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Encyclopedia of Parasitology
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SYSNO ASEP 0456241 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Tick Blood Digestion Author(s) Sojka, Daniel (BC-A) RID, ORCID Source Title Encyclopedia of Parasitology. - Berlin Heidelberg : Springer, 2015 - ISBN 978-3-642-27769-6 Pages s. 3489-1 Number of pages 4 s. Number of pages 594 Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords tick ; blood digestion ; cathepsins Subject RIV EG - Zoology Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_3489-1 Annotation 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. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2016
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