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Ancylostoma ceylanicum Genome Sequencing
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.