Babesia microti Protein BmSP44 Is a Novel Protective Antigen in a Mouse Model of Babesiosis

Babesiosis caused by Babesia species imposes an increasing threat to public-health and so far, there is no effective vaccine to prevent Babesia infections. Babesia surface antigen may participate in the invasion of erythrocytes. In our previous study, a surface antigen of B. microti merozoites, name...

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Main Authors: Hui Wang, Yao Wang, Jilei Huang, Bin Xu, Junhu Chen, Jianfeng Dai, Xia Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01437/full