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First Letter of Last Name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Dr. Mohammed Darwish 
Abd-Alla,
Department of Tropical 
Medicine,
El Hussein University Hospital,
Al Hazar University,
1890 Al Hazar 
Street,
Al Darasa, Cairo Egypt
Telephone Number : 002-48-362978
FAX Number : 002-48-362978
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Immunology and Genetics of Amebiasis
Dr. John P. Ackers,
Department of Infectious and Tropical 
Diseases,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Keppel 
Street,
London, WC1E 7HT, England
Telephone Number : 44-207-927-2346
FAX Number : 44-207-636-8739
E-mail 
Address : john.ackers@@lshtm.ac.uk
Interests 
: Molecular Biology; Biochemistry; Epidemiology; Diagnosis
Dr Rodina Mosbah 
AL-Shawa,
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Al-Azhar University,
P.O Box 1439,
Gaza -Palestine
Telephone number : +9708-2867564
E-Mail address : rod_shawa@@yahoo.com
Interests : 
Intestinal Parasites 
Dr. Richard A. Albach,
Department of 
Microbiology and 
Immunology,
3333, 
Telephone Number : 847-578-8835
FAX Number : 847-578-3349
E-mail 
Address : albachr@@mis.finchcms.edu
Interests 
: Cell Biology
Dr. Stephen Aley,
Department of Biological 
Sciences,
University of Texas at El Paso,
500 W. University Avenue,
El 
Paso, TX 79968, USA
Telephone Number : 915-747-5536
FAX Number : 915-747-6807
E-mail 
Address : aley@@utep.edu
Interests 
: Biochemistry; Molecular Biology
Dr. Ibne Karim M. 
Ali,
Division of Infectious Diseases and International 
Health,
MR6 Bldg., 
Room 1705A, 
345 Crispell Drive, Box 801340,
Telephone Number : 434-924-5167
FAX Number : 434-924-0075
E-mail 
Address : ika3t@@virginia.edu 
Homepage
Interests 
: Molecular Biology; Biochemistry; Immunology; Epidemiology; Diagnosis
Dr. Fernando 
Anaya-Velázquez,
Instituto de Investgación de Biología 
Experimental,
Facultad de Química,
Universidad de Guanajuato,
Noria 
Alta s/n, Zona Universidad,
Guanajuato, Gto. 36050, 
Mexico
Telephone Number : (52) 473-24302
Fax number : (52) 473-24302
E-mail 
Address : anayafe@@quijote.ugto.mx
Interests : Diagnosis of 
intestinal amebiasis, Ameba-bacteria relationship, Digestion of erythrocytes
Dr.Serge Ankri,
Departament of Microbiology,
Faculty of Medicine, Technion,
Bat Galim,
Telephone Number : 972-4-8295256
FAX Number : 972-4-8295225
E-mail 
Address : sankri@@tx.technion.ac.il
Interests : Pathogenesis, 
Differentiation
Dr. Werner L. Apt 
Baruch,
Departamento de Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de 
Medicina,
Universidad de Chile, Campus Sur,
Gran Avda. 3, 
100,
Santiago, Casilla 427, Stgo. 3 Chile
Telephone Number : 56-2-551-8041
FAX Number : 56-2-551-0174
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Clinical; Immunology
Dr. Amir Azam, 
Department of Chemistry, 
Jamia Millia Islamia,     
Maulana Mohamed Ali Jauhar Marg,
New Delhi 110025, India
Telephone Number : +91 11 26981717 Ext 3250   
             
FAX Number : +91 11 2698 0229/1232 
E-mail Address : amir_sumbul@@yahoo.co.in
Interests : Antiamoebic Drugs, Medicinal Chemistry>
Dr. Isaías Balderas Rentería,
Unidad de Higado del Hospital Universitario,
Facultad de 
Medicina,
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León,
Gonzalitos 235 Nte.,
Col. Mitras Centro, 
Monterrey, Nuevo León 64720 México
Telephone Number : 8-347-61-80
FAX Number : 8-347-61-80
E-mail Address 
: ibaldera@@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx
Interests : Molecular 
Biology of E. histolytica
Dr. Devendra Bansal,
Immunophysiopathologie du Paludisme,
INSERM U 547,
Centre d'Immunologie et de Biologie Parasitaire,
Institut Pasteur de Lille,
1 rue du Pr A. Calmette,
59019 Lille, France
Telephone Number : 33-3-20877798 
FAX Number : 33-3-20877888
E-mail Address : devendra.bansal@@pasteur-lille.fr
Interests : 
Steven Becker,
Departments of Membrane Research and Biophysics,
The 
Weizmann Institute of Science,
PO Box 26,
Rehovot 76100 Israel
Telephone Number : 972-8-343-612
FAX Number : 972-8-468-256
E-mail 
Address : bfbecker@@dapsas1.weizmann.ac.il
Interests 
: Genetics; Immunology
Dr. Ingeborg D. Becker 
Fauser,
Departmento de Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
Ciudad Universitaria,
México D.F. 04510, 
México
Telephone Number : 525-548-5744
FAX Number : 525-548-5744
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Immunology
Dr. M. Asim Beg, 
Department of 
Microbiology,
Faculty of Health 
Sciences,
Phone (92) 21 493-0051 ext. 4515/4516
Fax (92) 21 493-4294, 
493-2095
E-Mail Address: masim.beg@@aku.edu
Interests: Parasitology clinical & applied, Epidemiology, 
Immunology
Dr. Klaus Bender,
Departments of Membrane Research and Biophysics,
The 
Weizmann 
Telephone Number : 972-8-343-609
FAX Number : 972-8-468-256
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Molecular Biology; Epidemiology; Diagnostics
Dr. Shobna J. Bhatia, 
Department of 
Gastroenterology,
T N Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital,
AL Nair 
Road,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 064, India
Telephone Number : 91-22-308-1490 
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : sjbhatia@@vsnl.com
Interests : Entamoeba dispar and 
E. hartmanni; Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. Alok Bhattacharya,
School of Life 
Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi 110 067, India
Telephone Number : +91-11-26704516 
FAX Number : 
+91 11 6165886/6198234
E-mail Address : alok0200@@mail.jnu.ac.in 
Interests 
: Non-Clinical; Immunology; Cell Biology; Molecular Genetics
Dr. Sudha Bhattacharya,
School of Environmental 
Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi 110 067, India
Telephone Number : +91-11-26704308 
FAX Number : +91-11-26741502 
E-mail Address : sb@@mail.jnu.ac.in or sbjnu110@@gmail.com
Interests : 
Molecular Biology; Genetics; Drugs
Dr. Brigitte Boehm-Gloning,
Forschungslaboratorien,
Institute for Tropical 
Medicine,
Wilhelmstrasse 
27,
Telephone Number : 07071-292929
FAX Number : 07071-293017
E-mail 
Address : brigitte.walderich@@uni-tuebingen.de
Interests : 
