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The Echinococcus canadensis (G7) genome: a key knowledge of parasitic platyhelminth human diseases.
BMC genomics - 27 Feb 2017
Maldonado Lucas L, Assis Juliana, Araújo Flávio M Gomes, Salim Anna C M, Macchiaroli Natalia, Cucher Marcela, Camicia Federico, Fox Adolfo, Rosenzvit Mara, Oliveira Guilherme, Kamenetzky Laura
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BACKGROUND: The parasite Echinococcus canadensis (G7) (phylum Platyhelminthes, class Cestoda) is one of the causative agents of echinococcosis. Echinococcosis is a worldwide chronic zoonosis affecting humans as well as domestic and wild mammals, which has been reported as a prioritized neglected disease by the World Health Organisation. No genomic data, comparative genomic analyses or efficient therapeutic and...
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