200 Years Theodor Bilharz - Schistosomiasis Research in Germany and Beyond
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Human Parasitology at the University Hospital Tübingen, the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and hygiene at the Technical University Munich, the Institute of Parasitology at the Justus-Liebig University Gießen and the Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné in Gabon have convened together to organize a conference to commemorate the 200th anniversary since the birth of Theodor Bilharz, who discovered Schistosoma haematobium, the causative agent of the Schistosomiasis.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together the Schistosoma research community from Germany and around the world, to discuss progress and challenges in Schistosoma research.
