Understanding tick biology and its implications in anti-tick and transmission blocking vaccines against tick-borne pathogens

B Bhowmick, Q Han - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ticks are obligate blood-feeding ectoparasites that transmit a wide variety of pathogens to
animals and humans in many parts of the world. Currently, tick control methods primarily rely …

Tick vaccines and the control of tick-borne pathogens

O Merino, P Alberdi, JM Pérez de la Lastra… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites that transmit a wide variety of pathogens to
humans and animals. The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased worldwide in both …

Tick vaccines: current status and future directions

J de la Fuente, M Contreras - Expert review of vaccines, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Ticks and tick-borne diseases are a growing problem affecting human and animal health
worldwide. Traditional control methods, based primarily on chemical acaricides, have …

Strategies for new and improved vaccines against ticks and tick‐borne diseases

J de la Fuente, P Kopáček, A Lew‐Tabor… - Parasite …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ticks infest a variety of animal species and transmit pathogens causing disease in both
humans and animals worldwide. Tick–host–pathogen interactions have evolved through …

Targeting a global health problem: Vaccine design and challenges for the control of tick-borne diseases

J de La Fuente, M Contreras, A Estrada-Peña… - Vaccine, 2017 - Elsevier
It has been over twenty years since the first vaccines for the control of tick infestations
became commercially available. These vaccines proved their efficacy and the potential of …

Universal tick vaccines: candidates and remaining challenges

LF Parizi, NW Githaka, C Logullo, J Zhou, M Onuma… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Various new technologies have been used to learn more about tick
physiology and biology in hopes of developing vaccines to protect people and animals from …

Anti‐tick and pathogen transmission blocking vaccines

JG van Oosterwijk - Parasite Immunology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ticks and tick‐borne diseases are a challenge for medical and veterinary public health and
often controlled through the use of repellents and acaricides. Research on vaccination …

Advances in the identification and characterization of protective antigens for recombinant vaccines against tick infestations

J de la Fuente, KM Kocan - Expert Review of Vaccines, 2003 - go.gale.com
Ticks are economically important ectoparasites of domestic and wild animals and are
considered to be second worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human pathogens. Current …

Vaccinomics approach to tick vaccine development

M Contreras, M Villar, P Alberdi… - Vaccine Design: Methods …, 2016 - Springer
Ticks are blood-feeding arthropod ectoparasites that transmit disease-causing pathogens to
humans and animals worldwide. Vaccines using tick antigens have proven to be cost …

Development of vaccines for control of tick infestations and interruption of pathogen transmission

J de la Fuente, KM Kocan - Biology of ticks, 2013 - books.google.com
Ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of wild and domestic animals and humans.
They are classified in the subclass Acari, order Parasitiformes, suborder Ixodida, and are …