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Targeted silencing of the Aquaporin 2 gene of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus reduces tick fitness

BACKGROUND: Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods that can affect human and animal health both directly by blood-feeding and indirectly by transmitting pathogens. The cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is one of the most economically important ectoparasites of bovines worldwide and it is r...

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Autores principales: Hussein, Hala E., Scoles, Glen A., Ueti, Massaro W., Suarez, Carlos E., Adham, Fatma K., Guerrero, Felix D., Bastos, Reginaldo G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26626727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1226-2