Tick-borne disease systems emerge from the shadows: The beauty lies in molecular detail, the message in epidemiology

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1403-1413

  Randolph, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative complement; Epidemiology; Human exposure; Immunomodulation; Tick saliva; Tick borne pathogens; Transmission potential

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELL LEVEL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FEEDING; HOST; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KNOWLEDGE; MEAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SALIVA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; SALIVA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

IXODIDA;

EID: 70350565475     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005782     Document Type: Review

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