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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 +9 more
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In vitro acaricidal activity of different ectoparasiticide classes against Amblyomma sculptum larvae
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 Zoonoses are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Among them, Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is an important one that occurs in some regions of South America and can be transmitted by the “star tick” Amblyomma sculptum.
Debora Azevedo Borges +7 more
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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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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 New tick and tick-borne pathogen control approaches that are both environmentally sustainable and which provide broad protection are urgently needed. Their development, however, will rely on a greater understanding of tick biology, tick-pathogen, and ...
Adrien A. Blisnick +2 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Ticks represent a significant health risk to animals and humans due to the variety of pathogens they can transmit during feeding. The traditional use of chemicals to control ticks has serious drawbacks, including the selection of acaricide ...
Sandra Antunes +10 more
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2001 In order to monitor the susceptibility of Boophilus microplus to acaricides and improve control measures, the effects of cypermethrin, deltamethrin and permethrin on larvae obtained in the city of Goiânia in the Brazilian state of Goiás were studied ...
F.F. Fernandes
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Insects, 2022 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a significant health problem in Sonora, Mexico. The tick vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, feeds almost exclusively on domestic dogs that, in this region, also serve as the reservoir for the tick-borne pathogen ...
Gerardo Alvarez-Hernandez +4 more
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Ticks and Tick-Borne DiseasesLyme arthritis (LA) is a recognized manifestation of Lyme borreliosis in Sweden, but data on the causative Borrelia species are limited. This study aimed to describe the demographics of LA and identify Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B. burgdorferi s.l.)
Katharina Ornstein +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaTicks are parasitic arthropods that cause significant economic losses to livestock production worldwide. Although Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, the cattle tick, occurs throughout the Brazilian territory, there is no official program to control ...
Guilherme Marcondes Klafke +4 more
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Vaccines, 2021 The control of cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is focused on repeated use of acaricides. However, due to growing acaricide resistance and residues problem, immunization of animals along with limited use of effective acaricides is considered a ...
Balasamudram Chandrasekhar Parthasarathi +5 more
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