Murine cutaneous responses to the Rocky Mountain spotted fever vector, Dermacentor andersoni, feeding.

Murine cutaneous responses to the Rocky Mountain spotted fever vector, Dermacentor andersoni, feeding.

Tick salivary glands produce complex cocktails of bioactive molecules that facilitate blood feeding and pathogen transmission by modulating host hemostasis, pain/itch responses, wound healing, and both innate and adaptive immunity. In this study, cutaneous responses at Dermacentor andersoni bite-sit...

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Main Authors: Dar M Heinze, Russ eCarmical, Judith eAronson, Franscisco eAlarcon-Chaidez, Stephen eWikel, Saravanan eThangamani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Immunomodulation
tick
tick saliva
tick feeding
Dermacentor andersonii
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00198/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00198/full

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