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Front. Vet. Sci., 31 August 2020
Sec. Veterinary Infectious Diseases
This article is part of the Research Topic An Overview of Current Knowledge on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases View all 8 articles

Corrigendum: Understanding Tick Biology and Its Implications in Anti-tick and Transmission Blocking Vaccines Against Tick-Borne Pathogens

  • 1Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, Hainan University, Haikou, China
  • 2Laboratory of Tropical Veterinary Medicine and Vector Biology, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China

In the original article, there was a mistake in the legend for Figure 1. The Figure was adapted from two sources, which the authors neglected to mention. The correct legend appears below.

FIGURE 1
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Figure 1. A schematic representation of tick physiological processes and involved molecules tested as vaccine candidates [modified from (78, 103)].

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: anti-tick vaccines, Ixodes, Borrelia, transmission-blocking, blood, saliva

Citation: Bhowmick B and Han Q (2020) Corrigendum: Understanding Tick Biology and Its Implications in Anti-tick and Transmission Blocking Vaccines Against Tick-Borne Pathogens. Front. Vet. Sci. 7:575. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00575

Received: 18 June 2020; Accepted: 20 July 2020;
Published: 31 August 2020.

Edited and reviewed by: Lan He, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

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