New approaches toward anti-Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick vaccine Novas estratégias para o desenvolvimento de uma vacina contra o carrapato Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

The tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (formerly Boophilus microplus) is the major ectoparasite affecting livestock in America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Conventional tick control is based on the use of acaricides but immunization of bovines with tick gut proteins induces only a partial prote...

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Published in:	Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Main Authors:	Luís Fernando Parizi, Paula Cristiane Pohl, Aoi Masuda, Itabajara da Silva Vaz Junior
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2009-03-01
Subjects:	Boophilus microplus Rhipicephalus microplus vacina carrapato controle vaccine tick control
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612009000100001