Molecular evidence of hybridization between pig and human Ascaris indicates an interbred species complex infecting humans

Human ascariasis is a major neglected tropical disease caused by the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. We report a 296 megabase (Mb) reference-quality genome comprised of 17,902 protein-coding genes derived from a single, representative Ascaris worm. An additional 68 worms were collected from 60 human...

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Autores principales: Easton, Alice, Gao, Shenghan, Lawton, Scott P, Bennuru, Sasisekhar, Khan, Asis, Dahlstrom, Eric, Oliveira, Rita G, Kepha, Stella, Porcella, Stephen F, Webster, Joanne, Anderson, Roy, Grigg, Michael E, Davis, Richard E, Wang, Jianbin, Nutman, Thomas B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
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Epidemiology and Global Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7647404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33155980
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61562

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7647404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33155980
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61562

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