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Odorant receptor-based discovery of natural repellents of human lice

The body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus, is an obligate blood-feeding ectoparasite and an important insect vector that mediates the transmission of diseases to humans. The analysis of the body louse genome revealed a drastic reduction of the chemosensory gene repertoires when compared to other ins...

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Published in:Insect Biochem Mol Biol
Main Authors: Pelletier, Julien, Xu, Pingxi, Yoon, Kyong S., Clark, John M., Leal, Walter S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663167/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26494014
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.10.009
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