A Cysteine Protease Is Critical for Babesia spp. Transmission in Haemaphysalis Ticks

• Naotoshi Tsuji,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Takeharu Miyoshi,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Badger Battsetseg,

  Affiliation National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Tomohide Matsuo,

  Affiliations National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Xuenan Xuan,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kozo Fujisaki

  * E-mail: tick@ms.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan

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