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From: Immunomodulatory effects of tick saliva on dermal cells exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease

Fig. 1

Tick feeding on rabbit ear. The tick hypostome is readily observed penetrating the epidermis (primary image) forming a linear tract of necrosis that extends through the superficial dermis and partially fractures the auricular cartilage (bottom right inset). Prominent histiocytic and granulocytic inflammation interpreted to represent a combination of heterophils and eosinophils (bottom left inset) surrounds the insertion of the tick hypostome within the dermis

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