[Toxic and allergic action of tick saliva components]. / Toksyczne i alergiczne dzialanie wydzieliny gruczolów slinowych kleszczy (Acari: Ixodida).

The paper presents the role of bioactive components secreted by ticks in pathogenesis local and general reactions in the host. The salivary glands of ticks produce cement, enzymes and their inhibitors, histamine agonists and antagonists, antihemostatic factors, prostaglandins, and toxins. Tick feeding induces host inflammatory lesion and host immune responses.