Discovery of the Role of Tick Salivary Glands in Enhancement of Virus Transmission—Beginning of an Exciting Story
There is increasing evidence that arthropod-borne pathogens exploit saliva of their vectors during the transmission process to vertebrate hosts. Extensive research of the composition of tick saliva and its role in blood-feeding and transmission of pathogens started in the late 1980s and led to a num...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-02-01
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Series: | Pathogens |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/2/334 |