Identification and Characterization of Ixodes scapularis Antigens That Elicit Tick Immunity Using Yeast Surface Display
Schuijt TJ, Narasimhan S, Daffre S, DePonte K, Hovius JW, Veer C, van der Poll T, Bakhtiari K, Meijers JC, Boder ET, van Dam AP, Fikrig E. Identification and Characterization of Ixodes scapularis Antigens That Elicit Tick Immunity Using Yeast Surface Display. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e15926. PMID: 21246036, PMCID: PMC3016337, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015926.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalivary antigensTick salivary antigensPotential vaccine candidatesAnti-coagulant activityTick biteImmunization studiesVaccine candidatesAnti-complement activityTick antigensRepeated exposureTick immunityAntigenRabbit serumHall markTicks resultsImmunitySerumYeast surface display libraryRabbitsDisplay libraryIxodes scapularisDrosophila expression systemP19Surface display libraryP8