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Tick Host Attachment

Tick Host Attachment is a biological process in which a tick, as an obligate ectoparasite, establishes physical and physiological contact with a vertebrate host through specialized mouthparts to facilitate blood feeding, distinguishing it from other host-parasite interactions by its prolonged duration, immune evasion mechanisms, and dependency on specific molecular interactions for successful parasitism.

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Duration of tick attachment and Borrelia burgdorferi transmission

Joseph Piesman, Thomas N. Mather, R J Sinsky et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1987 · 523 citations · Full text

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Borrelia burgdorferi OspA is an arthropod-specific transmission-blocking Lyme disease vaccine.

A M de Silva, Sam R. Telford, Laura Rosa Brunet et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1996 · 442 citations · Full text

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OspC facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi invasion of Ixodes scapularis salivary glands

Utpal Pal, Xiaofeng Yang, Manchuan Chen et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · 339 citations · Full text

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Mice as Reservoirs of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

Jay F. Levine, Mark L. Wilson, Andrew Spielman · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1985 · 303 citations

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OspC facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi invasion of Ixodes scapularis salivary glands

Utpal Pal, Xiaofeng Yang, Manchuan Chen et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · 302 citations · Full text

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  1. EF
    Erol Fikrig

    Yale University, United States

    12 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. AS
    Andrew Spielman

    Harvard University, United States

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. JP
    Joseph Piesman

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

    6 publications · 932 citations

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  4. RA
    R. A. I. Norval

    University of Florida, United States

    6 publications · 172 citations

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  5. UP
    Utpal Pal

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    13 h-index

    54 publications

    9.5K citations

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    12 h-index

    51 publications

    4K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    794 citations

  5. Massachusetts Department of Public Health

    Boston, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

    New Haven, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Journal of Medical Entomology

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 16 publications · 511 citations

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  3. Parasitology

    16 publications · 859 citations

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  4. Experimental and Applied Acarology

    13 publications · 467 citations

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  5. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 14 publications · 853 citations

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