Helminths are parasitic worms. They are the most common infectious agents of humans in
developing countries and produce a global burden of disease that exceeds better-known …

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 …

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

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 …

Helminths are masterful immunoregulators. A characteristic feature of helminth infection is a
Th2-dominated immune response, but stimulation of immunoregulatory cell populations …

Recent studies have shown that some plants and animals harbor microbial symbionts that
protect them against natural enemies. Here we demonstrate that a maternally transmitted …

A discrete uncoupling process for finite spaces is introduced, called the Markov Cluster
Process or the MCL process. The process is the engine for the graph clustering algorithm …

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

Studies of the initiation and maintenance of asthma and allergic inflammation implicate
dysregulated interactions between mucosal epithelia and innate immune cells as the …

Genome evolution studies for the phylum Nematoda have been limited by focusing on
comparisons involving Caenorhabditis elegans. We report a draft genome sequence of …