Remarks
description: The Taenia solium genome project is a whole genome sequencing project of the parasite Taenia solium, the causal agent of human and porcine cysticercosis; a disease that is still a public health problem of relevance in Mexico. It is being carried out by a consortium of scientists belonging to diverse institutions of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico).
This is the Entrez Genome Project site, where project data can be found: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome?term=txid6204 -
The consortium is aided and annually evaluated by an Advisory Board formed by respected members of the international scientific community: http://www.taeniasolium.unam.mx/taenia/advisory.htm