Ticks, flukes, and genomics: Emerging pathogens revealed
Ehrlichiosis is no star of science. This emerging disease has an awkward name, vague flu-like symptoms, and a nasty habit of being caused by bacteria that live inside ticks and flatworms. But in the current issue of the journal Public Library of Science Genetics (PLoS Genetics), scientists put ehrlichiosis under the genomic spotlight--and discover some brilliant biology. Led by scientists...What Ticks the Mosquito immune system?
A study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has discovered that mosquitoes utilize similar immune tactics to ward off bacterial// pathogens and plasmodium parasites. The study narrowed down on the different genes connected with the proteins in the immune system of mosquitoes. All of the immune genes that were involved in limiting infection by the mala...Diseases Due To Ticks On the Rise In UK
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