作者: Katharine R. Tyson , Joseph Piesman
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2806(09)37005-8
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摘要: Abstract Ticks and hosts engage in a subtle interplay during the period ticks take blood from vertebrate hosts. While host mounts an inflammatory immune response to tick bite, modulate this through anti-haemostatic, anti-inflammatory immunosuppressive components their saliva. In midst of process, tick-borne bacterial agent, Lyme disease spirochete ( Borrelia burgdorferi ), takes advantage tick-derived proteins maximize its chances surviving transmission then back again. The tick–spirochete–host interrelationship is subject chapter.