Differential anti-chemokine activity of Amblyomma variegatum adult ticks during blood-feeding

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 169-177

  Vancova I ^a   Slovak M ^b   Hajnicka V ^a   Labuda, M ^b   Simo L ^b   Peterkova K ^a   Hails, R S ^c   Nuttall, P A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum CCL2; CCL11 chemokines; CCL3; CCL5; CXCL8; Tick

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; TICK;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOKINES, CC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; RABBITS; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 33947194952     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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