2021
Tick hypersensitivity and human tick‐borne diseases
Ng YQ, Gupte TP, Krause PJ. Tick hypersensitivity and human tick‐borne diseases. Parasite Immunology 2021, 43: e12819. PMID: 33428244, DOI: 10.1111/pim.12819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypersensitivity reactionsImmune responseBlood mealTick-borne diseasesGeneralized hypersensitivity reactionHuman tick-borne diseasesHost immune responseLocal hypersensitivity reactionsLaboratory animal modelsItch responseCausative pathogenTick exposureSuch vaccinesTick salivary proteinsAnimal modelsAnti-tick vaccinesMost vector-borne diseasesTick salivaHuman investigationsDiseaseTick attachmentFuture preventionBlood coagulationHypersensitivity studiesVaccine
2009
Dermatologic Changes Induced by Repeated Ixodes scapularis Bites and Implications for Prevention of Tick-Borne Infection
Krause PJ, Grant-Kels JM, Tahan SR, Dardick KR, Alarcon-Chaidez F, Bouchard K, Visini C, Deriso C, Foppa IM, Wikel S. Dermatologic Changes Induced by Repeated Ixodes scapularis Bites and Implications for Prevention of Tick-Borne Infection. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2009, 9: 603-610. PMID: 19196014, PMCID: PMC2883515, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBALB/c miceVascular dilatationInflammatory cellsC miceSkin biopsiesTick-borne pathogen transmissionI. scapularis nymphsTick attachmentScapularis nymphsSimilar histologic patternTick-Borne InfectionsMechanism of preventionBorrelia burgdorferi transmissionDermatologic changesHistologic patternTick exposureBite siteImmune hostHistopathologic reactionsTick-borne pathogensPathogen transmissionTick immunityCellular changesMiceMarked increase