Deep Sequencing Analysis of the Ixodes ricinus Haemocytome.

• Main Authors: Michalis Kotsyfakis (Author), Petr Kopáček (Author), Zdeněk Franta (Author), Joao H F Pedra (Author), José M C Ribeiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Ixodes ricinus is the main tick vector of the microbes that cause Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis in Europe. Pathogens transmitted by ticks have to overcome innate immunity barriers present in tick tissues, including midgut, salivary glands epithelia and the hemocoel. Molecularly...