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. 2016 Feb 24:9:105.
doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1386-8.

Cattle tick vaccine researchers join forces in CATVAC

Theo Schetters  1   2 , Richard Bishop  3 , Michael Crampton  4 , Petr Kopáček  5 , Alicja Lew-Tabor  6   7 , Christine Maritz-Olivier  8 , Robert Miller  9 , Juan Mosqueda  10 , Joaquín Patarroyo  11 , Manuel Rodriguez-Valle  12 , Glen A Scoles  13 , José de la Fuente  14   15
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Cattle tick vaccine researchers join forces in CATVAC

Theo Schetters et al. Parasit Vectors. .

Abstract

A meeting sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was held at the Avanti Hotel, Mohammedia, Morocco, July 14-15, 2015. The meeting resulted in the formation of the Cattle Tick Vaccine Consortium (CATVAC).

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The participants of the official launch meeting of CATVAC. G.A. Scoles not on the picture. This meeting was held in Mohammedia, Morocco, July 14–15, 2015
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Working pipeline proposed by CATVAC for development of effective vaccines for cattle tick control
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