An insight into the sialome, mialome and virome of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The horn fly (Haematobia irritans) is an obligate blood feeder that causes considerable economic losses in livestock industries worldwide. The control of this cattle pest is mainly based on insecticides; unfortunately, in many regions, horn flies have developed resistance. Vaccines or biological control have been proposed as alternative control methods, but the available information about the biology or physiology of this parasite is rather scarce.

Results

We present a comprehensive description of the salivary and midgut transcriptomes of the horn fly (Haematobia irritans), using deep sequencing achieved by the Illumina protocol, as well as exploring the virome of this fly. Comparison of the two transcriptomes allow for identification of uniquely salivary or uniqu

SUBMITTER: Ribeiro JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6664567 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature