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Draft genome of Brugia pahangi: high similarity between B. pahangi and B. malayi

Lau YL 1 , Lee WC 2 , Xia J 3 , Zhang G 3 , Razali R 4 , Anwar A 4 Show all authors , Fong MY 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. lauyeeling@um.edu.my
  • 2 Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 138648, Singapore
  • 3 BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
  • 4 Sengenics HIR, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Parasit Vectors, 2015;8:451.
PMID: 26350613 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1064-2

Abstract

Efforts to completely eradicate lymphatic filariasis from human population may be challenged by the emergence of Brugia pahangi as another zoonotic lymphatic filarial nematode. In this report, a genomic study was conducted to understand this species at molecular level.

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