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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Translational biotechnology for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases

J de la Fuente - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2021 - Elsevier
Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBD) represent a challenge for human and animal health
worldwide. Climate change, distribution of tick hosts, and ecological and anthropogenically …

Counterattacking the tick bite: towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission

ROM Rego, JJA Trentelman, J Anguita, AM Nijhof… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Hematophagous arthropods are responsible for the transmission of a variety of pathogens
that cause disease in humans and animals. Ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex are vectors …

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 …

Resistance to ticks and the path to anti-tick and transmission blocking vaccines

JG van Oosterwijk, SK Wikel - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The medical and veterinary public health importance of ticks and tick-borne pathogens is
increasing due to the expansion of the geographic ranges of both ticks and pathogens …

Tick-pathogen interactions and vector competence: identification of molecular drivers for tick-borne diseases

J De la Fuente, S Antunes, S Bonnet… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ticks and the pathogens they transmit constitute a growing burden for human and animal
health worldwide. Vector competence is a component of vectorial capacity and depends on …