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The Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD) at the University of Georgia is one of the largest international centers of research focused on diseases of poverty. Researchers and students work together on some of the most important causes of human suffering around the world, including malaria, schistosomiasis, African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, leishmaniasis, and filariasis.

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UGA researchers develop first test of cure for Chagas disease >>Read More>>

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Kurup wins prestigious PATH award for groundbreaking malaria research >>Read More>>

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PGDD 2.0: Plant Genome Duplication Database with updated content and tools >>Abstract>>

Hypothetical model showing Ca2+ entry through two different types of Ca2+ channels, uptake by T. gondii sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+- ATPase (TgSERCA) into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and distribution to the other organelles via transfer from the ER to the mitochondria, Plant-Like Vacuolar Compartment (PLVAC), and apicoplast.

Calcium transfer from the ER to other organelles for optimal signaling in Toxoplasma gondii >>Abstract>>

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Selenocyanate-Containing Molecules as Trypanosoma cruzi Inhibitors: Impact of Regioisomerism, Conformational Restriction, and Second-Ring Substitution >>Abstract>>

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The Tarleton Research Group at the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases discusses the importance of persistence and dormancy in Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease in a review published in Current Opinion in Microbiology.