Picture Credit: Brugia malayi L3, Sinclair Stammers, Imperial College, London |
| filariasis
or elephantiasis |
Filarial
worms infect over 100 million people in tropic regions
(Wucheria bancrofti is more common than Brugia malayi).
Worms, which are spread by mosquitos, reside in
the human lymphatic system where they can block
lymphatic drainage. Chronic infection can result
in swelling and scarring of limbs and genitals.
Clade III |
|
B. malayi Library Descriptions
|
| 26,215
|
| completed |
| Clustering
by NEMBASE. |
Majority
by Filarial Genome Network including Williams Lab
at Smith College, Northampton MA and Blaxter Lab
at Edinburgh University. Small sequencing project
by Washington University Nematode EST Project, Genome
Sequencing Center, Washington University School
of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
The complete genomic sequence for B. malayi is in
progress at The Institute of Genomic Research (TIGR),
funding by NIH-NIAID. |
| Gary
Weil, Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, MO. |
CDC
Fact Sheet
Parasitology.org
Info
TIGR
B. malayi
TIGR
Brugia malayi Gene Index |
Mark Blaxter, Edinburgh University
Steve Williams, Smith College
Makedonka
Mitreva, Washington University
Elodie Ghedin,
TIGR |
Citation
Link
|
