Recent advances in tick antigen discovery and anti-tick vaccine development

MN Abbas, MA Jmel, I Mekki, I Dijkgraaf… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ticks can seriously affect human and animal health around the globe, causing significant
economic losses each year. Chemical acaricides are widely used to control ticks, which …

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 …

Protective immunity and new vaccines for Lyme disease

M Gomes-Solecki, PM Arnaboldi… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Lyme disease, caused by some Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, is the most common tick-
borne illness in the Northern Hemisphere and the number of cases, and geographic spread …

Controlling ticks and tick-borne diseases… looking forward

J de la Fuente - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) represent a growing burden for human and animal health
worldwide. Several approaches including the use of chemicals with repellency and …

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 …

Rhipicephalus microplus: An overview of vaccine antigens against the cattle tick

DFS Pereira, HS Ribeiro, AAM Gonçalves… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rhipicephalus microplus, popularly known as the cattle tick, is the most important tick of
livestock as it is responsible for significant economic losses. The use of chemical acaricides …

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 …

A review on Hyalomma species infestations on human and animals and progress on management strategies

B Kumar, HV Manjunathachar, S Ghosh - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The Hyalomma species of ticks have gained additional attention due to their role in the
transmission of Theileria annulata infection in animals and the Crimean-Congo …

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 …

The quest for a universal vaccine against ticks: cross-immunity insights

LF Parizi, NW Githaka, C Logullo, S Konnai… - The Veterinary …, 2012 - Elsevier
As blood-sucking parasites, ticks inflict great damage to animals and humans in many parts
of the world. The continued use of chemical acaricides is not sustainable due to increasing …