A RNAi-based therapeutic proof of concept targets salmonid whirling disease in vivo.

Myxobolus cerebralis is a cnidarian-myxozoan parasite that causes salmonid whirling disease. M. cerebralis alternates between two hosts: (1) a vertebrate salmonid and (2) an invertebrate oligochaete, Tubifex tubifex. There is no successful treatment for salmonid whirling disease. MyxSP-1 is a M. cer...

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Main Authors: Subhodeep Sarker, Simon Menanteau-Ledouble, Mohamed H Kotob, Mansour El-Matbouli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178687
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