Hookworm

The Genome Institute and collaborators are sequencing the hookworm, Anclyostoma ceylanicum. Hookworm diseases are extremely common in the tropics and sub-tropics, with a disease burden comparable to measles and exceeding that of diabetes and lung cancer.

A. ceylanicum is a parasite that attaches to the intestine of animals - particularly hamsters - causing anemia in the host. It is a good model for studying human hookworms.

More Information and Sequencing Plan

Please see Whitepaper (pdf) and Nematode.net page.

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Contacts

Name	Affiliation
Makedonka Mitreva	The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
John Hawdon	Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center

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Publications

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