More than three decades of Bm86: what we know and where to go

LJ Bishop, C Stutzer, C Maritz-Olivier - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tick and tick-borne disease control have been a serious research focus for many decades.
In a global climate of increasing acaricide resistance, host immunity against tick infestation …

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 …

A multiepitope chimeric antigen from Rhipicephalus microplus-secreted salivary proteins elicits anti-tick protective antibodies in rabbit

GCA Costa, FAA Silva, VM Manzato, RJS Torquato… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, the Cattle Fever Tick, causes significant
economic losses in livestock in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. As the usual …

[HTML][HTML] First molecular and functional characterisation of ferritin 2 proteins from Ornithodoros argasid ticks

A Oleaga, S González-Pérez, R Peréz-Sánchez - Veterinary parasitology, 2022 - Elsevier
Ferritins are iron-binding proteins that play critical functions in iron metabolism. Tick ferritins
are essential in blood feeding, reproduction, iron transport, and protection of ticks from the …

Dynamic nesting of Anaplasma marginale in the microbial communities of Rhipicephalus microplus

E Piloto‐Sardiñas, L Abuin‐Denis, A Maitre… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions within the tick microbiome involving symbionts, commensals, and tick‐borne
pathogens (TBPs) play a pivotal role in disease ecology. This study explored temporal …

A US Isolate of Theileria orientalis Ikeda Is Not Transstadially Transmitted to Cattle by Rhipicephalus microplus

CK Onzere, DR Herndon, A Hassan, K Oyen, KC Poh… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Theileria orientalis Ikeda has caused an epidemic of bovine anemia and abortion across
several US states. This apicomplexan hemoparasite is transmitted by Haemaphysalis …

Experimental vaccination in rabbits using the peptide RmS-17 antigen reduces the performance of a Mexican Rhipicephalus microplus tick strain

R Lagunes-Quintanilla, UM Valdez-Espinoza… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2022 - Elsevier
The tick vector Rhipicephalus microplus is considered one of the main problems in cattle
production in tropical and subtropical regions. Anti-tick vaccines may form an alternative tick …

The current strategies and underlying mechanisms in the control of the vector tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis: Implications for future integrated management

CF Nwanade, M Wang, S Li, Z Yu, J Liu - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2022 - Elsevier
The hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis is a blood-sucking ectoparasite native to eastern
Asia, and an invasive tick species in several countries including the United States. This tick …

Monitoring the Subolesin vaccine field trial for safer control of cattle ticks amidst increasing acaricide resistance in Uganda

F Kabi, M Dhikusooka, M Matovu, S Mugerwa… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
A collaboration program was established between the group of Health and Biotechnology
(SaBio) of the IREC Institute of Game and Wildlife Research (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Spain) …

Field efficacy assessment of a vaccine against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) australis in New-Caledonia

H Duval, T Hüe - Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Pure European bovine breeding is compromised in South Pacific (ie Australia, New
Caledonia) due to the impact of acaricide-resistant Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) australis ticks …