collecte section Bourgogne

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Understanding the Bloodsucking Feeding Mechanisms of Ticks to Fight Disease


The Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam is aiming to create a Lyme vaccine by better understanding how the tick's feeding mechanisms and saliva work. ‘We aim for a single vaccine that is capable of preventing transmission to humans either by interfering with transmission or by interfering with tick feeding,’ Dr Hovius of the study explained.