200 Million People: Schistosoma Mansoni Parasite Gets Genome Sequenced
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 22:49
in Biology & Nature
An international team has sequenced the genome of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasite that infects 200 million people in 76 countries through freshwater snails. The US is not one of the affected countries because we don't have the snails that carry the Schistosoma mansoni parasite, though Americans at risk include those traveling in the Peace Corps, on business or for church missions. The new research is the largest genome sequencing of a parasite to date. read more