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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Format: | review |
Language: | eng |
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2018
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00114 |
Country: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:run.unl.pt:10362/36460 |