Immune recognition of Ornithodoros tick (Acari: Argasidae) salivary antigens by anti-Psoroptes cuniculi antibodies.
Rabbits infested with either Ornithodoros sp. ticks or Psoroptes cuniculi mites were assayed for anti-tick antibody by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Titration of rabbit serum against Ornithodoros sp. salivary gland extract (SGE) demonstrated both mite- and tick-infested animals to have elevated anti-tick antibody titers. Western blot analysis demonstrated the anti-mite and anti-tick antisera to contain antibodies with affinities for both common and unique subsets of Ornithodoros SGE proteins.
Wozniak
E J
EJ
University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611-0620, USA.
Butler
J F
JF
Zam
S G
SG
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000276:immunology; D013987:Ticks / Q000276:immunology*
D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens; D007106:Immune Sera