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The
Department of Entomology maintains a variety of in-house
vector colonies. These include chiggers for scrub typhus
research, anopheline mosquitoes for malaria research,
and Aedes, Culex, and Toxorhynchites mosquitoes
for viral transmission studies, insecticide resistance
studies and repellent product testing. Additionally,
malaria sporozoites are produced to support vaccine
challenge studies, drug testing models, and research
on sporozoite invasion of hepatocytes.
Forced
mating of mosquitoes in one of the AFRIMS’ insectaries.
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The
AFRIMS has the largest overseas medical research library
in the DoD and is an invaluable resource for the Institute
staff and local institutions. The library’s extensive
collection of hard copy research materials is augmented
by a variety of resources including CDROM databases,
online databases, electronic journals, audio-visual
materials, electronic books and internet links with
collections worldwide. The AFRIMS library also has ready
access to the libraries of the leading medical institutions
in Thailand.
The
AFRIMS has the largest overseas medical research library
in the DoD and is an invaluable resource for the Institute
staff and local institutions.
Members
of the AFRIMS staff attending lessons in the Thai language.
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