Amebiasis
Dr. Mark Bonner,
Institut International de Parodontie,
5775, Jean XXIII,
Trois-Rivières-Ouest,
Telephone Number : 819-691-1343
FAX Number : 819-691-1771
E-mail 
Address : mark.bonnerdmd@@hotmail.com
Interests 
: Entamoeba gingivalis
Dr. David Botero 
Ramos,
Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical,
A. A. 
52162,
Medellin, Colombia
Telephone Number : 262-5456/262-5494
FAX Number : 57-4-262-5508
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Intestinal Parasitoses
Dr. Iris Bruchhaus,
Department of Molecular 
Biology,
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical 
Medicine,
Bernhard Nocht Strasse 74,
D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
Telephone Number : 49-40-31182-485
FAX Number : 49-40-31182-512
E-mail 
Address : bruchhaus@@bni.uni-hamburg.de
Interests : Enzymology; Proteases; Molecular Biology
Brian Brunk, 
EuPathDB Project Manager,
Penn Center for Bioinformatics,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021  USA
Telephone Number : +1-215-573-3118
FAX Number : +1-215-573-3111
E-mail 
Address : brunkb@@pcbi.upenn.edu
Interests: Genome informatics of protozoan parasites
Head of 
Department, Tropical Medicine/Infectious Diseases,
University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf,
Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74,
D-20359 
Telephone Number : 0049/40/42818391
FAX Number : 
00049/42818394
E-mail Address : gerd.burchard@@bni-hamburg.de
Interests : Clinical 
Department 
of Veterinary Anatomy,
Ahmadu Bello University,
Samaru, 
Zaria, 
Telephone Number : 008022075639
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : byaneto@@yahoo.com
Interests : Epidemiology
MC Carmina 
Calzado-Flores,
Department of 
Pharmacology,
IMSS, 2 de Abril y San Luis 
Potosi,
Col. Independencia,
Monterrey, Nuevo 
León 64720 México
Telephone Number : 83-444116/83-431251
FAX Number : 83-444116
E-mail 
Address : ccalzado@@academ01.mty.itesm.mx 
Interests : Pharmacology of Natural Products
Dr. Benito 
Carrera,
Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Pública,
Begonias 180, Dalias 
78399,
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. México
Telephone Number : (4) 824-9406
FAX Number : (4) 824-5466
E-mail 
Address : carleal@@prodigy.net.mx
Interests : Diagnostics
Dr. Amanda Castano 
Gonzalez,
Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia,
Facultad de 
Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia,
AA 1226,
Medellin, Antioquia, 
Colombia
Telephone Number : 57-4-263-3077
FAX Number : 57-4-263-8282
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Genetics; Diagnostics
Dr. Jorge 
Castro-Garza,
Departamento de Biologia Celular,
Instituto Mexicano del 
Seguro Social,
2 de Abril y San Luis Potosi, Col. 
Independencia,
Monterrey, Nuevo León 64720 México
Telephone Number : 83-444116
FAX Number : 83-444116
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Pathogenic Mechanisms; Pathogenic Capacity
Dr. Roberto Cedillo 
Rivera,
Unidad de Invest. Medica en Enfermedades Infecc. y Parasit.,
2o 
Piso, Hospital de Pediatria,
Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS,
Av. 
Cuauhtemoc 330, Col. Doctores,
06725 México D.F., México
Telephone Number : 525-627-6940
FAX Number : 525-627-6949
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Amebiasis; Giardiasis
Prof. Kris Chadee,
Microbiology and Infectious 
Diseases,
Telephone Number : 403-210-3975
FAX Number : 403-270-2772
E-mail 
Address : kchadee@@ucalgary.ca 
Interests : 
Immunology; Biochemistry; Cell Biology
Dr. Bibiana Chávez-Munguía,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 5656
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918 
E-mail Address : bchavez@@cinvestav.mx
 
Interests : 
Dr. Xunjia Cheng,
Department of Parasitology,
Telephone Number : 86-21-64041900
FAX Number : 86-21-62752106
E-mail 
Address : 50rf0003@@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp 
or xujich@@hotmail.com
Interests: 
Molecular biology; Immunology; Biochemistry; Epidemiology
Dr. Pyung-Rim Chung,
Department of Parasitology,
Inha University 
College of Medicine,
#253, Yong-Hyon Dong, 
Nam-Gu,
Inchon City 402-751,
Republic of 
Korea
Telephone Number : 032-860-8156
FAX Number : 032-863-1338
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Biochemistry; Immunology
Dr. C. Graham Clark,
Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology,
Faculty of Infectious and 
Tropical Diseases,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Keppel 
Street,
London, WC1E 7HT, England, G.B.
Telephone Number : 0207-927-2351
FAX Number : 0207-636-8739
E-mail 
Address : graham.clark@@lshtm.ac.uk
Homepage
Interests : 
Molecular Biology; Cultivation; Evolution
Alida Coppi,
Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology,
New York University Medical Center,
340 East 25th Street, Rm. 307,
New York, NY 
10010, USA
Telephone Number : 212-263-6763
FAX Number : 212-263-8116
E-mail 
Address : alida.coppi@@med.nyu.edu
Interests 
: Entamoeba invadens, Signal transduction, Galactose-binding lectin, Encystation
Dr. Pradeep 
Das
Department of Microbiology,
National 
Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases,
P-33, C.I.T. Road, Scheme 
XM,
Calcutta, 
West Bengal 700 010, India
Telephone Number : : +91-33-350-0448/4478/4598/5533/1176
FAX Number : 
+91-33-350-5066
E-mail Address : dasp@@cal2.vsnl.net.in or icmrnicd@@ren.nic.in
Interests : Parasite Immunology, 
Molecular Biology and Protein chemistry
Dr. Siddhartha Das,
Department of Biological 
Sciences,
University of Texas at El Paso,
500 West University 
Avenue,
El Paso, TX 79968-0519, USA
Telephone Number : 915-747-6896
FAX Number : 915-747-5808
E-mail 
Address : sdas@@utep.edu
Interests : 
Giardia Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Eugenio L. de Hostos,
Tropical Disease Research 
Unit,
VAMC 113B,
Telephone Number : 415-476-1659
FAX Number : 415-750-6947
E-mail 
address : hostos@@cgl.ucsf.edu
Interests : Cell 
Motility and the Cytoskeleton
Dr. Michael Duchêne,
Institute of Specific 
Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine,
Center for 
Physiology, Pathophysiology and 
Immunology,
Kinderspitalgasse 15,
A-1090 Wien 
Telephone Number : +43-1-40160-38210
FAX Number : +43-1-40160-938293
E-mail 
Address : 
michael.duchene@@meduniwien.ac.at
Homepage
Interests : E. histolytica/E. dispar, 
Molecular Biology, Chemotherapy, Immunology
Dr. Thomas D. Edlind,
Department of Microbiology and 
Immunology,
MCP-Hahnemann School of 
Medicine,
2900 Queen Lane,
Philadelphia, PA 19129 USA
Telephone Number : 215-991-8377
FAX Number : 215-848-2271
E-mail 
Address : edlind@@drexel.edu
Interests : Molecular 
Parasitology
Dr. Daniel Eichinger,
Department of Medical and 
Molecular Parasitology,
New York University School 
of Medicine,
340 East 25th Street,
New York, NY 10010, USA
Telephone Number : 212-263-8171
FAX Number : 212-263-8116
E-mail 
Address : daniel.eichinger@@med.nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests 
: Encystation; Genome Structure
Dr. Fernando Enriquez 
Rincon,
Departamento de Biologia Celular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Aptdo. 
