Project name: Ancylostoma ceylanicum

Description: The Genome Institute and collaborators are sequencing the hookworm, Anclyostoma ceylanicum. Hookworm diseases are extremely common in the tropics and sub-tropics, with a disease burden comparable to measles and exceeding that of diabetes and lung cancer. A. ceylanicum is a parasite that attaches to the intestine of animals - particularly hamsters - causing anemia in the host. It is a good model for studying human hookworms.

Data type: Genome sequencing and assembly

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: ModelOrganism

Release date: 2013-05-24

Last updated: 2011-08-26