Background The small ruminant parasite Haemonchus contortus is the most widely used
parasitic nematode in drug discovery, vaccine development and anthelmintic resistance …

Haemonchus contortus is a globally distributed and economically important gastrointestinal
pathogen of small ruminants and has become a key nematode model for studying …

Background Infections with helminths cause an enormous disease burden in billions of
animals and plants worldwide. Large scale use of anthelmintics has driven the evolution of …

Background Classical and quantitative linkage analyses of genetic crosses have traditionally
been used to map genes of interest, such as those conferring chloroquine or quinine …

Background The control of malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum, is hampered by the
relentless evolution of drug resistance. Because artemisinin derivatives are now used in the …

Haemonchus contortus, a highly pathogenic and economically important parasitic nematode
of sheep, is particularly adept at developing resistance to the anthelmintic drugs used in its …

Parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium infect the intestinal and gastric epithelium of different
vertebrate species. Some of the many Cryptosporidium species described to date differ …

Vaccine research in malaria has a high priority. However, identification of specific antigens
as candidates for vaccines against asexual blood stages of malaria parasites has been …

The identification of parasite genes controlling phenotypes such as drug resistance, virulence,
immunogenicity, and transmission is vital to malaria research. Classical genetic methods …

To improve our knowledge on the epidemiological status of African trypanosomiasis, better
tools are required to monitor Trypanosome genotypes circulating in both mammalian hosts …