Postal 14-740,
México D.F. 07000 México
Telephone Number : 525-754-0200 x5530
FAX Number : 525-754-6065
E-mail 
Address : fenriqz@@cell.cinvestav.mx
Homepage
Interests 
: Immunology
Dr. Avelina Espinosa,
Department 
of Biology,
Roger Williams University,
One Old Ferry Road,
Bristol, RI 
02809 USA
Telephone Number : 401-254-3137
FAX Number : 401-254-3310
E-mail 
Address :aespinosa@@rwu.edu 
Homepage
Interests 
: Anaerobic metabolism, especially alcohol dehydrogenses
Dr. Martha Espinosa 
Cantellano,
Departamento de Patología 
Experimental,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Apartado Postal 14-740,
C.P. 07000 México 
D.F. México
Telephone Number : 525-747-3800 x5660
FAX Number : 525-747-9890
E-mail 
Address : mespinos@@mail.cinvestav.mx 
Interests : Parasitology; Cell Biology; Immunology
Aleida C. Eubanks,
Research & 
Development,
TechLab, 
Inc.,
Telephone Number: 540-231-4498
FAX Number: 540-231-3942
E-Mail Address: 
aleidae@@vt.edu
Interests: Diagnosis, 
Cultivation, Vaccines
Dr. Angelos Evangelopoulos,
Department of Entomology, Parasitology and Tropical Diseases,
National School of 
Public Health,
196 Alexandras Avenue,
Athens 115 
21 Greece
Telephone Number : ++30 210 69 25 702
FAX Number : ++30 210 64 62 
045
E-mail Address : nvakalis@@otenet.gr or aevangelopoulos@@hotmail.com 
Interests : Parasitology
Dr. Ma. del Socorro 
Flores de Castaneda,
Department of Immunology, Facultad de 
Medicina,
Universidad Autonoma de Neuvo León,
Ave. Gonzalitos 235 
Nte.,
Col. Mitras Centro, Monterrey, Nuevo León 64610 
México
Telephone Number : 83-331-058
FAX Number : 83-484-668/83-485-981
E-mail 
Address : marflore@@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx
Interests : Clinical; 
Non-Clinical; Immunology
Biol. Elizabeth Franeo 
Martinez,
Departamento de Biologia Celular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Apartado 
Postal 14-740,
México D.F. 07000 México
Telephone Number : 525-754-0200 x5557
FAX Number : 
525-586-6290/752-0590
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Cell Biology; 
Immunology; Molecular Biology
Dr. B.M. Gandhi,
Department of Biotechnology,
Ministry of 
Science and Technology, Govt. of India,
Block 2, 7th Floor, 
Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003 
India
Telephone Number : 436-0984
FAX Number : 011-436-2884/436-3018
E-mail 
Address : gandhi@@dbt.ernet.in
Interests : Hepatitis and 
Parasitic Diseases
Dr. Gabriela García Pérez, 
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, 
Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, 
Ciudad Universitaria, 
México D.F. 04360, México
Telephone number : (52) 55- 56232388
Fax number : (52) 55- 56232386
E-Mail Address : garciap@@unam.mx
Interests : Molecular Biology; Phylogenics and Evolution
Dr. Prabir K. Ghosh,
Kothari Medical Centre 
and Research Institute,
Kolkata 700 027 
Telephone Number : +91 33 4567050 Ext. 1243
FAX Number : + 91 33 
4183087
E-mail Address : ghoshprabirk@@hotmail.com
Interests 
: Animal models; Immunology
Dr. Sudip K. Ghosh,
Department of Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
Kharagpur, India
Telephone Number : +91 3222 283768
FAX Number : +91 3222 278707
E-mail Address : sudip@@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in
Interests: Molecular Cell Biology, Epidemiology, Biochemistry
Dr. Carol A. Gilchrist,
Department of Internal Medicine,
University of 
Virginia health System, 
MR6 Bldg., 
Room 1707A, 
345 Crispell Drive, Box 801365,
Telephone Number : 434-924-5167
FAX Number : 434-924-0075
E-mail 
Address : cg2p@@avery.med.virginia.edu
Interests 
: Molecular biology; Regulation
Dr. Frances D. Gillin,
Department of 
Pathology,
Telephone Number : 619-543-7831
FAX Number : 619-543-6614
E-mail 
Address : fgillin@@ucsd.edu
Interests 
: Giardia and Entamoeba Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Ma. Teresa Gonzalez Garza y Barron,
Division of Molecular and Cell 
Biology,
Centro de Investigacion Biomedica del Noreste, IMSS,
2 
de Abril y San Luis Potosi, Col. Independencia,
Monterrey, Nuevo León 64720 México
Telephone Number : 83-444116
FAX Number : 83-444116
E-mail Address : mtgonzal@@academ01.mty.itesm.mx 
Interests 
: Cell and Molecular Biology; Antiamoebic Drugs
Dr. Arturo Gonzáez-Robles ,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 3347
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918 
E-mail Address : goroa@@cinvestav.mx
Interests 
: 
Dr. Francisco Gonzalez Salazar,
Department of Cellular 
Biology,
IMSS,
2 de abril 501 Col Independencia,
Monterrey, Nuevo León 64720 México 
Telephone Number : 52 81 81904035
FAX Number : 52 81 81904035
E-mail 
Address : fgonz75@@yahoo.com.mx
Interests : 
E. histolytica immunology 
Dr. Vedat Göral,
Department of 
Gastroenterology,
Telephone Number : 00 90 412 248-8443
FAX Number : 00 90 412 
248-8443
E-mail Address : vgoral@@dicle.edu.tr
Interests : H. pylori; 
Amebiasis; Hepatitis
Dr. Nancy Guillén,
Unite de Biologie Cellulaire du Parasitisme, INSERM 
U389,
Institut Pasteur,
28, Rue du Docteur Roux,
75724 Paris 
Cedex 15 France
Telephone Number : 33-1-45-688675
FAX Number : 33-1-45-688674
E-mail 
Address : nguillen@@pasteur.fr
Interests : 
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dr. Ali Haghighi,
Department of Parasitology and Mycology,
Eveen, 
Telephone Number : + 98 21 23872564
FAX Number : + 98 21 22439962
E-mail Address : a_haghighi@@sbmu.ac.ir 
Interests : Differentiation of 
E. histolytica and E. dispar
Prof. Neil Hall,
School of Biological Sciences,
Biosciences Building,
University of Liverpool,
Liverpool L69 7ZB,  
Telephone Number : +44 (0)151 7954516
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : neilhall@@liv.ac.uk
Interests : Genomes
Dr. Rashidul Haque,
Laboratory Sciences Division,
International 
Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,
GPO 
Telephone Number : 880-2-600171-78 x2422
FAX Number : 
880-2-883116
E-mail Address : rhaque@@icddrb.org
Interests : Clinical; 
Non-Clinical; Immunology; Epidemiology
Omar Harb, 
Scientific Outreach Manager,
EuPathDB - Eukaryotic Pathogen Genome Database Resources,
Penn Center for Bioinformatics,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021  USA
Telephone Number : +1-215-746-7019
FAX Number : +1-215-573-3111
E-mail 
Address : oharb@@pcbi.upenn.edu
Interests: Genome informatics of protozoan parasites
Rene Hernández Várgas,
Bioquímica de Proteinas,
Instituto de Biotecnología,
Telephone Number : 73-172799/175687 x233
FAX Number : 
5273-172388
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Molecular Biology; 
Biochemistry
Dr. Sung-Tae Hong,
Department of Parasitology,
28 Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu,
Telephone Number : 822-740-8343/760-3317
FAX Number : 
822-765-6142
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Molecular Diagnostics
