BMC Genomics

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Gene discovery for the carcinogenic human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini

Thewarach Laha1, Porntip Pinlaor2, Jason Mulvenna3, Banchob Sripa2, Manop Sripa2, Michael J Smout3, Robin B Gasser4, Paul J Brindley5 and Alex Loukas3*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Parasitology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

2 Department of Pathology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

3 Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia

4 Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

5 Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA

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BMC Genomics 2007, 8:189 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-189

Published: 22 June 2007

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Opisthorchis viverrini sequences that had homologues in the parasitic flukes, Clonorchis sinensis and Schistosoma japonicum, but not in the free-living platyhelminth, Schmidtea mediterranea.

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