Time-resolved proteomic profile of Amblyomma americanum tick saliva during feeding.

• Main Authors: Tae Kwon Kim (Author), Lucas Tirloni (Author), Antônio F M Pinto (Author), Jolene K Diedrich (Author), James J Moresco (Author), John R Yates (Author), Itabajara da Silva Vaz (Author), Albert Mulenga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Amblyomma americanum ticks transmit more than a third of human tick-borne disease (TBD) agents in the United States. Tick saliva proteins are critical to success of ticks as vectors of TBD agents, and thus might serve as targets in tick antigen-based vaccines to prevent TBD infections. We describe a...