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Tick Cell Lines in Research on Tick Control [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Ticks and the diseases they transmit are of huge veterinary, medical and economic importance worldwide. Control of ticks attacking livestock and companion animals is achieved primarily by application of chemical or plant-based acaricides.
Ahmed Al-Rofaai, Lesley Bell-Sakyi
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Innovative approaches for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
Ticks and tick-borne diseases constitute a major threat for human and animal health worldwide. Vaccines for the control of tick infestations and transmitted pathogens still represents a challenge for science and health.
José de la Fuente, Lorena Mazuecos, Marinela Contreras   +2 more
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Current Tick Control Strategies and Prospects for Using Nanotechnology as an Efficient Alternative—A Review [PDF]

Veterinary Sciences
Ticks pose significant challenges to public and veterinary health, acting as vectors of several diseases that affect animals and humans. Traditional chemical control methods, such as pyrethroids and organophosphates, have led to increasing resistance and
Rafaela Regina Fantatto, João Vitor Carvalho Constantini, Flávio Augusto Sanches Politi, Rodrigo Sorrechia, Camila Cristina Baccetti Medeiros, Marcela Tavares Luiz, Gervásio Henrique Bechara, Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas, Marlus Chorilli, Rosemeire Cristina Linhari Rodrigues Pietro   +9 more
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Where have all the grouse ticks gone? Apparent decline in collections of Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard, also known as the grouse or bird tick, is a three-host tick native to North America. Literature from the early 20th century reported a widespread distribution of this tick across the US and Canada.
Andrea Egizi, Lauren P. Maestas
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Surveillance of Borrelia miyamotoi-carrying ticks and genomic analysis of isolates in Inner Mongolia, China

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly described relapsing fever spirochete transmitted by ixodid tick species. Little is known about the prevalence of B. miyamotoi infections in humans and ticks in Inner Mongolia, China. Therefore, we investigated the
Gaowa, Wulantuya, Kozue Sato, Dan Liu, Yunhong Cui, Xuhong Yin, Lihua Zhang, Hong Li, Tingfu Wang, Rongxin Liu, Lijing Wu, Saixia Lu, Ting Gao, Zitong Zhang, Minzhi Cao, Guodong Wang, Chunpu Li, Dacheng Yan, Norio Ohashi, Shuji Ando, Hiroki Kawabata   +20 more
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Detection of multiple tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis from Hunterdon County, NJ, USA

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2023
Several human pathogens vectored by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say; Acari: Ixodidae) are endemic in the state of New Jersey. Disease incidence data suggest that these conditions occur disproportionately in the northwestern portion of the ...
Zoe E. Narvaez, Tadhgh Rainey, Rose Puelle, Arsala Khan, Robert A. Jordan, Andrea M. Egizi, Dana C. Price   +6 more
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Efficacy of the Vaccine Candidate Based on the P0 Peptide against Dermacentor nitens and Ixodes ricinus Ticks

Pathogens, 2023
The control of ticks through vaccination offers a sustainable alternative to the use of chemicals that cause contamination and the selection of resistant tick strains.
Alina Rodríguez-Mallon, Pedro E. Encinosa Guzmán, Yamil Bello, Ana Domingos, Sandra Antunes, Petr Kopacek, Ana Sofia Santos, Rita Velez, Jan Perner, Frank L. Ledesma Bravo, Helena Frantova, Jan Erhart, Rafmary Rodríguez, Alier Fuentes, David Diago, Marisdania Joglar, Luis Méndez, Mario Pablo Estrada   +17 more
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Understanding Tick Biology and Its Implications in Anti-tick and Transmission Blocking Vaccines Against Tick-Borne Pathogens

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Ticks are obligate blood-feeding ectoparasites that transmit a wide variety of pathogens to animals and humans in many parts of the world. Currently, tick control methods primarily rely on the application of chemical acaricides, which results in the ...
Biswajit Bhowmick, Biswajit Bhowmick, Qian Han, Qian Han   +3 more
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Controlling Tsetse Flies and Ticks Using Insecticide Treatment of Cattle in Tororo District Uganda: Cost Benefit Analysis

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Background: The endemic vector-borne diseases transmitted by tsetse and ticks impose heavy burdens on the livestock keepers in Africa. Applying deltamethrin to the belly, legs, and ears of cattle offers a possibility of mitigating these losses at a cost ...
Walter O. Okello, Walter O. Okello, Ewan T. MacLeod, Dennis Muhanguzi, Dennis Muhanguzi, Charles Waiswa, Charles Waiswa, Charles Waiswa, Susan C. Welburn, Susan C. Welburn   +9 more
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Does Experimental Reduction of Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) Abundance Reduce Lyme Disease Incidence?

Pathogens, 2023
Controlling the abundance of blacklegged ticks is considered the foundation for the prevention of human exposure to pathogens transmitted by these vectors in eastern North America. The use of broadcast or host-targeted acaricides is generally found to be
Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing
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