Tick-host interactions: saliva-activated transmission.
The skin site at which ticks attach to their hosts to feed is the critical interface between the tick and its host, and tick-borne pathogens. This site is highly modified by the pharmacologically active molecules secreted in tick saliva. For pathogens, it is an ecologically privileged niche that man...
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বিন্যাস: | Journal article |
ভাষা: | English |
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2004
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