Innate immunity to NIAID Category B protozoa.(Announcements / Fellowships, Grants, & Awards) From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: September 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This initiative will support basic research to define the mechanisms of action by which the innate immune system recognizes and responds to the food and waterborne eukaryotes classified as NIAID Category B priority protozoan pathogens ( Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Toxoplasma, and Microsporidia) (http://www2. niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/bandc_priority.htm).

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