Tick-Host-Pathogen Interactions

• Main Author: Sarah Ir (auth)
• Other Authors: Ard Menzo Nijhof (auth), Jose De La Fuente (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: transmission; Ticks; host; tick-borne Pathogens; pathogen; Vector; Tick-Borne Diseases
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Besides causing direct damage associated with blood feeding and in some cases through the excretion of toxins with their saliva, the main relevance of ticks lies in the wide variety of pathogens that they can transmit, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Owing to socioeconomic and e...