Janeth J. Peña
PhD. Candidate in Biology
University of New Mexico
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Flatworm parasites of the genus Schistosoma spp. (italicized) rely on a specific snail intermediate host to develop to the human infective stage (cercaria) that causes schistosomiasis. My research in the Adema Lab focuses in gaining greater understanding of the biology of one of the major intermediate hosts in South America, the snail Biomphalaria glabrata (italicized), with hopes that it will give insight to develop alternative methods of snail control to truncate the parasite's life cycle.
Flatworm parasites of the genus Schistosoma spp. (italicized) rely on a specific snail intermediate host to develop to the human infective stage (cercaria) that causes schistosomiasis. My research in the Adema Lab focuses in gaining greater understanding of the biology of one of the major intermediate hosts in South America, the snail Biomphalaria glabrata (italicized), with hopes that it will give insight to develop alternative methods of snail control to truncate the parasite's life cycle.
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CETI, Department of Biology MSC03 2020,
2426 Castetter Hall
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131 NM USA
jjcortez@unm.edu
