Explorando el arsenal molecular de los parásitos de peces

Victor Hugo Caña Bozada; Francisco Neptalí Morales-Serna

doi:10.29057/h.v4i1.8646

Victor Hugo Caña Bozada Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8982-8618
Francisco Neptalí Morales-Serna Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2577-5369

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29057/h.v4i1.8646

Keywords: Platyhelminths, Genomics, Aquaculture, Diseases

Abstract

Fishes are hosts of a wide diversity of parasites. One of the most common parasites are the platyhelminths of the class Monogenea, which can negatively affect the aquaculture by causing diseases and economic losses. There are several methods used as anti-monogeneans, but their efficacy and safety are variables. In order to find better methods, it is possible to explore the molecules released by parasites involved in host colonization. Among these molecules are the excretory/secretory proteins, or secretome. Some of these proteins can be drug targets. So, if we find such targets in monogeneans, it would be possible to conduct investigations to find drugs acting as anti-monogeneans.

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Author Biography

Victor Hugo Caña Bozada, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo

Victor Caña Bozada, PhD student in Science at the Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD), Mazatlán, México. I am interested in the genomic exploration of monogeneans through the use of bioinformatics tools.

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