Endogenous tick viruses and modulation of tick-borne pathogen growth

Ticks transmit a wide range of viral, bacterial and protozoan pathogens, many of which can establish persistent infections of lifelong duration in the vector tick and in some cases are transmitted transovarially to the next generation. In addition many ixodid and argasid tick cell lines and, by infe...

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Main Authors: Lesley eBell-Sakyi, Houssam eAttoui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00025/full