Ixodes scapularis Tick Saliva Proteins Sequentially Secreted Every 24 h during Blood Feeding.

• Main Authors: Tae Kwon Kim (Author), Lucas Tirloni (Author), Antônio F M Pinto (Author), James Moresco (Author), John R Yates (Author), Itabajara da Silva Vaz (Author), Albert Mulenga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ixodes scapularis is the most medically important tick species and transmits five of the 14 reportable human tick borne disease (TBD) agents in the USA. This study describes LC-MS/MS identification of 582 tick- and 83 rabbit proteins in saliva of I. scapularis ticks that fed for 24, 48, 72, 96, and...