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Immunomodulatory effects of tick saliva on dermal cells exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease

BACKGROUND: The prolonged feeding process of ixodid ticks, in combination with bacterial transmission, should lead to a robust inflammatory response at the blood-feeding site. Yet, factors present in tick saliva may down-regulate such responses, which may be beneficial to spirochete transmission. Th...

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Autores principales: Scholl, Dorothy C., Embers, Monica E., Caskey, John R., Kaushal, Deepak, Mather, Thomas N., Buck, Wayne R., Morici, Lisa A., Philipp, Mario T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27391120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1638-7