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PD Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Krücken

Researcher

Address
Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7
Room 012
14163 Berlin
Fax
+49 30 838 62323

Main research interests

 

Development of molecular diagnostic tools

Molecular epidemiology

Molecular Phylogenetics

Functional analyses of drug targets

Modes of drug resistance

Mechanisms of immune evasion and characterization of host factors (in particular gender) predisposing for parasitic diseases

 

 

Parasites of particular interest

 

Cryptosporidium spp.

Plasmodium chabaudi

Parascaris equorum

tick-transmitted pathogens (in particular Babesia spp., Anaplasmaceae, Rickettsiaceae)

Canine vector-borne diseases (in particular Babesia spp., Anaplasmaceae, Rickettsiaceae, Hepatozoon, Onchocercidiae)

Canine and feline parasites using rhodents as intermediate hosts (e.g. Toxoplasma, Hammondia, Sarcocystis, Toxocara, Taenia)

Strongylids of ruminants and equines