Dr. Hossein Hooshyar,
Department of Parasitology & Mycology, 
School of Medicine, 
Kashan University of Medical Sciences, 
Kashan, Iran 
Telephone Number : +98361-5550021-6
FAX Number : +98361-5551112
E-mail 
Address : Hooshyar4@@yahoo.com or hoshyar_h@@kaums.ac.ir
Interests : Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar 
differential diagnosis
Dr. Rabia Hussain,
Department of Microbiology,
The Aga Khan University,
Stadium Road, PO Box 
3500,
Karachi 74800 Pakistan
Telephone Number : 92-21-493-0051-65 x2145/2149
FAX Number : 
92-21-493-4294
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Immunology
Dr. Christopher D. Huston, MD,
Division of Infectious Diseases,
 University of Vermont College of Medicine,
Rm 320 Stafford Hall,
95 Carrigan Drive,
Burlington, VT 05405   USA
Telephone Number : 802-656-1388 or 802-656-9115 (Lab)
FAX Number : 
802-847-5322
E-mail Address :Christopher.Huston@@uvm.edu
Interests : Cell killing and phagocytosis
Dr. Kyung-il Im,
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine,
Yonsei University College of Medicine,
Sinchon-dong 134, Saedaemun-Gu,
Seoul 120-752 Republic of Korea
Telephone Number : 02-361-5294
FAX Number : 02-363-8676
E-mail Address 
: kiim@@bubble.yonsei.ac.kr
Interests 
: Pathogenicity; Immunogenetics
Dr. Armando Isibasi 
Araujo,
Unidad de Investigacion Medica en Inmunoquímica,
Instituto 
Mexicano del Seguro Social,
Av. Cuauhtemoc, 
33, AP 73-032,
México D.F. 03020 México
Telephone Number : 627-6915/627-6900 x1178
FAX Number : 627-6915
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Immunology
Dr. Chen Jin-fu,
Department of Parasitology,
Fujian Medical 
College,
Jiaotong Road,
Fuzhou, Fujian Province 350004 
Peoples Republic of China
Telephone Number : 3357237/3340270
FAX Number : 3351345
E-mail Address 
: 
Interests : Cell Biology; Medical Protozoology
Dr. Kevin C. Kain,
Department of Medicine,
University of 
Toronto,
1, King's College Circle,
Toronto, Ont. Canada M5S 1A8
Telephone Number : 416-340-3535
FAX Number : 416-978-0311
E-mail 
Address : kevin.kain@@uhn.on.ca
Interests : 
Lectin
Amha Kebede,
Department of Infectious Diseases,
Ethiopian 
Health & Nutrition Research Institute,
P.O.Box: 
1242,
Telephone Number : (251)-1-130642/753330
FAX Number : 
(251)-1-756329
E-mail Address : amha@@enarp.com
Interests : Immunology 
& molecular biology, particularly in amoebiasis
Dr. Jay S. Keystone,
Tropical Disease Unit,
Department of 
Medicine,
The Toronto Hospital,
200 Elizabeth Street, ENG-214,
Toronto, 
Canada M5G 2C4
Telephone Number : 416-340-3671
FAX Number : 416-595-5826
E-mail 
Address : jay.keystone@@utoronto.ca
Interests 
: Non-pathogenic protozoa
Dr. Krishna Khairnar,
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP),
Toronto Public Health Laboratories,
 
81 Resources Road ,
Etobicoke, Ontario, M9P 3T1 Canada
Telephone number : 6473428774
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : kskhairnar@@yahoo.co.in
Interests 
: 
Dr. Hyder A Khoja,
Department of Internal Medicine,
Texas Tech University-Health Science Center,
Lubbock, TX 79430,     USA
Telephone number : 806-743-3155 Ext 280
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : hyder.khoja@@ttuhsc.edu
Interests 
: Luminal host-defense mechanisms
Dr. Seiki Kobayashi,
Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology,
School of Medicine, Keio University,
35, 
Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 160 Japan
Telephone Number : 03-3353-1211 x2667
FAX Number : 03-3353-5958
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Cultivation
Dr. Tineke Lauwaet,
Department of Pathology,
Division of 
Infectious Diseases,
University of California San Diego,
214 Dickinson St, 
CTF-C,
San Diego CA 92103-8416, USA
Telephone Number : 619-543-7825
FAX Number : 619-543-6614
E-mail 
Address : tlauwaet@@ucsd.edu
Interests : 
Giardia and Entamoeba cell biology, differentiation, 
host-parasite interactions
Prof. Dr. Matthias 
Leippe,
Zoologisches Institut der Universität Kiel,
Olshausenstr. 
40,
24098 
Telephone Number : ++49-431-880-4196
FAX Number : 
++49-431-880-4197
E-mail Address : mleippe@@zoologie.uni-kiel.de
Homepage
Interests 
: Cell Biology; Molecular Biology
Dr. Byron Leiva Torres,
Departament of Microbiology and Parasitology,
Faculty of Medicine, 
National 
Autonomous University of 
Telephone Number : 505-311-3722
FAX Number : 505-311-2947
E-mail 
Address : amebas@@unanleon.edu.ni
Interests : Epidemiology and 
diagnosis of amoebiasis
Dr. Ancy Leroy,
Laboratory Experimental Cancerology,
De Pintelaan 185 
1P7,
B-9000 
Telephone Number : 32-9-240 30 63
FAX Number : 32-9 -240 49 91
E-mail 
Address : ancy.leroy@@rug.ac.be
Interests : Invasion; Host cell 
interaction; Bacterial interaction; Signal transduction
Dr. Oscar Leyva Lopez,
Unidad 
de Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
CD. Universitaria,
México D.F. 04510 
México
Telephone Number : 525-548-5744/623-2368
FAX Number : 
525-548-5744
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Immunology; Genetics
 Dr. Lim Boon Huat,
School of Health Science,
Health Campus,
Universiti Sains Malaysia,
16150 Kubang Kerian,
Kelantan, Malaysia.
Telephone Number : 6097677619
E-mail Address : limbh@@kb.usm.my
Interests : Diagnosis of ALA and intestinal amoebiasis; Point of care molecular diagnostics
Dr. Jian-Yin 
Lin,
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, 
Telephone Number : 514-398-7997
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Immunology; Genetics
Dr. Ewert Linder,
Department of Parasitology,
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease 
Control,
Lundagatan 2,
S-105 21 
Telephone Number : 46-87351470
FAX Number : 46-87351337/1162
E-mail 
Address : ewert.linder@@smi.ki.se
Interests : Diagnostics; Cell 
Biology
Dr. Chrissostomos Lioutas,
Department of Molecular Biology,
Bernhard 
Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine,
Bernhard 
Nocht Strasse 74,
D-20359 
Hamburg Germany
Telephone Number : 49-40-31182-473
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Genetics
Dr. Anuradha Lohia,
Department of Biochemistry,
Bose 
Institute,
P1/12 C.I.T. Scheme 
VIIM,
Telephone Number : 91-33-3379544/91-33-3379416
FAX Number : 
91-33-334-3886/91-33-220-2260
E-mail Address : amoeba@@boseinst.ernet.in 
Interests : Molecular 
Biology; Cell Cycle; Signal Transduction; Diagnostics
Dr. Martha 
Lopez-Osuna,
Laboratorio de Inmunoinfectologia,
CMN-SXXI, IMSS,
Aptdo. 
Postal 73-032,
CP 03020 México D.F. México
Telephone Number : 525-627-6943
FAX Number : 525-761-0952
E-mail 
Address : maloos@@data.net.mx
Interests : Immunbiology; Immunoparasitology
Dr. Ruben 
Lopez-Revilla,
Departamento de Biologia 
Celular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Apartado Postal 14-740,
