Rounded Rectangle: Etiology, risk factors and interactions of enteric infections and malnutrition and the consequences for child health and development. MAL-ED PI Peru site: Margaret Kosek, MD Funding sources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. 12/1/2008-11/30/2009 Probiotics for Pediatric Diarrhea in Peru Preparatory phase of Phase III clinical trial of Lactobacillus reuteri as a treatment for acute diarrhea and linear growth deficits in chronically malnourished children. PI: Richard Oberhelman, MD Funding sources: National Institute of Health (NIH) 2/1/05-1/31 Probiotics in Pediatric Diarrhea in Peru Phase II trial of probiotic organism for treatment of agent specific diarrhea and growth deficits related from diarrhea. PI: Richard Oberhelman, MD Funding sources: National Institute of Health (NIH) 10/30/2007-9/31/2012 Epidemiology of shigellosis in the Peruvian Amazon The aim of the training grant is to define major sources of transmission of shigellosis through improved molecular genotyping evaluating PFGE and ERIC-PCR and spatial analysis. PI: Margaret Kosek, MD Funding sources: National Institute of Health (NIH) 9/25/01-07/31/08 Improved molecular identification of Neotropical Anophelines The aim of this project is to design a molecular assay for the unbiased identification of neotropical vectors easily confused using traditional taxonomic keys. PI: Margaret Kosek, MD Funding sources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute. 9/1/07-8/31/10 Malaria – Molecular Genotyping PI: Robert Gilman, MD Funding sources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute. 03/01/05-02/28/07 Human Reservoirs of Plasmodium vivax Transmission in the Peruvian Amazon The aim of this project is to study the transmission dynamics of vivax malaria in the Peruvian Amazon. Funding sources: National Institute of Health (NIH) PI: Robert Gilman, MD 7/1/06-6/30/11 “Serologic assessment of burden of diarrheal disease in children under 5 years old” PI: Robert Black, MD Funding sources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 7/1/05-6/30/10 Road Construction, Land Use, and Malaria in the Peruvian Amazon. The long-term goal of this project is to define demographic, ecological, and entomological factors of malaria in a new colonization area of the Amazon and to ascertain the dynamic long-term relationship between malaria, road construction and agricultural colonization. PI: William Pan, DrPH Funding sources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute. 1/1/2009-1/1/2011

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