The Effect of In Vitro Cultivation on the Transcriptome of Adult Brugia malayi

Authors

Cristina Ballesteros, McGill University
Lucienne Tritten, McGill University
Maeghan O'Neill, McGill University
Erica Burkman, University of Georgia
Weam I. Zaky, Filariasis Research Reagent Resource Center
Jianguo Xia, McGill University
Andrew Moorhead, University of Georgia
Steven A. Williams, Smith CollegeFollow
Timothy G. Geary, McGill University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-4-2016

Publication Title

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Abstract

Filarial nematodes cause serious and debilitating infections in human populations of tropical countries, contributing to an entrenched cycle of poverty. Only one human filarial parasite, Brugia malayi, can be maintained in rodents in the laboratory setting. It has been a widely used model organism in experiments that employ culture systems, the impact of which on the worms is unknown.

Volume

10

Issue

1

DOI

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004311

Rights

© 2016 Ballesteros et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Comments

Archived as published.

Recommended Citation

Ballesteros, Cristina; Tritten, Lucienne; O'Neill, Maeghan; Burkman, Erica; Zaky, Weam I.; Xia, Jianguo; Moorhead, Andrew; Williams, Steven A.; and Geary, Timothy G., "The Effect of In Vitro Cultivation on the Transcriptome of Adult Brugia malayi" (2016). Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/bio_facpubs/6