The bandit, a New DNA Transposon from a Hookworm—Possible Horizontal Genetic Transfer between Host and Parasite

• Thewarach Laha ,

  * E-mail: thewa_la@kku.ac.th

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Alex Loukas,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Supatra Wattanasatitarpa,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Jenjira Somprakhon,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Nonglack Kewgrai,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Paiboon Sithithaworn,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Sasithorn Kaewkes,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Makedonka Mitreva,

  Affiliation Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Paul J. Brindley

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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