The Echinococcus canadensis (G7) genome: a key knowledge of parasitic platyhelminth human diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The parasite Echinococcus canadensis (G7) (phylum Platyhelminthes, class Cestoda) is one of the causative agents of echinococcosis. Echinococcosis is a worldwide chronic zoonosis affecting humans as well as domestic and wild mammals, which has been reported as a prioritized neglected disease by the World Health Organisation. No genomic data, comparative genomic analyses or efficient therapeutic and diagnostic tools are available for this severe disease. The information presented in this study will help to understand the peculiar biological characters and to design species-specific control tools.

Results

We sequenced, assembled and annotated the 115-Mb genome of E. canadensis (G7). Comparative genomic analyses using whole genome data of three Echinococcus species n

SUBMITTER: Maldonado LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5327563 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature