RESEARCH ARTICLE Genomes of Fasciola hepatica from the Americas Reveal Colonization with Neorickettsia Endobacteria Related to the Agents of Potomac Horse and Human Sennetsu Fevers Samantha N. McNulty1, Jose F. Tort2, Gabriel Rinaldi3¤, Kerstin Fischer4, Bruce A. Rosa1, a1111111111 Pablo Smircich2, Santiago Fontenla2, Young-Jun Choi1, Rahul Tyagi1, a1111111111 Kymberlie Hallsworth-Pepin1, Victoria H. Mann3, Lakshmi Kammili5, Patricia S. Latham5, a1111111111 Nicolas Dell'Oca2, Fernanda Dominguez2, Carlos Carmona6, Peter U. Fischer4, Paul a1111111111 J. Brindley3, Makedonka Mitreva1,4* a1111111111 1 McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, 2 Departamento de GeneÂtica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la RepuÂblica (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay, 3 Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, and Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America, 4 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, OPEN ACCESS Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, 5 Department of Pathology, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United Citation: McNulty SN, Tort JF, Rinaldi G, Fischer K, States of America, 6 Unidad de BiologõÂa Parasitaria, Instituto de BiologõÂa, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Rosa BA, Smircich P, et al. (2017) Genomes of Higiene, Montevideo, Uruguay Fasciola hepatica from the Americas Reveal Colonization with Neorickettsia Endobacteria ¤ Current address: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, Related to the Agents of Potomac Horse and United Kingdom Human Sennetsu Fevers. PLoS Genet 13(1): *
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