07000 México D.F. 
México
Telephone Number : 52-(55) 5747-3800 x 5571 
FAX Number : 52-(55) 
5747-7081
E-mail Address : rlopez@@cell.cinvestav.mx
Homepage
Interests 
: Pathogenicity and immunity of intestinal infections, 
esp. amebiasis
Dr. Hanna Lotter,
Department of Molecular 
Biology,
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical 
Medicine,
Bernhard Nocht Strasse 75,
D-20359 Hamburg Germany
Telephone Number : 49-40-31182-485
FAX Number : 49-40-31182-512
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Molecular Biology; Vaccination
Dr. David M. Lyerly,
TechLab, Inc.,
Telephone Number: 540-231-3943
FAX Number: 540-231-3942
E-Mail Address: 
dlyerly@@techlabinc.com
Interests: 
Antigen Detection, Serdiagnosis, Vaccines
Dr. R.C. Mahajan,
Department of Parasitology,
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education 
and Research,
Sector-12,
Telephone Number : 541032-38 x290
FAX Number : 0172-540401
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Parasitology
Professor Ahmed A. Mahfouz,
Epidemiology 
Department,
Higher Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University,
165 
El-Horreya Avenue,
Alexandria, Egypt
Telephone Number : ++203 4215499
FAX Number : ++203 421 8436
E-mail 
Address : mahfouz@@inetalex.ie-eg.com
Interests 
: Epidemiology
Dr. Asao Makioka,
Department of Tropical 
Medicine,
Jikei University School of 
Medicine,
Telephone Number : 81-3-3433-1111 ext.2286
FAX Number : 
81-3-3431-4459
E-mail Address: makioka@@jikei.ac.jp
Interests : Cell 
Biology; Molecular Biology
Dr. Barbara J. Mann,
Dept. of Medicine,
Division of Infectious 
Diseases,
University of Virginia Health Systems, 
MR6 Bldg., 
Room 1715A, 
345 Crispell Drive, Box 801340,
Telephone Number : 434-924-9666
FAX Number : 434-924-0075
E-mail 
Address : bjm2r@@virginia.edu
Homepage
Homepage2
Interests 
: Molecular Biology; Vaccines; Cell Signalling
Dr. Laurence Marchat,
Posgrado en Biomedicina Molecular,
Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatía, 
Guillermo Massieu Helguera 239, Fracc. La Escalera, Ticoman,
Telephone Number : (52-55) 5729 6300 ext 55543
FAX Number : 
E-mail 
Address : lmarchat@@gmail.com
Interests 
: Biochemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Dr. Hector Marquez-Monter,
Departmento de Medicina 
Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
Bajio 203-204,
México D.F. 06760 México
Telephone Number : 574-9633
FAX Number : 548-5744
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Genetics
Dra. Ma. del Carmen Martinez 
Garcia,
Unidad de Epidemiologia Clinica,
Hospital de Pediatria, Centro 
Medico Nacional Siglo XXI,
Av. Cuauhtemoc 
330, Col. Doctores,
06725 México D.F. México
Telephone Number : 5-627-6964
FAX Number : 5-761-0952
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Amebiasis
Dr. Adolfo Martínez-Palomo ,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 5600
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918 
E-mail Address : amartine@@cinvestav.mx 
Interests : 
Dr. Benito David Mata 
Cárdenas,
Departamento de Biología Celular,
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro 
Social,
2 de Abril y San Luis Potosi, Col. Independencia,
Monterrey, Nuevo 
León 64720 México
Telephone Number : 581-904036
FAX Number : 581-904036
E-mail Address : 
benitodavidm@@yahoo.com.mx
Interests : Biochemistry; 
Cell Biology; Metabolism
Dr. James H. McKerrow,
Department of 
Pathology,
University of California, San Fransisco, 
UCSF/VAMC,
4150 Clement Street, 113 B,
San Francisco, CA 94117 USA
Telephone Number : 415-476-2940
FAX Number : 
415-750-6947/415-502-2611
E-mail Address : jmck@@cgl.ucsf.edu
Interests : 
Proteases
Dr. Emma I. Melendro 
Lozano,
Unidad de Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
CD. Universitaria,
México D.F. 04510 México
Telephone Number : 525-548-5744/645-1507
FAX Number : 
525-548-5744
E-mail Address : melendro@@servidor.unam.mx
Interests : 
Dr. Stan Metzenberg,
Telephone Number : 818-677-3335
FAX Number : 818-885-2034
E-mail 
Address : stan.metzenberg@@csun.edu
Interests 
: Non-clinical; Molecular Biology; Genetics
Dr. Isaura Meza,
Departamento 
de Biologia Celular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Aptdo. Postal 14-740,
México 
D.F. 07000 México
Telephone Number : 525-747-7000 x5583
FAX Number : 525-747-7081
E-mail 
Address : imeza@@cell.cinvestav.mx
Interests : Non-Clinical; 
Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Duk-Young Min,
Department of Parasitology,
Hanyang 
University Medical College,
17 Haengdang Dong, 
Seongdong Ku,
Seoul 133-1791 Republic of Korea
Telephone Number : 02-290-0681
FAX Number : 02-292-7737
E-mail Address 
: 
Interests : Clinical; Immunology
Dr. David Mirelman,
Departments of Membrane 
Research and Biophysics,
The Weizmann 
Rehovot 76100 
Telephone Number : +972-8-934-4511
FAX Number : +972-8-946-8256
E-mail 
Address : david.mirelman@@weizmann.ac.il
Homepage 
Interests : General
Dr. Irmgard Montfort 
Happel,
Departamento de Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
Ciudad Universitaria,
México D.F. 04510 
México
Telephone Number : 525-636-2368
FAX Number : 525-616-0844
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Pathogenesis
Dr. Martha Nelly Montoya 
Palacio,
Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia,
Facultad de 
Medicina,
 Universidad de Antioquia,
AA 1226,
Medellin, Antioquia, 
Colombia
Telephone Number : 57-4-263-3077
FAX Number : 57-4-263-8282
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Immunology
Dr. Mario R. Morales Vallarta,
Department of Cell Biology and 
Genetics,
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas,
 Univ. Autonoma de Nuevo León,
Ciudad 
Universitaria,
San Nicolas De Los Garza, Nuevo León 64000 
México
Telephone Number : 8-357-4336/8-376-3923
FAX Number : 8-352-4245
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Encystation and Excystation
Dr. Patricia Moran 
Silva,
Unidad de Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
CD. Universitaria,
México D.F. 04510 México
Telephone Number : 525-548-5744/768-4509
FAX Number : 
525-548-5744
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Immunology; Genetics
Dr. Linda E. Muñoz Espinosa,
Department of 
Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León,
Gonzalitos 235,
Monterrey, Nuevo León 64460 México
Telephone Number : 528-348-3080/348-5080 x174
FAX Number : 
528-333-3133
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Clinical; Gastroenterology; 
Immunology; Epidemiology
Dr. Onofre Muñoz 
Hernandez,
Direccion de Prestaciones Medicas,
4o. Piso, Edificio B, Unidad 
de Congresos,
Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI,
Av. Cuauhtemoc 330, Col. Doctores,
06725 México D.F. México
Telephone Number : 525-627-6968
FAX Number : 761-0952
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Epidemiology; Clinical Microbiology
Dr. Przemyslaw Myjak,
Department of Tropical Parasitology,
Institute of Maritime and Tropical 
Medicine,
9 b Powstania Styczniowego,
81-519 
Telephone Number : ++48-58-622-30-11 x247
FAX Number : 
++48-58-622-33-54
E-mail Address : pemyjak@@immt.gdynia.pl
Interests : 
Serology; Diagnosis; Molecular Biology; Culture
Dr. Oscar Alberto Newton Sánchez,
Departament of Teaching and Research,
Hospital del Niño 
Morelense,
Calle Gustavo 
Gómez Azcarate No. 
