Contrasts in Tick Innate Immune Responses toBorrelia burgdorferiChallenge: Immunotolerance inIxodes scapularisVersus Immunocompetence inDermacentor variabilis(Acari: Ixodidae)
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 38 (1) , 99-107
- https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.1.99
Abstract
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, transmits the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, whereas the American dog tick, Dermacentor vKeywords
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