Antigen Discovery, Bioinformatics and Biological Characterization of Novel Immunodominant Babesia microti Antigens

Abstract Babesia microti is an intraerythrocytic parasite and the primary causative agent of human babesiosis. It is transmitted by Ixodes ticks, transfusion of blood and blood products, organ donation, and perinatally. Despite its global public health impact, limited progress has been made to ident...

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Main Authors: Nitin Verma, Ankit Puri, Edward Essuman, Richard Skelton, Vivek Anantharaman, Hong Zheng, Siera White, Karthigayan Gunalan, Kazuyo Takeda, Surabhi Bajpai, Timothy J. Lepore, Peter J. Krause, L. Aravind, Sanjai Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66273-6