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Jiayao Zhang1, Feng Tang1, Bixian Ni1

  • 1National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Laboratory, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, 214064, Jiangsu, China.

Parasites & vectors
|August 27, 2025
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まとめ

新しいウェブサーバーである寄生虫ゲノム識別プラットフォーム (PGIP) は,ゲノムデータから寄生虫の識別を簡素化しています. このツールは 研究者や臨床医の診断の正確性とアクセシビリティを向上させ, 寄生病の検出におけるバイオ情報学の課題を克服します.

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