Interaction of ectoparasites and their hosts
Nelson, W.A.; Bell, J.F.; Clifford, C.M.; Keirans, J.E.
Journal of Medical Entomology 13(4-5): 389-428
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-2585 PMID: 321786 Document Number: 111104
Responses of the host to ectoparasite attack are reviewed. Emphasis is on ectoparasites that are more closely associated with their hosts, but some attention is given to host responses to hematophagous Diptera as the subject has been researched in some detail. The scope includes hematologic and clinical manifestations of infestation, arthropod antigens and host antibodies raised against them, manifestations of antigen-antibody interaction, histopathologic reactions of skin to arthropod feeding and acquired resistance to arthropods, genetics of host resistance, economic effects of parasitism, and speculation on the nature of innate and acquired resistance to ectoparasites.