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The Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Bm86 gene plays a critical role in the fitness of ticks fed on cattle during acute Babesia bovis infection

BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an economically important tick of cattle involved in the transmission of Babesia bovis, the etiological agent of bovine babesiosis. Commercial anti-tick vaccines based on the R. microplus Bm86 glycoprotein have shown some effect in controlling tick...

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Autores principales: Bastos, Reginaldo G, Ueti, Massaro W, Knowles, Donald P, Scoles, Glen A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21092112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-111