Within the Diptera and outside the suborder Brachycera, the blood-feeding habit occurred at
least twice, producing the present day sand flies, and the Culicomorpha, including the …

To efficiently blood feed, insects have evolved a salivary concoction that disarms their host's
haemostasis, a redundant physiological mechanism that includes blood clotting, platelet …

The economic impact on livestock production by Haematobia irritans (L.) is estimated to
approach 1 billion per year in North America. However, there is little information regarding …

Adult and mobile preadult sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis were incubated with mucus
samples from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), coho salmon (O. kisutch), Atlantic …

Parasite–vector interactions shape the population dynamics of vector‐borne infections and
contribute to observed epidemiological patterns. Also, parasites and their vectors may co …

Blood-feeding arthropods have in their saliva a variety of molecules that affect the vertebrate
host's hemostatic, inflammatory, and immune systems. The saliva of blood feeders also …

When blood-feeding, black flies introduce secretions into the feeding lesion that act in a
coordinated manner on the 3 arms of the vertebrate hemostatic system (platelet aggregation …

Adaptation to vertebrate blood feeding includes development of a salivary “magic potion”
that can disarm host hemostasis and inflammatory reactions. Within the lower Diptera, a …

When feeding on vertebrate host ticks (ectoparasitic arthropods and potential vectors of
bacterial, rickettsial, protozoal, and viral diseases) induce both innate and specific acquired …

Pemphigus foliaceus is a life threatening skin disease that is associated with autoimmunity
to desmoglein, a skin protein involved in the adhesion of keratinocytes. This disease is …