Ticks as potential vectors of Mycobacterium leprae: Use of tick cell lines to culture the bacilli and generate transgenic strains.

• Main Authors: Jéssica da Silva Ferreira (Author), Diego Augusto Souza Oliveira (Author), João Pedro Santos (Author), Carla Carolina Dias Uzedo Ribeiro (Author), Bruna A Baêta (Author), Rafaella Câmara Teixeira (Author), Arthur da Silva Neumann (Author), Patricia Sammarco Rosa (Author), Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani (Author), Milton Ozório Moraes (Author), Gervásio Henrique Bechara (Author), Pedro L de Oliveira (Author), Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine (Author), Philip Noel Suffys (Author), Amanda Nogueira Brum Fontes (Author), Lesley Bell-Sakyi (Author), Adivaldo H Fonseca (Author), Flavio Alves Lara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and frequently resulting in irreversible deformities and disabilities. Ticks play an important role in infectious disease transmission due to their low host specificity, worldwide distribution, and the biological ability to support tran...