Tick-pathogen interactions and vector competence:

Ticks and the pathogens they transmit constitute a growing burden for human and animal health worldwide. Vector competence is a component of vectorial capacity and depends on genetic determinants affecting the ability of a vector to transmit a pathogen. These determinants affect traits such as tick-...

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Main Author: de la Fuente, José (author)
Other Authors: Antunes, Sandra (author), Bonnet, Sarah (author), Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro (author), Domingos, Ana G. (author), Estrada-Peña, Agustín (author), Johnson, Nicholas (author), Kocan, Katherine M. (author), Mansfield, Karen L. (author), Nijhof, Ard M. (author), Papa, Anna (author), Rudenko, Nataliia (author), Villar, Margarita (author), Alberdi, Pilar (author), Torina, Alessandra (author), Ayllón, Nieves (author), Vancova, Marie (author), Golovchenko, Maryna (author), Grubhoffer, Libor (author), Caracappa, Santo (author), Fooks, Anthony R. (author), Gortazar, Christian (author), Rego, Ryan O.M. (author)
Format: review
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00114
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/36460