Genomics of Loa loa, a Wolbachia-free filarial parasite of humans
Genomics of Loa loa, a Wolbachia-free filarial parasite of humans
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Desjardins, Christopher A , Cerqueira, Gustavo C , Goldberg, Jonathan M , Hotopp, Julie C Dunning , Haas, Brian J , Zucker, Jeremy , Ribeiro, José M C , Saif, Sakina , Levin, Joshua Z , Fan, Lin , Zeng, Qiandong , Russ, Carsten , Wortman, Jennifer R , Fink, Doran L , Birren, Bruce W and Nutman, Thomas B
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New York: Nature Publishing Group US
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Thomas Nutman and colleagues report the draft genome of the filarial pathogen
Loa loa
, the African eyeworm. They also report coverage of two other filarial pathogens,
Wuchereria bancrofti
and
Onchocerca volvulus
. Unlike most filariae,
L. loa
lacks an obligate intracellular
Wolbachia
endosymbiont, and comparative geno...
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Genomics of Loa loa, a Wolbachia-free filarial parasite of humans
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4238225
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1061-4036
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1546-1718
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10.1038/ng.2585
