HelmCoP: an online resource for helminth functional genomics and drug and vaccine targets prioritization.

ABSTRACT: A vast majority of the burden from neglected tropical diseases result from helminth infections (nematodes and platyhelminthes). Parasitic helminthes infect over 2 billion, exerting a high collective burden that rivals high-mortality conditions such as AIDS or malaria, and cause devastation to crops and livestock. The challenges to improve control of parasitic helminth infections are multi-fold and no single category of approaches will meet them all. New information such as helminth genomics, functional genomics and proteomics coupled with innovative bioinformatic approaches provide fundamental molecular information about these parasites, accelerating both basic research as well as development of effective diagnostics, vaccines and new drugs. To facilitate such studies we have developed an

SUBMITTER: Abubucker S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3132748 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature