Systems biology studies of adult paragonimus lung flukes facilitate the identification of immunodominant parasite antigens.

• Main Authors: Samantha N McNulty (Author), Peter U Fischer (Author), R Reid Townsend (Author), Kurt C Curtis (Author), Gary J Weil (Author), Makedonka Mitreva (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Paragonimiasis is a food-borne trematode infection acquired by eating raw or undercooked crustaceans. It is a major public health problem in the far East, but it also occurs in South Asia, Africa, and in the Americas. Paragonimus worms cause chronic lung disease with cough, fever and hemoptysis that...