Science news articles about 'schistosoma mansoni'

  • 200 Million People: Schistosoma Mansoni Parasite Gets Genome Sequenced

    An international team has sequenced the genome of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasite that infects 200 million people in 76 countries through freshwater snails. The US is not one of the affected countries ...
  • Parasitic worm infections increase susceptibility to AIDS viruses

    ... an AIDS-causing virus. The macaques co-infected with Schistosoma mansoni also demonstrated higher peak viral loads and higher memory cell concentrations of virus, both predictors of ...
  • Human genomics in China

    ... by the Shanghai Bioinformation Technology Development Center, for sharing with the international Schistosoma mansoni consortium. This action indicated that genomic information analysis technology ...
  • JCI online early table of contents: March 2, 2009

    ... Th2 immune responsiveness Parasites known as helminths, for example the parasite that causes schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni), often cause chronic infections. Although strong immune responses ...
  • Gene map aims to combat blood flukes

    The first microsatellite-based genetic linkage map has been published for Schistosoma mansoni, a blood fluke that is known to infect over 90 million people in Africa, the Middle East and the New World ...
  • Gene Map Aims To Combat Blood Flukes

    The first microsatellite-based genetic linkage map has been published for Schistosoma mansoni, a blood fluke that is known to infect over 90 million people in Africa, the Middle East and the New World ...
  • UCSF researchers help crack parasite genome, identify drug leads

    ... led by a team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in England, in sequencing the genome of the Schistosoma mansoni blood fluke, which has taken nearly a decade to achieve, researchers said. Three ...
  • Scientists decode genome of deadly parasitic worm

    ... the analysis of approximately 12,000 genes encoded in the nuclear DNA of Schistosoma mansoni, the flatworm that causes schistosomiasis. This comprehensive genome sequence enabled researchers to map ...
  • Blood parasite genetic linkage map created

    COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says he has completed the first genetic linkage map for Schistosoma mansoni -- a blood parasite linked with schistosomiasis.

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