Tick longicin implicated in the arthropod transmission of toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Tanaka, Tetsuya ^a   Maeda, Hiroki ^a   Galay, Remil Linggatong ^a   Boldbattar, Damdinsuren ^a   Umemiya Shirafuji, Rika ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b   Xuan, Xuenan ^b   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^c   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Keywords: haemaphysalis longicornis; Longicin; Longicin p4 peptide; Parasiticidal activity; Toxoplasma gondii; Vector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883445743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21577579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000112     Document Type: Article

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