Lectins and tick-pathogen interactions: A minireview

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-13

  Grubhoffer, Libor ^a,b   Jindrák, Libor ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Blood sucking arthropod; Borrelia; Glycoconjugates; Lectin; Tick

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LYME DISEASE; PARASITE VECTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; LECTINS; LYME DISEASE; TICKS;

EID: 0031890488     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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