Salivating for knowledge: potential pharmacological agents in tick saliva.
review · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 18271624.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050043 and PMC identifier 2235897.
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Abstract
Joppe Hovius and colleagues review anticoagulant and immunosuppressive proteins present in tick saliva, and discuss how immunologically targeting such molecules could prevent transmission of tick-borne pathogens.
Medical subject headings
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Saliva
- Salivation
- Ticks