Role of saliva in tick/host interactions
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Experimental and Applied Acarology
- Vol. 7 (1), 15-20
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01200449
Abstract
Although several hosts mount efficient anti-tick immunity, natural tick/host associations are characterized by inefficient or non-existent anti-tick immunity. The absence of efficient anti-tick immunity in natural hosts could result from either host immune incompetence or the ectoparasite's successful evasion of the host's immune response. In this review I discuss data supporting the immune-evasion hypothesis and discuss its consequences to tick/host interactions.Keywords
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