[Tick-host interactions]

Przegl Epidemiol. 2006:60 Suppl 1:28-33.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Ticks are dangerous blood-sucking ectoparasites of medical and veterinary importance. They serve as reservoirs and vectors pathogens and cause direct skin damage by feeding. Tick saliva contains pharmacologically active molecules directed against host's immune system and effector pathways. Ticks feeding induce hosts' inflammatory and immunological reactions of host comprise both innate and acquired immunity.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arachnid Vectors / physiology*
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Host-Parasite Interactions*
  • Humans
  • Saliva / immunology
  • Tick Infestations / immunology
  • Tick Infestations / parasitology*
  • Tick Infestations / transmission
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / immunology
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / parasitology*
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / transmission
  • Tics*