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SUBMITTER: Pakpour N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3602389 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pakpour Nazzy N Akman-Anderson Leyla L Vodovotz Yoram Y Luckhart Shirley S
Microbes and infection 20130128 3
The blood feeding behavior of disease-transmitting arthropods creates a unique intersection between vertebrate and invertebrate physiology. Here, we review host blood-derived factors that persist through blood digestion to affect the lifespan, reproduction, and immune responses of some of the most common arthropod vectors of human disease. ...[more]