Helminth genomics: The implications for human health

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Brindley, Paul J ^a   Mitreva, Makedonka ^b   Ghedin, Elodie ^c   Lustigman, Sara ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUGIA MALAYI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TROPICAL DISEASE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; GENOME, HELMINTH; GENOMICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 70350476885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000538     Document Type: Review

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