Saliva, salivary gland, and hemolymph collection from Ixodes scapularis ticks

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages

  Patton, Toni G ^a   Dietrich, Gabrielle ^b   Brandt, Kevin ^a   Dolan, Marc C ^b   Piesman, Joseph ^b   Gilmore, Robert D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Division of Vector Borne Diseases

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Hemolymph; Immunology; Issue 60; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Saliva; Salivary glands; Tick; Tick dissection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857855479     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3894     Document Type: Article

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