Oral Vaccination With a Formulation Combining Rhipicephalus microplus Subolesin With Heat Inactivated Mycobacterium bovis Reduces Tick Infestations in Cattle

M Contreras, PD Kasaija, O Merino… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Vaccines are an environmentally friendly alternative to acaracides for the control of tick
infestations, to reduce the risk for tick-borne diseases affecting human and animal health …

Oral vaccine formulation combining tick Subolesin with heat inactivated mycobacteria provides control of cross-species cattle tick infestations

PD Kasaija, M Contreras, F Kabi, S Mugerwa… - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Tick vaccines are necessary as part of a One Health approach for the control of tick
infestations and tick-borne diseases. Subolesin (SUB, also known as 4D8) is a tick …

Vaccination with proteins involved in tick–pathogen interactions reduces vector infestations and pathogen infection

O Merino, S Antunes, J Mosqueda, JA Moreno-Cid… - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
Tick-borne pathogens cause diseases that greatly impact animal health and production
worldwide. The ultimate goal of tick vaccines is to protect against tick-borne diseases …

Control of tick infestations and pathogen prevalence in cattle and sheep farms vaccinated with the recombinant Subolesin-Major Surface Protein 1a chimeric antigen

A Torina, JA Moreno-Cid, V Blanda… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Despite the use of chemical acaricides, tick infestations continue to affect
animal health and production worldwide. Tick vaccines have been proposed as a cost …

Targeting arthropod subolesin/akirin for the development of a universal vaccine for control of vector infestations and pathogen transmission

J de la Fuente, JA Moreno-Cid, M Canales, M Villar… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Diseases caused by arthropod-borne pathogens greatly impact on human and animal
health. Recent research has provided evidence that tick protective antigens can be used for …

Control of Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus tick infestations in rabbits vaccinated with the Q38 Subolesin/Akirin chimera

M Contreras, J de la Fuente - Vaccine, 2016 - Elsevier
Diseases transmitted by ticks greatly impact human and animal health and their control is
important for the eradication of tick-borne diseases. Vaccination is an environmentally …

Bovine immunisation with a recombinant peptide derived from synthetic SBm7462®(Bm86 epitope construct) immunogen for Rhipicephalus microplus control

E de Sousa Neves, CF Fidelis, GA Tafur-Gómez… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rhipicephalus microplus is the most important ectoparasite of livestock in tropical and
subtropical areas around the world. Research focused on developing an efficient vaccine for …

Control of tick infestations in wild roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) vaccinated with the Q38 Subolesin/Akirin chimera

M Contreras, C San José, A Estrada-Peña, V Talavera… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are considered to be the most important vectors of disease-
causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals, and emerging and re-emerging tick-borne …

Identification and characterization of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus candidate protective antigens for the control of cattle tick infestations

C Almazán, R Lagunes, M Villar, M Canales… - Parasitology …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract The cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp., affect cattle production in tropical
and subtropical regions of the world. Tick vaccines constitute a cost-effective and …

Testing Efficacy of a Conserved Polypeptide from the Bm86 Protein against Rhipicephalus microplus in the Mexican Tropics

R Coate, MÁ Alonso-Díaz, M Martínez-Velázquez… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rhipicephalus microplus economically impacts cattle production in tropical and subtropical
countries. Application of acaricides constitutes the major control method; however …