Exploring the Effects of Inequities in Treatment Access on Resistance Emergence in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Anton Aluquin

The effects of health inequities on antimicrobial resistance are not well documented. Caenorhabditis elegans and Orsay virus presents an ideal model to study the effect of treatment access on antimicrobial resistance. Orsay virus was passaged through 10 sequential generations of worm populations combined in different ratios of “treatedâ€

Major: 
Immunology and Infectiou Diseases
Exhibition Category: 
Health and Life Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
David Kennedy
Poster Number: 
51059