Vaccination of cattle with the Babesia bovis sexual-stage protein HAP2 abrogates parasite transmission by Rhipicephalus microplus ticks
Abstract The apicomplexan parasite Babesia bovis is responsible for bovine babesiosis, a poorly controlled tick-borne disease of global impact. The widely conserved gametocyte protein HAPLESS2/GCS1 (HAP2) is uniquely expressed on the surface of B. bovis sexual stage parasites and is a candidate for...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-09-01
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| Series: | npj Vaccines |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-023-00741-8 |