Immune response to Tick-Borne hemoparasites: Host adaptive immune response mechanisms as potential targets for therapies and vaccines

A Torina, V Blanda, S Villari, A Piazza… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tick-transmitted pathogens cause infectious diseases in both humans and animals. Different
types of adaptive immune mechanisms could be induced in hosts by these microorganisms …

Tick-borne viruses and biological processes at the tick-host-virus interface

M Kazimírová, S Thangamani, P Bartíková… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ticks are efficient vectors of arboviruses, although less than 10% of tick species are known
to be virus vectors. Most tick-borne viruses (TBV) are RNA viruses some of which cause …

Strategies for development of vaccines for control of ixodid tick species

J De La Fuente, KM Kocan - Parasite immunology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Ticks are distributed worldwide and impact human and animal health, as well as food animal
production. Control of ticks has been primarily by application of acaricides, which has …

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 …

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick in vitro feeding methods for functional (dsRNA) and vaccine candidate (antibody) screening

AE Lew-Tabor, AG Bruyeres, B Zhang… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks cause economic losses
for cattle industries throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world estimated at …

Subolesin vaccination inhibits blood feeding and reproduction of Haemaphysalis longicornis in rabbits

SH Lee, J Li, PFA Moumouni, K Okado, W Zheng… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Background Ticks can transmit numerous tick-borne pathogens and cause a huge economic
loss to the livestock industry. Tick vaccines can contribute to the prevention of tick-borne …

A combination of antibodies against Bm86 and Subolesin inhibits engorgement of Rhipicephalus australis (formerly Rhipicephalus microplus) larvae in vitro

JJA Trentelman, H Teunissen, JAGM Kleuskens… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Rhipicephalus microplus is a hard tick species that has a high impact on cattle
health and production in tropical and subtropical regions. Recently, ribosomal DNA and …

Current status and future prospects of multi-antigen tick vaccine

BC Parthasarathi, B Kumar… - Journal of Vector Borne …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Ticks are blood sucking ectoparasite that transmit several pathogens to humans and
animals. Tick management focusing on use of chemicals has several drawbacks including …

A Vaccinomics Approach for the Identification of Tick Protective Antigens for the Control of Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus Infestations in Companion …

M Contreras, M Villar, J De la Fuente - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ticks and tick-borne pathogens affect health and welfare of companion animals worldwide,
and some human tick-borne diseases are associated with exposure to domestic animals …

Prevention of tick-borne diseases: challenge to recent medicine

D Hromníková, D Furka, S Furka, JAD Santana… - Biologia, 2022 - Springer
Ticks represent important vectors and reservoirs of pathogens, causing a number of
diseases in humans and animals, and significant damage to livestock every year. Modern …