This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...

You'll need many copies of the vector/gene loop for your genetic vaccine. These copies can be produced with the help of bacteria. Vectors are capable of self-replicating when within a bacterial ...

Inactivated virus, viral vector, bacterial vector, subunit and DNA vaccines encoding several antigens have been developed and shown to be immunogenic. Vaccine trials in animal models that mimic ...

According to figures from the World Health Organization, vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious ...

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they’re exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health programmes. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread illnesses including dengue, ...