Tick-Host-Pathogen Interactions

Besides causing direct damage associated with blood feeding and in some cases through the excretion of toxins with their saliva, the main relevance of ticks lies in the wide variety of pathogens that they can transmit, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Owing to socioeconomic and e...

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Main Authors Sarah Ir, Ard Menzo Nijhof, Jose De La Fuente
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media SA 2018
SeriesFrontiers Research Topics
Subjects
Book Industry Communication
host
pathogen
Q1-390
RC109-216
Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
Research & information: general
Tick-Borne Diseases
tick-borne Pathogens
Ticks
transmission
Vector
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Summary:Besides causing direct damage associated with blood feeding and in some cases through the excretion of toxins with their saliva, the main relevance of ticks lies in the wide variety of pathogens that they can transmit, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Owing to socioeconomic and environmental changes, tick distribution is changing with incursions of ticks and tick-borne diseases occurring in different regions of the world when the widespread deployment of chemical acaricides and repellents has led to the selection of resistance in multiple populations of ticks. New approaches that are environmentally sustainable and that provide broad protection against current and future tick-borne pathogen (TBP) are thus urgently needed. Such development, however, requires improved understanding of factors resulting in vector competence and tick-host-pathogen interactions. This Research Topic provides an overview of known molecular tick-host-pathogen interactions for a number of TBPs and highlights how this knowledge can contribute to novel control and prevention strategies for tick-borne diseases.
ISBN:2889455424
9782889455423
ISSN:1664-8714
DOI:10.3389/978-2-88945-542-3