High-quality nuclear genome for Sarcoptes scabiei-A critical resource for a neglected parasite.

• Main Authors: Pasi K Korhonen (Author), Robin B Gasser (Author), Guangxu Ma (Author), Tao Wang (Author), Andreas J Stroehlein (Author), Neil D Young (Author), Ching-Seng Ang (Author), Deepani D Fernando (Author), Hieng C Lu (Author), Sara Taylor (Author), Simone L Reynolds (Author), Ehtesham Mofiz (Author), Shivashankar H Najaraj (Author), Harsha Gowda (Author), Anil Madugundu (Author), Santosh Renuse (Author), Deborah Holt (Author), Akhilesh Pandey (Author), Anthony T Papenfuss (Author), Katja Fischer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The parasitic mite Sarcoptes scabiei is an economically highly significant parasite of the skin of humans and animals worldwide. In humans, this mite causes a neglected tropical disease (NTD), called scabies. This disease results in major morbidity, disability, stigma and poverty globally and is oft...