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Identification of candidate transmission-blocking antigen genes in Theileria annulata and related vector-borne apicomplexan parasites.
BMC genomics - 5 Jun 2017
Lempereur Laetitia, Larcombe Stephen D, Durrani Zeeshan, Karagenc Tulin, Bilgic Huseyin Bilgin, Bakirci Serkan, Hacilarlioglu Selin, Kinnaird Jane, Thompson Joanne, Weir William, Shiels Brian
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BACKGROUND: Vector-borne apicomplexan parasites are a major cause of mortality and morbidity to humans and livestock globally. The most important disease syndromes caused by these parasites are malaria, babesiosis and theileriosis. Strategies for control often target parasite stages in the mammalian host that cause disease, but this can result in reservoir infections that promote pathogen transmission and...
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