Questions-a Research Agenda for the Future

Overview

Journal Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Nov 26

PMID 38008122

Authors

Reem Al-Jawabreh

Roy Anderson

Louise E Atkinson

Jack Bickford-Smith

Richard S Bradbury

Minka Breloer

Astra S Bryant

Dora Buonfrate

Luke C Cadd

Bethany Crooks

Michela Deiana

Warwick Grant

Elissa Hallem

Shannon M Hedtke

Vicky Hunt

Virak Khieu

Taisei Kikuchi

Asuka Kounosu

Dominika Lastik

Lisette van Lieshout

Yuchen Liu

Henry J McSorley

Paul McVeigh

Angela Mousley

Ben Murcott

William David Nevin

Eva Noskova

Elena Pomari

Kieran Reynolds

Kirstin Ross

Adrian Streit

Mona Suleiman

Natalia Tiberti

Mark Viney

Affiliations

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Abstract

The genus of parasitic nematodes have a fascinating life cycle and biology, but are also important pathogens of people and a World Health Organization-defined neglected tropical disease. Here, a community of researchers have posed thirteen major questions about biology and infection that sets a research agenda for the future. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ': omics to worm-free populations'.

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