The Babesia bovis hap2 gene is not required for blood stage replication, but expressed upon in vitro sexual stage induction.

• Main Authors: Hala E Hussein (Author), Reginaldo G Bastos (Author), David A Schneider (Author), Wendell C Johnson (Author), Fatma K Adham (Author), William C Davis (Author), Jacob M Laughery (Author), David R Herndon (Author), Heba F Alzan (Author), Massaro W Ueti (Author), Carlos E Suarez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Babesia bovis, is a tick borne apicomplexan parasite responsible for important cattle losses globally. Babesia parasites have a complex life cycle including asexual replication in the mammalian host and sexual reproduction in the tick vector. Novel control strategies aimed at limiting transmission o...