Assessment of Babesia bovis 6cys A and 6cys B as components of transmission blocking vaccines for babesiosis.
Heba F AlzanReginaldo G BastosMassaro W UetiJacob M LaugheryVignesh A RathinasamyBrian M CookeCarlos E SuarezPublished in: Parasites & vectors (2021)
These data, combined with similar work performed on Plasmodium 6cys proteins, indicate that an effective 6cys protein-based TBV against B. bovis will require identifying and targeting selected regions of proteins containing epitopes able to reduce transmission.