Anti-chemokine activities of ixodid ticks depend on tick species, developmental stage, and duration of feeding

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 274-278

  Vančová, Iveta ^a   Hajnická, Valeria ^a   Slovák, Mirko ^b   Nuttall, Patricia A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti cytokine activities; Ixodes ricinus; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

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

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMACENTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RABBIT; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SALIVA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 74449084083     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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