Recent summer projects completed by MSc Medical Parasitology students
2002-2003
Molecular Population Genetic Characterisation of Anopheles gambiae Giles Complex (Diptera: Culicidae)
Genome Organisation of tRNA genes in Entamoeba ecuadoriensis
Immuno-therapy of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in mice using plasmid DNA encoding Trypanosoma Surface Antigen-1
Behavioral and Environmental Risk Factor Analysis on Diarrhoeal Diseases In Mirpur, Dhaka
Mosquito control in Tanzania
Drug resistance in severe malaria
Determining the prevalance of Stronglyoides Stercoralis on Pemba Island, People's Republic of Tanzania
Mass chemotherapy within schools – an evaluation of rapid operational diagnostic methods of Schistosoma mansoni in schools around Lake Victoria, Uganda
Could insecticide-treated bednets (ITN) provide protection against sandfly vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil?
Biology & Behaviour of the South American Malaria Vector, Anopheles darlingi, in Relation to Control Through the Use of Insecticide Impregnated Bednets
2003-2004
Assessment of in vitro susceptibility of Entamoeba histolytica to single and combined drugs
Antibody Quality: Development of ELISA assays to investigate both the presence of IgA and the avidity of IgG antibodies to malaria
Assessment of in vivo efficacy and side effects of artemisinin anodiaquine combination regimen
ELISA testing for sporozoites in Tanzanian mosquitoes
TGF-ß cleaving and protease activity of extracts from helminth parasites
Cellular and cytokine responses in concomitant Schistosoma mansoni infections with Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworms
Identification of the vector of avian malaria in penguins at British zoos
Laboratory evaluation of pyriproxifer treated bednets on mosquito fertility and fecundity and a test of adult mediated transfer of insecticide to breeding sites of larval development
2004 - 2005
Comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and the polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of malaria in school children in Pemba
A randomised control trial to determine the impact of mass drug administration (MDA) on intensity of geohelminth infections and possible selection of drug resistance in Pemba, Zanzibar
Evaluating the efficacy of various trapping methods as surveillance tools to monitor the vectors of filariasis and dengue in American Somoa
Activation of human natural killer cells by Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes
Molecular phylageny of Azerbaijani Leishmaniasis
Could members of the Culex pipenis complex transmit West Nile virus to humans in London
Evidence of meiosis-specific genes in Entamoeba
Comparison of formal ether concentration with other methods for diagnosis of gastro intestinal nematode infections in infants
