Nematode Net

Ancylostoma duodenale	- Image: Anterior of Ancylostoma duodenale Image courtesy:http://parasito.montpellier-wired.com/nemato/ancylostoma_duodenale.jpg
Common Name:	Human Hookworm
Disease:	Hookworms attach to capillary beds in the small intestine of a host where they suck blood resulting in anemia. Hookworms (A. duodenale & N. americanus) are a major cause of chronic anemia and growth stunting in children worldwide, particularly in the tropics. An estimated 1.28 billion people are infected. Human parasite. Clade V. Strongylid
Libraries:	Forthcoming
Available ESTs:	0
Planned ESTs:	-
NemaGene Cluster Status:	Not yet begun.
Sequencing:	The Washington University Nematode EST Project, Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
GSC Collaborators:	Please contact Makedonka Mitreva to establish a collaboration.
Links:	CDC Fact Sheet parasitology.org facts Human Parasitic Nematode Links
Contact:	Makedonka Mitreva
Reference:	Citation

Ancylostoma caninum	Ancylostoma ceylanicum	Ancylostoma duodenale	Ascaris lumbricoides	Ascaris suum	Brugia malayi
Caenorhabditis briggsae	Caenorhabditis elegans	Caenorhabditis japonica	Caenorhabditis PB2801	Caenorhabditis remanei	Dirofilaria immitis
Ditylenchus africanus	Globodera pallida	Globodera rostochiensis	Heterorhabditis bacteriophora	Haemonchus contortus	Heterodera glycines
Heterodera schachtii	Litomosoides sigmodontis	Meloidogyne arenaria	Meloidogyne chitwoodi	Meloidogyne hapla	Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica	Meloidogyne paranaensis	Necator americanus	Nippostrongylus brasiliensis	Onchocerca ochengi	Onchocerca flexuosa
Onchocerca volvulus	Ostertagia ostertagi	Parastrongyloides trichosuri	Pratylenchus penetrans	Pratylenchus vulnus	Pristionchus pacificus
Radopholus similis	Strongyloides ratti	Strongyloides stercoralis	Teladorsagia circumcincta	Toxocara canis	Trichinella spiralis
Trichuris muris	Trichuris trichiura	Trichuris vulpis	Wuchereria bancrofti	Xiphinema index	Zeldia punctata