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Proposed functional significance for the host proteins selectively manipulated by A. phagocytophilum in tick midguts and salivary glands. These results suggested that A. phagocytophilum selectively manipulates the levels of vertebrate host proteins in the tick midguts (MG) and salivary glands (SG) to facilitate pathogen infection, multiplication and transmission while preserving tick feeding and development
