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''Brugia malayi'' is a gonochoristic (male-female) filarial parasite, of medical interest because it infects mosquito vectors (''Aedes'',<sup></sup>''Anopheles'', and ''Culex'') and humans, and is phylogenetically representative of other infectious nematodes.  
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''Brugia malayi'' is a gonochoristic (male-female) filarial parasite, of medical interest because it infects mosquito vectors (''Aedes'',''Anopheles'', and ''Culex'') and humans, and is phylogenetically representative of other infectious nematodes. Infection of humans by ''B. malayi'' causes filariasis.  
  
It has the following Web resources:
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It has the following Web resources:  
  
1. An [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5845/1756 article] describing its genomic sequence.
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1. An [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5845/1756 article] describing its genomic sequence.  
  
2. A genome browser gateway for the current assembly at [http://www.wormbase.org WormBase].<br>
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2. A [http://wormbase.org/db/seq/gbrowse/b_malayi/ genome browser gateway] for the current assembly at [http://www.wormbase.org WormBase].
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3. A [http://www.wormbook.org/chapters/www_quicktourdiversity/quicktourdiversity.html review of nematode phylogeny] from [http://www.wormbook.org WormBook].
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4. [http://www.nematodes.org/fgn/pnb/brugmal.html Information] on ''B. malayi'' from the [http://www.nematodes.org/ Blaxter laboratory].
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5. [http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/HTML/Frames/A-F/Filariasis/body_Filariasis_b_malayi.htm Information] on filariasis from the [http://www.cdc.gov CDC].
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6. [http://www.nematode.net/Species.Summaries/Brugia.malayi/index.php Genomic data] from the [http://www.nematode.net/index.php nematode sequencing project] at the [http://genome.wustl.edu Washington University Genome Sequencing Center].
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7. [http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/B_malayi/ Genomic data] from the [http://www.sanger.ac.uk Sanger Institute].
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8. An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugia_malayi article] in [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia].
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Revision as of 01:21, 1 August 2008

Brugia malayi is a gonochoristic (male-female) filarial parasite, of medical interest because it infects mosquito vectors (Aedes,Anopheles, and Culex) and humans, and is phylogenetically representative of other infectious nematodes. Infection of humans by B. malayi causes filariasis.

It has the following Web resources:

1. An article describing its genomic sequence.

2. A genome browser gateway for the current assembly at WormBase.

3. A review of nematode phylogeny from WormBook.

4. Information on B. malayi from the Blaxter laboratory.

5. Information on filariasis from the CDC.

6. Genomic data from the nematode sequencing project at the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center.

7. Genomic data from the Sanger Institute.

8. An article in Wikipedia.


NOTE: WormBase is a scientific database for experimental work on C. elegans and other laboratory nematodes: it is not a resource for medical information, it is not run or staffed by clinicians, and it should not be used as a source of advice on parasitic nematode infections. If you need such advice, please contact a qualified physician, preferably one trained in parasitic diseases.