Defining Brugia malayi and Wolbachia symbiosis by stage-specific dual RNA-seq.

• Main Authors: Alexandra Grote (Author), Denis Voronin (Author), Tao Ding (Author), Alan Twaddle (Author), Thomas R Unnasch (Author), Sara Lustigman (Author), Elodie Ghedin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Filarial nematodes currently infect up to 54 million people worldwide, with millions more at risk for infection, representing the leading cause of disability in the developing world. Brugia malayi is one of the causative agents of lymphatic filariasis and remains the only human filarial p...