Amblyomma americanum ticks utilizes countervailing pro and anti-inflammatory proteins to evade host defense

Feeding and transmission of tick-borne disease (TBD) agents by ticks are facilitated by tick saliva proteins (TSP). Thus, defining functional roles of TSPs in tick evasion is expected to reveal potential targets in tick-antigen based vaccines to prevent TBD infections. This study describes two types...

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Autores principales: Bakshi, Mariam, Kim, Tae Kwon, Porter, Lindsay, Mwangi, Waithaka, Mulenga, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6897422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31756216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008128

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6897422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31756216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008128

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