Kinetics and Cross-Species Comparisons of Host Antibody Responses to Lone Star Ticks and American Dog Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 849-856

  Sanders, Martin L ^a   Glass, Gregory E ^a   Scott, Alan L ^a   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Antibody response; Biologic marker; Dermacentor variabilis; Host vector interactions; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

SALIVA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; KINETICS; RABBIT; SALIVARY GLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DERMACENTOR; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; RABBITS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0032161154     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.849     Document Type: Article

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