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De novo transcriptome sequencing in Anopheles funestus using Illumina RNA-seq technology.
PloS one - 2 Dec 2010
Crawford Jacob E, Guelbeogo Wamdaogo M, Sanou Antoine, Traoré Alphonse, Vernick Kenneth D, Sagnon N'Fale, Lazzaro Brian P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Anopheles funestus is one of the primary vectors of human malaria, which causes a million deaths each year in sub-Saharan Africa. Few scientific resources are available to facilitate studies of this mosquito species and relatively little is known about its basic biology and evolution, making development and implementation of novel disease control efforts more difficult. The An. funestus genome has not...
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