Detection of circulating parasite-derived microRNAs in filarial infections.

• Main Authors: Lucienne Tritten (Author), Erica Burkman (Author), Andrew Moorhead (Author), Mohammed Satti (Author), James Geary (Author), Charles Mackenzie (Author), Timothy Geary (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Filarial nematodes cause chronic and profoundly debilitating diseases in both humans and animals. Applications of novel technology are providing unprecedented opportunities to improve diagnosis and our understanding of the molecular basis for host-parasite interactions. As a first step, we investiga...