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SUBMITTER: Tang YT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3978129 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature genetics 20140119 3
The hookworm Necator americanus is the predominant soil-transmitted human parasite. Adult worms feed on blood in the small intestine, causing iron-deficiency anemia, malnutrition, growth and development stunting in children, and severe morbidity and mortality during pregnancy in women. We report sequencing and assembly of the N. americanus genome (244 Mb, 19,151 genes). Characterization of this first hookworm genome sequence identified genes orchestrating the hookworm's invasion of the human hos ...[more]