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Genetic diversity of Salp15 in the Ixodes ricinus complex (Acari: Ixodidae).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wang Xin, Huang Yong, Niu Si-bo, Jiang Bao-Gui, Jia Na, van der Geest Leo, Ni Xue-bing, Sun Yi, Cao Wu-Chun
Abstract excerpt
Salp15, a 15-kDa tick salivary gland protein, is both essential for ticks to successfully obtain host blood and also facilitates transmission of Lyme borreliosis. To determine whether the Salp15 gene is expressed in Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes sinensis, principle vectors of Lyme borreliosis in China, we studied transcriptions of this gene in semi-engorged larvae, nymph and adults of these two species. A total...
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