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Role of saliva in tick/host interactions

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Although several hosts mount efficient anti-tick immunity, natural tick/host associations are characterized by inefficient or non-existent anti-tick immunity. The absence of efficient anti-tick immunity in natural hosts could result from either host immune incompetence or the ectoparasite's successful evasion of the host's immune response. In this review I discuss data supporting the immune-evasion hypothesis and discuss its consequences to tick/host interactions.

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  1. Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave., 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    José M. C. Ribeiro

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Supported by grants AI-18694-0481 from the National Institutes of Health and DAMD-17-87-C-7110 from the United States Army.

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Ribeiro, J.M.C. Role of saliva in tick/host interactions. Exp Appl Acarol 7, 15–20 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200449

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