205,
Col. Lomas de la Selva,
Cuernavaca,
62270 
Morelos, México
Telephone Number : 5273-11-38-02, 5273-11-38-03
FAX Number : 
5273-11-11-50, 5273-11-11-78
E-mail Address : hosnimor@@infosel.net.mx
Interests : Molecular 
Biology; Epidemiology
Dr. Vladimir F. Niculescu,
Retired senior researcher,
Kirschenweg 1,
Diedorf,
D-86420 Bayern,
Germany
Telephone Number: 0049-8238-4346
FAX Number: 0049-8238-4364
E-mail Address : vladimir.niculescu@@aol.com; besnea@@aol.com
Interests :  Cell biology, development, differentiation
Profile and publications : ResearchGate
Dr. Oscar Luis Novas,
Chief, Gastroenterology 
Service,
Gelly 3424,
Capital Federal, 
Telephone Number : (54-1) 801-4562
FAX Number : (54-1) 801-4562
E-Mail 
Address: novas@@pccp.com.ar
Interests : General; Clinical; 
Surgery
Dr. Tomoyoshi Nozaki, 
Department of Parasitology,
National Institute of Infectious Diseases,
1-23-1 Toyama,machi, 
Tokyo 162-8640 
Telephone Number : +81 3 5285 1111 ext. 2600
FAX Number : +81 3 5285 1219 or 1173
E-Mail 
Address: nozaki@@nih.go.jp 
Homepage
Interests 
: 
Maria José C. Oliveira,
Department of Radiotherapy, Nuclear 
Medicine and Experimental Cancerology,
Laboratory 
of Experimental Cancerology,
University Hospital of 
Gent,
De Pintelaan 185,
Gent 9000, Belgium
Telephone Number : 0032 9 2403063
FAX Number : 0032 9 2404991
E-mail 
Address : mjolivei@@hotmail.com
Interests : 
Entamoeba and Cancer Cell Invasion
Dr. Raul N. Ondarza,
Av. Universidad 
655,
Telephone Number : (52)73-110-111 Ext. 2330
FAX Number : 
(52)73-175-485
E-mail Address : ondarza@@servidor.unam.mx or rnondar@@insp3.insp.mx
Interests : 
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Esther Orozco,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 5641
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918 
E-mail Address : esther@@cinvestav.mx 
Interests: 
Dr. Librado Ortíz-Ortíz,
Departament of 
Inmunologia,
Instituto de 
Investigaciones Biomedicas, 
Ciudad Universitaria, Aptdo. Postal 
70228,
CP 04510, México D.F. México
Telephone Number : 525-550-6447
FAX Number : 525-550-0048
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Immunology
Professor Subash 
Chandra Parija,
Department of 
Microbiology,
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Research & 
Education,
D'Nagar,
Pondicherry 605006, India
Telephone Number : ++91-413-372380-89 X265
FAX Number : 
++91-413-372735
E-mail Address : parijasc@@md3.vsnl.net.in
Interests 
: Immunodiagnosis of Parasitic Infections
Dr. Noris Pavia 
Ruz,
Laboratorio de Inmuniquimica y Biologia Celular,
Hospital Infantil de 
México "Federic Gomez",
Dr. Marquez 162,
06720 México D.F. 
México
Telephone Number : 
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : 
Interests : 
Dr. Ruy Pérez 
Tamayo,
Departamento de Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
Aptdo Postal 70-641,
México D.F. 04510 
México
Telephone Number : 525-623-2122
FAX Number : 525-616-0844
E-mail 
Address : ruypt@@servidor.dgsca.unam.mx
Interests : Pathology; 
Immunology
Dr. Ruy 
Pérez-Montfort,
Departamento de Microbiologia,
Instituto de Fisiologia 
Celular, 
Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 
70-242,
México D.F. 04510 México
Telephone Number : 525-622-5657
FAX Number : 525-622-5630
E-mail 
Address : rmontfor@@ifcsun1.ifisiol.unam.mx
Homepage
Interests 
: Protist Enzymes
Dr. William A. Petri, Jr.,
Department of 
Medicine,
University of Virginia Health System, 
MR6 Bldg., 
Room 1709A, 
345 Crispell Drive, Box 801340,
Telephone Number : 434-924-5621
FAX Number : 434-924-0075
E-mail 
Address : wap3g@@virginia.edu
Homepage
Homepage2
Interests 
: Cell Biology of Entamoeba
Dr. Dylan C. Pillai,
Department of 
Medicine,
University of Toronto,
1, King's College Circle,
Toronto, 
Ont. Canada M5S 1A8
Telephone Number : 416-978-0311
FAX Number : 416-595-5826
E-mail 
Address : dylan.pillai@@ontario.ca
Homepage
Interests : Lectin
Dr. Ramasare Prasads, 
Department of Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,
Roorkee, Uttaranchal 247667, 
Telephone Number : 01332-285791
FAX Number : 01332-273560
E-mail 
Address : rapdyfbs@@iitr.ernet.in
Interests : Drug resistance, 
proteomics
Dr. Manuel Ramiro 
Hernandez,
Hospital 
Regional 1ro. de Octubre ISSSTE,
Av. Politecnico Nacional #1669 Col. 
Lindavista,
México, D.F. 07720 México
Telephone Number : 525-586-9167/673-2788
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : 
Interests : 
Dr. Fernando Ramos 
Reyes,
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología,
Facultad de Medicina, 
CD. Universitaria,
México D.F. 04360, 
México
Telephone Number : (52) 55- 56232388
FAX Number : 
(52) 55- 56232386
E-mail Address : ferramos@@unam.mx
Interests : Molecular Biology; Phylogenetics and Evolution
Dr. Antonio Rangel 
Caceres,
Unidad de Inmunologia,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los 
Andes,
Apartado Postal 566,
Merida 5101, Merida 
Venezuela
Telephone Number : 074-636-227
FAX Number : 074-403-212
E-mail Address 
: 
Interests : Clinical; Immunology
Dr. Jonathan I. Ravdin,
Medical College of Wisconsin,
8701 Watertown Plank Road,
Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA
Telephone Number : 414-955-8213
FAX Number : 414-955-6560
E-mail 
Address : jravdin@@mcw.edu
Interests 
: Immunology; Vaccine Development
Dr. Saumya Ray Chaudhari,
Molecular Biology Division,
Institute of 
Microbial Technology,
Sec 39A 
Telephone Number : 
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : saumya@@imtech.res.in
Interests : Molecular and cell 
biology of Entamoeba histolytica 
Dr. Sharon L. Reed,
Department of Infectious Diseases,
UCSD Medical 
Center,
200, West Arbor 
Drive,
San Diego, CA 92103-8416 USA
Telephone Number : 619-543-6146
FAX Number : 619-543-6614
E-mail 
Address : slreed@@popmail.ucsd.edu
Homepage
Interests 
: Pathogenesis; Proteinases as Virulence Factors
Dr. Marcos 
Restrepo,
Departamento de Parasitologia,
Colombian Institute of Tropical 
Medicine,
PO Box 52162,
Medellin Colombia
Telephone Number : 4415308
FAX Number : 57-4-4415514
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Clinical
Dra. Guadalupe Reyes 
Cruz,
Departamento de Biologia Celular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Aptdo. 
Postal 14-740,
México D.F. 07000 México
Telephone Number : 525-55-747-3989
FAX Number : 525-55-747-7081
E-mail 
Address : guadaluper@@cell.cinvestav.mx 
Interests : Clinical; 
Non-Clinical; Immunology
Dr. Marie Christine Rigothier,
Departement de Parasitologie,
Faculte de Pharmacie, Université de Paris 
XI,
Rue J.B. Clement,
F-92290 Ch’tenay-Malabry 
Cedex France
Telephone Number : 46-83-55-54
FAX Number : 46-83-55-57
E-mail Address 
: 
Interests : Entamoeba histolytica
Dr. Windell L. 
Rivera,
University of the 
Diliman, 
Telephone Number : 63-2-920-5471
FAX Number : 63-2-920-5471
E-mail 
Address : wlrivera@@science.upd.edu.ph
Interests : Molecular and 
Cellular Protozoology
Dr. Pablo Robles 
Vergara,
Departamento de Medicina Interna,
Universidad de Antioquia,
AA 
1226,
Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Telephone Number : 57-4-234-5109
FAX Number : 57-4-263-8282
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Clinical; Epidemiology
Dr. Mario Alberto Rodríguez-Rodríguez,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 5653
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918 
E-mail Address : marodri@@cinvestav.mx 
Interests: 
Dr. Jose Luis Romero 
Zamora,
Departamento de Infectolgia,
Hospital Infantil de México "Federic 
Gomez",
Dr. Marquez 162,
06720 México D.F. México
Telephone Number : 
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : 
Interests : 
Prof. David S. Roos,
Department of Biology,
University of Pennsylvania,
433 South University Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018  USA
Telephone Number : +1-215-898-2118
FAX Number : +1-215-898-1874
E-mail 
Address : droos@@sas.upenn.edu
Interests: Cell biology, molecular genetics, and genomics of protozoan parasites
Dr. José Luis Rosales-Encina,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 3349
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918 
E-mail Address :  rosales@@cinvestav.mx  
Interests : Immunology; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology
Dr. Guillermo M. Ruiz 
Palacios,
Departamento de Infectologia,
Instituto de la Nutricion 
"Salvador Zubiran",
Vasco de Quiroga 15,
Col. Tlalpan, 14000 México D.F. 
