Angiostrongylus cantonensis Genome sequencing and assembly. Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode etiologic agent of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. New immunodiagnostic methods based on recombinant proteins are wanted for independent validation worldwide. Identification of diagnostic targets are limited by a lack of molecular information available in databases. In this study we present data collected from random high throughput sequencing of the A. cantonensis genome together with proteomic analyses and a cDNA walking methodology to identify and obtain the nucleotide or amino acid sequences of unknown immunoreactive proteins.