Ascaris
- Cestode parasite : Taeniasis, Cysticercosis, Echinococcosis, Sparganosis, Diphyllobothriasis
 
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