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Induction of humoral immune response to multiple recombinant Rhipicephalus appendiculatus antigens and their effect on tick feeding success and pathogen transmission

BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the primary vector of Theileria parva, the etiological agent of East Coast fever (ECF), a devastating disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that a vaccine targeting tick proteins that are involved in attachment and feeding might affect f...

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Autores principales: Olds, Cassandra L., Mwaura, Stephen, Odongo, David O., Scoles, Glen A., Bishop, Richard, Daubenberger, Claudia
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/PMC5010713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27589998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1774-0