Gene function in schistosomes: recent advances toward a cure

Front Genet. 2015 Apr 15:6:144. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00144. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Arnon D Jurberg¹, Paul J Brindley²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Washington, DC, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: economical impact; gene function; poverty; schistosomiasis; treatment.

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