Exploring the potential role of defensins in differential vector competence of body and head lice for Bartonella quintana

BACKGROUND: The body and head lice of humans are conspecific, but only the body louse functions as a vector to transmit bacterial pathogens such as Bartonella quintana. Both louse subspecies have only two antimicrobial peptides, defensin 1 and defensin 2. Consequently, any differences in the molecul...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Kyungjae Andrew, Lee, Do Eun, Lee, Si Hyeock, Kim, Ju Hyeon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10243063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37280715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05802-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10243063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37280715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05802-4

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