Published January 1, 2017
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Identification of candidate transmission-blocking antigen genes in Theileria annulata and related vector-borne apicomplexan parasites
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- 1. Univ Glasgow, Coll Med Vet & Life Sci, Inst Biodivers Anim Hlth & Comparat Med, 464 Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH, Lanark, Scotland
- 2. Adnan Menderes Univ, Dept Parasitol, Fac Vet Med, Bati Kampus, Isikli, Aydin, Turkey
- 3. Univ Edinburgh, Ashworth Labs, Sch Biol Sci, Inst Immunol & Infect Res, Kings Bldg, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, Midlothian, Scotland
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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 generate economic loss. Optimal control strategies should protect against clinical disease, block transmission and be applicable across related genera of parasites. We have used bioinformatics and transcriptomics to screen for transmission-blocking candidate antigens in the tick-borne apicomplexan parasite, Theileria annulata.
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