México
Telephone Number : 525-655-9675
FAX Number : 525-655-1076
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Clinical; Epidemiology
Dr. Salvador 
Said-Fernandez,
Centro 
de Investigacion Biomedica del Noreste,
IMSS, Administracion de Correos No. 
4,
Ave. 2 de Abril y San Luis Potosi S/N,
Monterrey, Nuevo León 64720 
México
Telephone Number : 528-344-4116
FAX Number : 528-344-4116
E-mail 
Address : ssaid@@academ01.mty.itesm.mx 
Interests : Virulence Factors; Axenic Encystment; Antiamebic Drugs
Professor John C. Samuelson,
Department of Molecular and Cell 
Biology,
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine,
715 Albany 
St, Evans 426,
Boston, MA 02118 USA
Telephone Number : 617-414-1054
FAX Number : 617-414-1041
E-mail 
Address : jsamuels@@bu.edu
Homepage
Interests 
: Biochemistry; Cell Biology; Diagnosis
Dra. Ma. del Carmen Sanchez 
Guillén,
Centro de Investigacion Biomedica de Oriente,
Instituto Mexicano 
del Seguro Social,
2do Piso al Sur, 2 Norte #2004 Centro,
72570 Puebla, 
Puebla México
Telephone Number : 22-424-520 x358
FAX Number : 22-460-057
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Immunoparasitology
Profesora Blanca Estela Sánchez 
Ramírez,
Laboratorio de Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias 
Químicas,
Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua,
Ciudad Universitaria, Col. 
Altavista,
Chihuahua 31240 México
Telephone Number : 14-131-828 x118
FAX Number : 14-137-462
E-mail 
Address : bsanche@@buzon.uach.mx
Interests : Immunoparasitology
Dr. Rosana Sanchez-Lopez,
Departament of Molecular Recognition and Biostructure,
Instituto de 
Biotecnologia, 
Aptdo. 
Postal 510-3,
Telephone Number : 527-311-4900
FAX Number : 527-317-2388
E-mail 
Address : rosana@@ibt.unam.mx
Interests : Molecular and 
Cellular Biology
Dr. Jose Ignacio Santos 
Preciado,
Departamento de Infectolgia,
Hospital Infantil de México 
"Federic Gomez",
Dr. Marquez 162,
06720 México D.F. 
México
Telephone Number : 
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : 
Interests : 
Dr. Massimo Scaglia,
Laboratory of Clinical Parasitology,
Institute of Infectious Diseases,
Viale Taramelli, 
5,
Telephone Number : 382-422-030/422-031
FAX Number : 382-423-320
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Medical Parasitology
Dr. Henning 
Scholze,
Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie,
Universitat 
Osnabrück,
Barbarastrasse 13,
D-49069 Osnabrück 
Germany
Telephone Number : 49541-969-3423
FAX Number : 49541-969-2884
E-mail 
Address : scholze@@biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de
Homepage
Interests : 
Biochemistry of Parasitic Protozoa
Dr. Rakesh Sehgal,
Department of Parasitology,
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education 
and Research,
Telephone Number : 54103239 x290
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : 
Interests : 
Dr. José de Jesús Serrano Luna,
Department of 
Cell Biology,
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN,
Av. 
Instituto Politécnico Nacional # 
2508,
Colonia San Pedro Zacatenco,
México D.F. 07360, México 
Telephone Number : (5) 7-47-38-00 or (5) 747-70-00 Ext 5575
FAX Number : 
(5) 5-86-62-90 or (5) 7-52-05-90
E-mail Address : jserrano@@cell.cinvestav.mx
Interests : Entamoeba histolytica and Free Live Amebas
Dr. M. P. Sharma,
Department of Gastroenterology,
All India Institute 
of Medical Sciences,
Ansari Nagar,
New Delhi 110 029 India
Telephone Number : 661123 x350/649-2709
FAX Number : 
91-011-686-2663
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Clinical
Dr. Mineko Shibayama,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 3348
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918
E-mail Address : mineko@@cinvestav.mx
Interests : Pathology
Divyendu Singh,
Department of 
Gastroenterology,
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical 
Sciences,
Telephone Number : +91-522-440004 to 440008 Ext. 2427
FAX Number : 
+91-522-440017/440973
E-mail Address : dsingh@@sgpgi.ac.in
Interests : Apoptosis, 
Immunology, and Molecular Biology
Dr. Sarman Singh,
Clinical Microbiology 
Division,
Department of Laboratory Medicine,
All India Institute of 
Medical Sciences,
New Delhi 110029 India
Telephone Number : 91-11-2658-8484/ 2659-4977
FAX Number : 
91-11-2658-8663/ 2658-8641
E-mail Address : ssingh56@@hotmail.com or sarman_singh@@rediffmail.com
Interests 
: Clinical; Immunology; Epidemiology; Genetics
Dr. Upinder 
Singh,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
S-143 Grant Building, 
300 Pasteur 
Drive,
Stanford, CA 94305-5107 USA
Telephone Number : 650-723-4045
FAX Number : 650-724-3892
E-mail 
Address : usingh@@stanford.edu 
Homepage
Interests : 
Pathogenesis
Shweta Srivastava, 
School of Environmental Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New 
Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi 110 067, India
Telephone Number : 091-011-6107676 ext 2308/2516
FAX Number : 
E-mail 
Address : mailto:srivastavashweta@@hotmail.com
Interests 
: Epidemeiology and molecular biology of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar 
Dr. Chin Thack Soh,
Department of Parasitology,
Wonkwang 
University Medical College,
344-2 Sinyong-dong,
Iksan City, Jeonrabug-do 570-749 Republic of Korea
Telephone Number : 0653-50-6768
FAX Number : 0653-50-6752
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : E. histolytica Pathogenicity and Virulence
Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi, 
Medical Parasitology & Mycology, 
Tehran University of 
Medical Sciences, 
Enghelab Avenue, 
Tehran 
6446-14155, Iran 
Telephone Number : 98 21 611 29 02
FAX Number : 646 22 67
E-mail 
Address : Shahram5@@sphtums.com or S_solaymani@@yahoo.com
Interests: 
Entamoeba histolytica molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis
Professor Francisco J. 
