From: The landscape of human genes involved in the immune response to parasitic worms
Parasite group | Kendall's Ï„ | pvalue | Parasite species |
---|---|---|---|
Soil-transmitted nematodes | 0.381 | 0.00037 | Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale |
Filarial nematodes | 0.387 | 0.00053 | Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Onchocerca volvulus, Loa loa a |
Schistosomes | 0.482 | 2.8 × 10-5 | Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma intercalatum, Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mekongi. |
Food-borne trematodes | 0.617 | 2.6 × 10-7 | Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, Paragonimus africanus, Paragonimus compactus, Paragonimus ecuadoriensis, Paragonimus hueitungensis, Paragonimus heterotremus, Paragonimus kellicotti, Paragonimus mexicanus, Paragonimus miyazakii, Paragonimus szechuanensis, Paragonimus tuanshanensis, Paragonimus uterobilateralis, Paragonimus westermani, Fasciolopsis buski, Fascicola (hepatica or gigantica) |
Taeniab | 0.462 | 0.00633 | Taenia solium |