Open AccessEthiology and Immunopathogenesis Peculiarities of Ixodic Tick-Borne Borreliosis
Author(s) -
С. Ф. Бикетов,
Viktoria V Firstova,
И И Любимов
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
problemy osobo opasnyh infekcij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2658-719X
pISSN - 0370-1069
DOI - 10.21055/0370-1069-2009-3(101)-44-49
Subject(s) - borrelia , lyme borreliosis , tick , tick borne disease , biology , antigen , etiology , relapsing fever , immunology , virology , borrelia burgdorferi , medicine , antibody , pathology
The characteristics of tick-borne borreliosis agents and borrelia reservoir hosts and vectors are presented in the article. Considered is participation of ticks' saliva components and superficial spirochete antigens in the mechanisms of mammals infectioning with borrelia. Immunopathogenesis of tick-borne borreliosis is described. The available methods of diagnostics and vaccine prophylaxis of tick-borne borreliosis are evaluated.