The past, present, and future of Leishmania genomics and transcriptomics

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 100-108

  Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^b,c   Nolan, Matthew J ^d   Otranto, Domenico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Genome; High throughput sequencing; Host parasite interactions; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniases; Metazoonosis; One Health; Sand fly; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TUNGA; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; TRENDS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84924715788     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.12.012     Document Type: Review

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