Dr. Shahid Karim, assistant professor of biology at The University
of Southern Mississippi, recently received a $307,996 grant from the
American Heart Association (AHA) to research the effect genes have on a
tick's ability to carry dangerous pathogens like agents of Lyme
disease.
The grant, titled "Targeting Lyme Disease Vector," funds four years of research to understand the interaction of tick-pathogens and examining new ways to interrupt the life cycle of tick-borne pathogens and new strategies to fight these diseases.
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