[Immune reactions of Ornithodoros papillipes ticks (Argasidae) to the administration of different microorganisms].
It has been shown that ticks possess cellular factors of organism protection which fulfil functions of seizure and digestion of different microorganisms in a way similar to phagocytosis. In response to the introduction of bacteria lysozyme quantity increases in tick's haemolymph that exerts a bactericide effect on the introduced strains Micrococcus lysodeikticus 2665, Staphilococcus aureus 209 and Salmonella typhimurium IT-2. When administering phage FX-174 into tick's haemolymph a persistence of phage particles during 1-2 months is observed. Specific antibodies developing in response to introduced phage corpuscles were not found.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D010584:Bacteriophage phi X 174 / Q000276:immunology; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000276:immunology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000276:immunology; D013987:Ticks / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
Immunnye reaktsii kleshcheĭ Ornithodoros papillipes na vvedenie razlichnykh mikroorganizmov (Argasidae).