title: [Tick-host interactions].
abstract: Ticks are dangerous blood-sucking ectoparasites of medical and veterinary importance. They serve as reservoirs and vectors pathogens and cause direct skin damage by feeding. Tick saliva contains pharmacologically active molecules directed against host's immune system and effector pathways. Ticks feeding induce hosts' inflammatory and immunological reactions of host comprise both innate and acquired immunity.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Biologii i Parazytologii Wydziału Lekarskiego Akademii Medycznej im. Prof. Feliksa Skubiszewskiego w Lublinie.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buczek
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartosik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D020323:Tics