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The Essential Role of Tick Salivary Glands and Saliva in Tick Feeding and Pathogen Transmission
As long-term pool feeders, ticks have developed myriad strategies to remain discreetly but solidly attached to their hosts for the duration of their blood meal. The critical biological material that dampens host defenses and facilitates the flow of blood—thus assuring adequate feeding—is tick saliva...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00281 |