Identification of Rhipicephalus microplus genes that modulate the infection rate of the rickettsia Anaplasma marginale.

Arthropod vectors transmit a diversity of animal and human pathogens, ranging from RNA viruses to protozoal parasites. Chemotherapeutic control of pathogens has classically focused either on insecticides that kill the vector itself or antimicrobials for infected patients. The limitation of the forme...

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Main Authors: Ricardo F Mercado-Curiel, María L Ávila-Ramírez, Guy H Palmer, Kelly A Brayton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3946687?pdf=render