Development of vaccines against Ornithodoros soft ticks: An update

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 211-220

  Díaz Martín, Verónica ^a   Manzano Román, Raúl ^a   Obolo Mvoulouga, Prosper ^a   Oleaga, Ana ^a   Pérez Sánchez, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concealed antigens; Ornithodoros; Salivary antigens; Soft ticks; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

CONCEALED ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SALIVARY ANTIGEN; TICK VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; PARASITE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TICK INFESTATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; PIG; PROCEDURES; RELAPSING FEVER; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ARGASIDAE; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ORNITHODOROS; RELAPSING FEVER; SWINE; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; VACCINES;

EID: 84928212928     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.03.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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