Complete genome sequence of the Oriental lung fluke Paragonimus westermani

Foodborne infections by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus are a significant and widespread tropical disease. We sequenced and assembled the genome of P. westermani, which is among the largest known pathogen genomes with an estimated size of 1.1 Gb. A 924.5 Mb genome assembly was generated from Illumina and PacBio sequence data. The generated assembly represents the first Paragonimus genome sequence and will facilitate molecular studies of this important but neglected parasite group.