Identification of a novel ß-adrenergic octopamine receptor-like gene (ßAOR-like) and increased ATP-binding cassette B10 (ABCB10) expression in a Rhipicephalus microplus cell line derived from acaricide-resistant ticks [PDF]
Background: The cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an economically important parasite of livestock. Effective control of ticks using acaricides is threatened by the emergence of resistance to many existing compounds. Several continuous R.
Bell-Sakyi, Lesley+4 more
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Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]
Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel+9 more
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Short communication. Ixodidae ticks in cattle and sheep in Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Iran) [PDF]
This survey was conducted to investigate the presence and abundance of hard tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) on cattle and sheep in Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Iran). Between 2010 and 2011, a total of 1,403 ticks was collected from 332 infested cattle
Mohammad Mirzaei, Javad Khedri
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67. Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806). A Nearctic, Neotropical and Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Carnivora: Canidae, mainly on the domestic dog, with many unconfirmed records from other hosts, including humans, but see note below. M: Nava et al. (2018), but see note below F: Nava et al. (2018),
Guglielmone, Alberto A.+2 more
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Objetivo. Determinar la presencia de Rickettsia typhi en Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. y Amblyomma mixtum, en el sur de México. Material y métodos. Las garrapatas fueron colectadas en humanos y animales domésticos.
Armando Ulloa-García+4 more
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Functional characterisation of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit from the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus [PDF]
Open Access funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Under a Creative Commons license This work was supported by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK) Industrial CASE studentship award (BBSSM200411428) to K.
Alan S. Bowman+72 more
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The objective of this paper is to describe four cases of human parasitism by Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latrielle) in Brazil. During an investigation regarding the species of ectoparasites of domestic dogs from the metropolitan region of Recife ...
Filipe Dantas-Torres+2 more
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Experimental infection of Rhipicephalus sanguineus with Ehrlichia chaffeensis [PDF]
Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, is a tick-borne rickettsial pathogen that is infective to a wide range of mammals, including dogs and people. Amblyomma americanum, the lone star tick, is considered the primary vector of E.
Ryan T. Stoffel+10 more
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Induction of humoral immune response to multiple recombinant Rhipicephalus appendiculatus antigens and their effect on tick feeding success and pathogen transmission [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the primary vector of Theileria parva, the etiological agent of East Coast fever (ECF), a devastating disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Musoke+65 more
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Do material recolhido por aspiração no interior de uma residência no Rio de Janeiro, com uso de aspirador de pó, por 4 horas contínuas de captura, em todos os cômodos da casa, foram encontrados 1.284 Rhipicephalus sanguineus, dos quais 289 eram fêmeas e,
Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire+1 more
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