A bite so sweet: the glycobiology interface of tick-host-pathogen interactions

A bite so sweet: the glycobiology interface of tick-host-pathogen interactions

Abstract Vector-borne diseases constitute 17% of all infectious diseases in the world; among the blood-feeding arthropods, ticks transmit the highest number of pathogens. Understanding the interactions between the tick vector, the mammalian host and the pathogens circulating between them is the basi...

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Main Authors: Pavlina Vechtova, Jarmila Sterbova, Jan Sterba, Marie Vancova, Ryan O. M. Rego, Martin Selinger, Martin Strnad, Maryna Golovchenko, Nataliia Rudenko, Libor Grubhoffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Tick
Pathogen
Host
Glycan
Lectin
Glycobiology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-3062-7

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