Thesis
The molecular basis of tick-host interactions
- Abstract:
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Ticks are obligate haematophagous arthropods that represent a major economic drain upon the world's livestock as well being a significant medical and veterinary risk through the transmission of tick-borne pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease.
The tick-host relationship is a function of both ecological and physiological factors. Successful feeding requires the effective acquisition and digestion of a bloodmeal by the tick. Acquisition ...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1999
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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603847160
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:603847160
- Deposit date:
- 2015-02-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Lawrie, Charles Henderson
- Copyright date:
- 1999
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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