Hovius Joppe W R, Levi Marcel, Fikrig Erol
Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
PLoS Med. 2008 Feb;5(2):e43. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050043.
Joppe Hovius and colleagues review anticoagulant and immunosuppressive proteins present in tick saliva, and discuss how immunologically targeting such molecules could prevent transmission of tick-borne pathogens.
约普·霍维厄斯及其同事综述了蜱唾液中存在的抗凝血和免疫抑制蛋白,并讨论了从免疫学角度靶向这类分子如何能够预防蜱传病原体的传播。