As long-term pool feeders, ticks have developed myriad strategies to remain discreetly but
solidly attached to their hosts for the duration of their blood meal. The critical biological …

Ticks require blood meal to complete development and reproduction. Multifunctional tick
salivary glands play a pivotal role in tick feeding and transmission of pathogens. Tick …

Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks
and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary …

Tick saliva is a complex mixture of peptidic and non-peptidic molecules that aid
engorgement. The composition of tick saliva changes as feeding progresses and the tick …

Lyme disease (LD) has become the most common vector-borne illness in the northern
hemisphere. The causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, is capable of establishing …

Extracellular vesicles are thought to facilitate pathogen transmission from arthropods to
humans and other animals. Here, we reveal that pathogen spreading from arthropods to the …

During cutaneous tick attachment, the feeding cavity becomes a site of transmission for tick
salivary compounds and tick-borne pathogens. However, the immunological consequences …

Immunodeficiency disorders and autoimmune diseases are common, but a lack of effective
targeted drugs and the side-effects of existing drugs have stimulated interest in finding …

The last three decades of research into tick salivary components have revealed several
proteins with important pharmacological and immunological activities. Two primary interests …

Ticks are the most common arthropod vector, after mosquitoes, and are capable of
transmitting the greatest variety of pathogens. For both humans and animals, the worldwide …