Alternative and Complementary Approaches to Consider for Effective Babesia Vaccine Development

Affiliations

¹ SEPPIC Paris La Défense, 92250 La Garenne Colombes, France.
² ANSES, INRAE, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR BIPAR, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.

Editorial

Jennifer Maye et al. Pathogens. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 16;12(9):1166.

doi: 10.3390/pathogens12091166.

¹ SEPPIC Paris La Défense, 92250 La Garenne Colombes, France.
² ANSES, INRAE, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR BIPAR, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.

Abstract

The Babesia genus encompasses several species of apicomplexan hemoprotozoan parasites [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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