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Encyclopedia of Parasitology
- 1.0456241 - BC 2016 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Sojka, Daniel
Tick Blood Digestion.
Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2015, s. 3489-1. ISBN 978-3-642-27769-6
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : tick * blood digestion * cathepsins
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
Ticks are mite-related ectoparasites and vectors/nof serious diseases infecting humans and animals./nMost of the ~850 worldwide distributed species/nare included in two major tick families Ixodidae/n(hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks). Feeding/nand processing of host blood are essential physiological/nevents since vertebrate blood presents an/nultimate source of nutrients and energy for ticks./nTick gut tissue also presents the primary gate for/npathogen entry. Mechanisms of avoiding or misusage/nof tick metabolic and immune pathways/nthus mean a basic prerequisite for the successful/ntransmission of pathogens to their vertebrate/nhosts.
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