Probing an Ixodes ricinus salivary gland yeast surface display with tick-exposed human sera to identify novel candidates for an anti-tick vaccine

Abstract In Europe, Ixodes ricinus is the most important vector of human infectious diseases, most notably Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis virus. Multiple non-natural hosts of I. ricinus have shown to develop immunity after repeated tick bites. Tick immunity has also been shown to impai...

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Main Authors: Jos J. A. Trentelman, Julen Tomás-Cortázar, Sarah Knorr, Diego Barriales, Ondrej Hajdusek, Radek Sima, Jasmin I. Ersoz, Sukanya Narasimhan, Erol Fikrig, Ard M. Nijhof, Juan Anguita, Joppe W. Hovius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92538-9