Entry
Org code
smm
Name
Schistosoma mansoni
Annotation
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Taxonomy
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Spiralia; Lophotrochozoa; Platyhelminthes; Trematoda; Digenea; Strigeidida; Schistosomatoidea; Schistosomatidae; Schistosoma
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Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601 ]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610 ]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611 ]
KEGG organisms: animals [BR:br08612 ]
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Data source
Original DB
Keywords
Human pathogen
Disease
Comment
Responsible for the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis that affects 210 million people in 76 countries.
Occurs across much of sub-Saharan Africa, parts of the Middle East, Brazil, Venezuela and some West Indian islands.
Isolated from the Puerto Rico.
Statistics
Number of protein genes: 10711
Number of RNA genes: 98
Created
2009
Reference
Authors
Berriman M, Haas BJ, LoVerde PT, Wilson RA, Dillon GP, Cerqueira GC, Mashiyama ST, Al-Lazikani B, Andrade LF, Ashton PD, et al.
Title
The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Le TH, Blair D, Agatsuma T, Humair PF, Campbell NJ, Iwagami M, Littlewood DT, Peacock B, Johnston DA, Bartley J, et al.
Title
Phylogenies inferred from mitochondrial gene orders-a cautionary tale from the parasitic flatworms.
Journal