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Gates Foundation Funds Research Into Tick Midgut Microbiome Manipulation to Block Pathogen Transmission
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The Gates Foundation funded research into the gut microbiome of Rhipicephalus and Ixodes ticks, exploring whether introducing competing microorganisms — including strains known to interfere with Theileria and Borrelia replication inside the tick — could reduce transmission rates at a population level without acaricides or conventional vaccines. The research aimed to identify a novel class of tick-control strategies exploiting the tick's own microbial ecology.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7284390/
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