Immunology of the Host-Vector-Pathogen Interface
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926413Keywords:
Hematophagous arthropods, Ticks, pathogens, disease transmission, tick-host-pathogen interactionAbstract
Hematophagous arthropods and the diseases they transmit are of vast medical and veterinary public health importance. Ticks are the most important vectors of pathogens to domestic and wild animal species, and they are second only to mosquitoes as transmitters of disease causing agents to humans.1 The patterns, number and variety of tick-borne diseases continues to change.2 It is likely that this trend will continue into the future. This review will focus upon tick-host-pathogen interactions, due to the body of information available related to these associations.