Mitochondrial genome of the eyeworm, Thelazia callipaeda (Nematoda: Spirurida), as the first representative from the family Thelaziidae.

• Main Authors: Guo-Hua Liu (Author), Robin B Gasser (Author), Domenico Otranto (Author), Min-Jun Xu (Author), Ji-Long Shen (Author), Namitha Mohandas (Author), Dong-Hui Zhou (Author), Xing-Quan Zhu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human thelaziosis is an underestimated parasitic disease caused by Thelazia species (Spirurida: Thelaziidae). The oriental eyeworm, Thelazia callipaeda, infects a range of mammalian definitive hosts, including canids, felids and humans. Although this zoonotic parasite is of socio-economic significan...