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An antivector vaccine protects against a lethal vector-borne pathogen.
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Vaccines that target blood-feeding disease vectors, such as mosquitoes and ticks, have the potential to protect against the many diseases caused by vector-borne pathogens. We tested the ability of an anti-tick vaccine derived from a tick cement protein (64TRP) of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus to protect mice against tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) transmitted by infected Ixodes ricinus ticks. The vaccine has a "dual action" in immunized animals: when infested with ticks, the inflammatory ...
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020027
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science
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- PLoS pathogens More from this journal
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- e27
- Publication date:
- 2006-04-01
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1553-7374
- ISSN:
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1553-7366
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English
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404195
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- Labuda et al
- Copyright date:
- 2006
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- © 2006 Labuda et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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