Ticks and tick-borne pathogens have evolved together, resulting in a complex relationship in
which the pathogen's life cycle is perfectly coordinated with the tick's feeding cycle, and the …

Vaccination against ticks is an environmentally friendly alternative control method compared
to chemical acaricide applications. Subolesin is a conserved protein in ticks, which can …

The Toll and IMD signaling pathways represent one of the first lines of innate immune
defense in invertebrates like Drosophila. However, for crustaceans like Caligus …

Abstract The African argasid tick Ornithodoros moubata transmits two important pathogens,
the African swine fever virus and the spirochete Borrelia duttoni, the cause of human …

The poultry red mite (PRM), Dermanyssus gallinae, is a hematophagous ectoparasite of
birds with worldwide distribution that causes economic losses in the egg-production sector …

Background Malaria is a devastating infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites
transmitted through the bites of infected Anopheles mosquitoes. Salivary glands are the only …

In search of ways to address the increasing incidence of global acaricide resistance, tick
control through vaccination is regarded as a sustainable alternative approach. Recently, a …

Abstract Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) are the most widely distributed marine pathogens
in the salmon industry. Vaccination could be an environmentally friendly alternative for sea …

Various classes of endopeptidases and their inhibitors facilitate blood feeding and digestion
in ticks. Cystatins, a family of tight-binding and reversible inhibitors of cysteine …

To identify potential vaccine candidates against Ixodes ricinus and tick-borne pathogen
transmission, we have previously sequenced the salivary gland transcriptomes of female …