Global gene expression analysis of the zoonotic parasite Trichinella spiralis revealed novel genes in host parasite interaction.

• Main Authors: Xiaolei Liu (Author), Yanxia Song (Author), Ning Jiang (Author), Jielin Wang (Author), Bin Tang (Author), Huijun Lu (Author), Shuai Peng (Author), Zhiguang Chang (Author), Yizhi Tang (Author), Jigang Yin (Author), Mingyuan Liu (Author), Yan Tan (Author), Qijun Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Trichinellosis is a typical food-borne zoonotic disease which is epidemic worldwide and the nematode Trichinella spiralis is the main pathogen. The life cycle of T. spiralis contains three developmental stages, i.e. adult worms, new borne larva (new borne L1 larva) and muscular larva (in...