Research Press Release
January 29, 2021
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Deeper insight into how tick spit suppresses cattle immunity – Hokkaido University
We have revealed that substances in tick saliva activates immune response-suppressing proteins in cattle that facilitates the transmission of tick-borne diseases. The finding was published in the journal Scientific Reports and could help in the development of alternative control strategies.
This is a joint press release by Hokkaido University, Japan; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil; and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil.
Pesquisa da UFRGS ajuda a explicar como a saliva do carrapato reduz a imunidade bovina – UFRGS (Portuguese)
Parceria nipo-brasileira estuda como carrapatos afetam bovinos – UFRJ (Portuguese)
This release is related to the original article below:
Sajiki et al.,
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80251-y (Open access)
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