Schistosomiasis: Public Health and Genomic Insights - June 24, 2015

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Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis: Public Health and Genomic Insights - June 24, 2015

CDC information: Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by parasitic worms. Although the worms that cause schistosomiasis are not found in the United States: more than 200 million people are infected worldwide
More than 200 million people are infected worldwide

NIH information: Schistosomiasis Resource Center

It's all about those bases: The need for incorporating parasite genetic heterogeneity into the development of schistosome vaccines
Gleichsner AM. , PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2015

Find out which genes are associated with schistosoma infection and outcomes, from the HuGE Navigator

Genome mining offers a new starting point for parasitology research.
Lv Z et al. Parasitol. Res. 2015 Feb (2) 399-409

Prospects for vector-based gene silencing to explore immunobiological features of schistosoma mansoni.
Hagen J et al. Adv. Parasitol. 2015 Apr 85-122

Accelerated evolution of schistosome genes coding for proteins located at the host-parasite interface.
Philippsen GS et al. Genome Biol Evol 2015 Feb (2) 431-43

Gene suppression in schistosomes using RNAi.
Da'dara AA et al. Methods Mol. Biol. 2015 143-64

Epigenetic control of gene function in schistosomes: a source of therapeutic targets?
Cabezas-Cruz A et al. Front Genet 2014 317

New research tools for urogenital schistosomiasis.
Rinaldi G et al. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Mar 15. (6) 861-9

Deciphering the glycogenome of schistosomes.
Mickum ML et al. Front Genet 2014 262