Role of Saliva in Tick/host Interactions

Overview

Journal Exp Appl Acarol

Specialties Biology
Parasitology

Date 1989 Jun 1

PMID 2667917

Citations 47

Authors

J M Ribeiro

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Abstract

Although several hosts mount efficient anti-tick immunity, natural tick/host associations are characterized by inefficient or non-existent anti-tick immunity. The absence of efficient anti-tick immunity in natural hosts could result from either host immune incompetence or the ectoparasite's successful evasion of the host's immune response. In this review I discuss data supporting the immune-evasion hypothesis and discuss its consequences to tick/host interactions.

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