Solis,
Laboratorio de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina,
Universidad 
Autonoma de Chihuahua,
Ave. Colón 1003, Colonia Obrera,
Chihuahua 31150 
México
Telephone Number : 52-14-157-315
FAX Number : 52-14-152-543
E-mail 
Address : p8113@@uach.mx 
Interests : 
Cell Biology of E. histolytica
Prof. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr.,
The Office of the President
310 Administration Building
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York 11794-0701 , USA
Telephone Number: (631) 632-6267
FAX Number: (631) 632-6621 
E-mail 
Address : sstanley@@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Homepage
Interests 
: Vaccines; Immunology; Pathogenesis
Dr. P. V. Subba Rao,
Department of Biochemistry,
Indian Institute of 
Science,
Telephone Number : 91-80-334-5115/309-2235
FAX Number : 
91-80-334-5115
E-mail Address : pvs@@biochem.iisc.ernet.in
Interests : Allergy; 
Immunodiagnostics
Dr. Hiroshi Tachibana,
Department of Infectious 
Diseases,
Tokai University School of Medicine,
Bohseidai,
Isehara, Kanagawa 
259-11 Japan
Telephone Number : 0463-93-1121
FAX Number : 0463-95-5450
E-mail 
Address : htachiba@@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp
Interests 
: Molecular Biology; Immunology; Epidemiology
Dr. Tsutomu Takeuchi,
Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology,
School of Medicine, Keio University,
35, 
Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 160 Japan
Telephone Number : 03-3353-1211 x2666
FAX Number : 03-3353-5958
E-mail 
Address : takeuchi@@mc.med.keio.ac.jp
Interests 
: Clinical; Biochemistry; Drugs; Epidemiology
Dr. Patricia Talamas 
Rohana,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Apartado 
Postal 14-740,
C.P. 07000 México D.F. México
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3351
FAX Number : 
(52)-55-5747-9890
E-mail Address : ptr@@cinvestav.mx
Interests : Immunology; Cell 
Biology (actin cytoskeleton, signaling)
Dr. Manami Tanaka,
The National Institute of 
Bioscience and Human Technology,
Agency of Industrial Science and 
Technology,
Ministry of International Trade and Industry,
Higashi, Tsukuba 
Science City, Ibaraki 305-8566,
Japan
Telephone Number : 
81-298-54-6503
FAX Number : 81-298-54-6503
E-mail Address : tmanami@@nibh.go.jp
Interests : 
Molecular Genetics
Dr. B.N. Tandon,
P.S. Research Institute for 
Liver, Renal & Digestive Diseases,
M-52, Greater Kailash-II,
Telephone Number : 91-11-648-0548/644-0383
FAX Number : 
91-11-644-4169/647-3018
E-mail Address : DELAAA53@@GIASDL01.VSNL.NET.IN
Interests 
: Hepatology; Gastroenterology; Nutrition
Dr. Egbert Tannich,
Department of Molecular Biology,
Bernhard 
Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine,
Bernhard 
Nocht Strasse 74,
D-20359 
Hamburg Germany
Telephone Number : 49-40-42818-477
FAX Number : 49-40-42818-512
E-mail 
Address : tannich@@bni.uni-hamburg.de
Interests : Clinical; 
Molecular Biology
Dr. Lesly Temesvari, 
Department of Biological Sciences,
132 Long Hall, 
Telephone Number : 864-656-6387 
FAX Number : 864-656-0435 
E-mail 
Address : ltemesv@@clemson.edu
Interests : Cell 
Biology of Entamoeba; Membrane and protein 
trafficking in Entamoeba
Dr. Nitaya Thammapalerd,
Department of Microbiology and 
Immunology,
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol 
University,
420/6 Rajvithi Road,
Bangkok 10400 
Thailand
Telephone Number : 66-2-246-0056 x591/592
FAX Number : 66-2-246-8340 or 
66-2-248-3189
E-mail Address : tmntm@@mucc.mahidol.ac.th
Interests : Immunology; 
Molecular Biology
Dr. Jorge Tovar, 
Division of Biochemistry, 
Royal 
Holloway, 
Egham, 
Telephone Number : +44-(0)1784-414 159
FAX Number : +44-(0)1784-434 
326
E-mail Address : J.Tovar@@rhbnc.ac.uk
Interests : 
Biochemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Dr. Victor Tsutsumi,
Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Ave. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Del. GA Madero,
México, DF, México 07360
Telephone Number : (52)-55-5747-3800 ext 5627
FAX Number : (52)-55-5747-3918 
E-mail Address : vtsutsu@@cinvestav.mx 
Interests : 
Experimental Pathology
Dr. Haydee Urdaneta 
Romero,
Laboratorio de 
Inmunoparasitologia,
Instituto de Inmunologia Clinica, Universidad de los 
Andes,
Edificio Louis Pasteur, Hospital de la ULA,
Apartado 566, Merida 
5101 Venezuela
Telephone Number : 58-074-403-199
FAX Number : 58-074-403-212
E-mail 
Address : uhaydee@@ing.ula.ve
Interests : Immunoparasitology
Dr. Easwaran P. 
Variyam,
Division of Gastroenterology, 
University of Texas Medical Branch,
301 University Boulevard,
Galveston, TX 77555 - 0764,  
 
Telephone Number : 
FAX Number : 
E-mail Address : epvariya@@utmb.edu
Interests 
: Ameba-Bacteria Interactions; Commensalism; Natural History of Disease
Jose Vazquez 
Prado,
Departamento de Biologia Celular,
CINVESTAV-IPN,
Aptdo. 
Postal 14-740,
México D.F. 07000 México
Telephone Number : 525-752-0677 x5557
FAX Number : 525-754-6065
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Cell Biology; Genetics
Dr. Jaco J. Verweij,
Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
 Laboratory for Clinical Pathology, 
St. Elisabeth Hospital, 
Tilburg,
  The Netherlands
Telephone Number : 
FAX Number : 
E-mail 
Address : j.verweij@@elisabeth.nl
Interests : Diagnostics
Dr. Julio César Villagómez-Castro,
Departamento de Biología, 
División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas,
Universidad de Guanajuato, campus Guanajuato,
Noria Alta s/n, Col. Noria Alta,
  
Guanajuato, Gto.  36050, México 
Telephone Number : 52-473-73-20006-8156 
FAX Number : 52-473-73-20006-8153 
E-mail Address : castroj@@quijote.ugto.mx
Interests : Glycobiology, Cell biology,  Diferentiation
Dr. V.K. Vinayak,
Department of 
Biotechnology,
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India,
Block 
2 (7-8 Floor), C.G.O. Complex,
Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003 India
Telephone Number : 436-0718/436-3012
FAX Number : 011-362884
E-mail 
Address : 
Interests : Immunology; Genetics
Dr. Harpreet Vohra,
Department of Experimental Medicine and 
Biotechnology,
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and 
Research,
Sector 12,
Chandigarh 160012 India
Telephone Number : 0091-172-540-403
FAX Number : 
0091-172-540-403/401
E-mail Address : rmvohra@@mailexcite.com
Interests : 
Parasite Immunology
Dr. Brigitte 
Walderich,
ARTEMIS 
Pharmaceuticals GmbH,
Spemannstr. 35,
Telephone Number : ++49-7071-601869
FAX Number : 
++49-07071-601868
E-mail Address : B.Walderich@@artemis-pharmaceuticals.de
Interests : 
Cyst stage of E.histolytica and E.dispar; Blastocystis
Dr. Cecilia Ximenez 
Garcia,
Depto. de 
Medicina Experimental,
Facultad de Medicina, 
Hospital General de México de la S.S,
Dr. 
Valmis 148, Col. Doctores,
C.P. 06726, México D.F. 
México
Telephone Number : 525-548-5755/673-2788
FAX Number : 
525-623-2673
E-mail Address : cximenez@@servidor.unam.mx
Interests : Clinical; 
Genetics; Epidemiology; Immunology; Animal Models
Dr. Lin He Xu,
Dept. of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences,
Shanghai 
Medical University,
138, Yi Xue Yuan 
Road,
Shanghai 200032 Peoples Republic of China
Telephone Number : 0086-021-431-1900 x359
FAX Number : 
0086-021-433-0543
E-mail Address : 
Interests : Cell Biology
Professor Kor Yereli,
Department of Parasitology, 
Celal 
Telephone Number : +90-532-246 35 78
FAX Number : +90-232-388 64 
59
E-mail Address: kor.yereli@@bayar.edu.tr
Interests : Epidemiology; 
Diagnosis of intestinal amebiasis, Antiamoebic Drugs, Giardiasis
Professor T.S. Yong,
Department of Parasitology,
Telephone Number : 822-361-5297
FAX Number : 822-363-8676
E-mail 
Address: tsyong212@@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Interests 
: Diagnosis, Molecular Biology, Immunology
Prof. Viqar Zaman,
Department of Microbiology,
The Aga Khan University,
Stadium Road, PO Box 
3500,
Karachi 74800, Sindh Pakistan
Telephone Number : 92-21-493-0051 x2111
FAX Number : 
92-21-493-4294
E-mail Address : viqar.zaman@@aku.edu
Interests : 
Clinical
Sherwan Zindrou,
Department of 
Microbiology,
Husargatan 
3,
Telephone Number : 46-18-174068
FAX Number : 46-18-530396
E-mail 
Address : sherwanzindrou@@hotmail.com
Interests 
: Hemolysins