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Saliva of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) inhibits classical and alternative complement pathways

BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is the main ectoparasite affecting livestock worldwide. For a successful parasitism, ticks need to evade several immune responses of their hosts, including the activation of the complement system. In spite of the importance of R. microplus, previous wo...

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Autores principales: Silva, Naylene C. S., Vale, Vladimir F., Franco, Paula F., Gontijo, Nelder F., Valenzuela, Jesus G., Pereira, Marcos H., Sant’Anna, Mauricio R. V., Rodrigues, Daniel S., Lima, Walter S., Fux, Blima, Araujo, Ricardo N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27515662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1726-8