Differential Tick Salivary Protein Profiles and Human Immune Responses to Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma americanum) From the Wild vs. a Laboratory Colony

Ticks are a growing concern to human and animal health worldwide and they are leading vectors of arthropod-borne pathogens in the United States. Ticks are pool blood feeders that can attach to the host skin for days to weeks using their saliva to counteract the host defenses. Tick saliva, as in othe...

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Main Authors: L. Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz, Lidia Montenegro-Cadena, Brittany Blattner, Sapna Menghwar, Ludek Zurek, Berlin Londono-Renteria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01996/full