organism: Amblyomma variegatum
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attributes.value: DRS001584
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attributes.value: Amblyomma variegatum (AV) used in this study was originally collected in The Gambia in 2005 and has been maintained under laboratory conditions at Utrecht Centre for Tick-borne Diseases, The Netherlands. The adult female (n = 20) in the 2nd laboratory generation were pooled in this sample.