Tick saliva: Recent advances and implications for vector competence

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-285

  Bowman, A S ^a   Coons, L B ^b   Needham, G R ^c   Sauer, J R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Anti platelet; Anticoagulant; Haemostasis; Immunomodulation; Ixodidae; Pathogen; Saliva; Tick; Vasodilator; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; IXODES; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0031194320     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

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