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Article: Scientists decode genome of deadly parasitic worm.
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- Pediatrics Week
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- August 1, 2009
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Scientists have sequenced the genome of the parasite that causes intestinal schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia or snail fever), a devastating tropical disease that afflicts more than 200 million people in the developing world. Najib El-Sayed, associate professor in the University of Maryland's College of Chemical and Life Sciences, led the transatlantic research team, along with Matthew Berriman of the UK's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Their work is published in the July 16, 2009 edition of Nature and featured on the journal's cover.
Schistosomiasis is one of several neglected tropical diseases prevalent across much of Africa, Asia, and South America ...
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