Stimulating the synganglion releases a hygroscopic form of this substance that enables water conservation in subsaturated environments during periods of dormancy. Chemokine-binding evasin proteins are found in this substance, which may contain holocyclotoxin neurotoxins that trigger a rare form of paralysis upon prolonged exposure to gravid individuals. This substance may adjuvate IgE-mediated sensitization to the (*) alpha-gal antigen that causes the mammalian meat allergy. The ookinetes and sporozoites of apicomplexans like Babesia and Plasmodium invade production centers of this substance. This substance’s cytolytic, anesthetic, and anticoagulative properties allow human ectoparasites to remain undetected. For 10 points, tick and mosquito-borne pathogens are transmitted to hosts via what substance? ■END■
ANSWER: saliva [accept salivary glands or salivary ducts; accept saliva from specific ectoparasites like tick saliva or mosquito saliva] (The synganglion is a tick’s central nervous system. Ixodes holocyclus is the Australian Paralysis Tick. Plasmodium invades the salivary glands as sporozoites, while Babesia invades the salivary glands as ookinetes before maturing into sporozoites.)
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