Loa loa (African eye worm) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Loa loa

Loa loa is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that causes Loa loa filariasis. Loa loa actually means "worm worm", but is commonly known as the "eye worm", as it localizes to the conjunctiva of the eye. Loa loa is commonly found in Africa. It mainly inhabits rain forests in West Africa and has native origins in Ethiopia. The disease caused by Loa loa is called loiasis and is one of the neglected tropical diseases.

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More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia

Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_000183805.3].

The total length of the assembly is 91365832 bp contained within 5764 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 174388, the scaffold L50 value is 130. The GC% content of the assembly is 31.0%.

Annotation

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from GenBank entry linked to the assembly with accession GCA_000183805.3.

Genomic annotation was deposited along with initial assembly submission by "Broad Institute".

Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.