Immunology of interactions between ticks and hosts

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-276

  Brossard, M ^a   Wikel, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cytokines; Host; Immune responses; Immunomodulation; Immunosuppression; Ixodidae; Pathogens transmission; T cells; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0031194280     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00406.x     Document Type: Article

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