The number of publicly available parasitic worm genome sequences has increased
dramatically in the past three years, and research interest in helminth functional genomics is …

Ivermectin is one of the most important drugs in veterinary and human medicine for the
control of parasitic infection and was the joint focus of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or …

Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) and platyhelminths (flatworms) cause debilitating
chronic infections of humans and animals, decimate crop production and are a major …

Haemonchus contortus has shown a great ability to develop resistance to anthelmintic
drugs. In many instances, resistance has appeared less than 10 years after the introduction …

Abstract WormBase (www. wormbase. org) is a central repository for research data on the
biology, genetics and genomics of Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes. The …

Haemonchus contortus (Barber's pole worm or “BPW”) is the nematode “nemesis” of small
ruminant production systems in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Its reputation …

Nematodes are abundant and diverse, and include many parasitic species. Molecular
phylogenetic analyses have shown that parasitism of plants and animals has arisen at least …

Haemonchus contortus is a globally distributed and economically important gastrointestinal
pathogen of small ruminants and has become a key nematode model for studying …

Simple Summary Haemonchus contortus is the most pathogenic blood-feeding parasitic
nematode in sheep and goats, threatening animal welfare and causing tremendous …

Soil-transmitted nematodes, including the Strongyloides genus, cause one of the most
prevalent neglected tropical diseases. Here we compare the genomes of four Strongyloides …