Modulation of the host immune system by ectoparasitic arthropods: Blood-feeding and tissue-dwelling arthropods manipulate host defenses to their advantage

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-320

  Wikel, Stephen K ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032909334     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313614     Document Type: Article

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