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Repeated Tick Infestations Impair Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission in a Non-Human Primate Model of Tick Feeding

Pathogens, 2023
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the predominant vector of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease in the USA. Natural hosts of I. scapularis such as Peromyscus leucopus are repeatedly infested by these ticks without acquiring tick ...
Sukanya Narasimhan, Carmen J. Booth, Mario T. Philipp, Erol Fikrig, Monica E. Embers   +4 more
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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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Resistance to Ticks and the Path to Anti-Tick and Transmission Blocking Vaccines

Vaccines, 2021
The medical and veterinary public health importance of ticks and tick-borne pathogens is increasing due to the expansion of the geographic ranges of both ticks and pathogens, increasing tick populations, growing incidence of tick-borne diseases, emerging
Jolieke G. van Oosterwijk, Stephen K. Wikel   +1 more
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Community-based control of the brown dog tick in a region with high rates of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 2012-2013. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) transmitted by the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato) has emerged as a significant public health risk on American Indian reservations in eastern Arizona. During 2003-2012, more than 250 RMSF cases and
Naomi Drexler, Mark Miller, Justin Gerding, Suzanne Todd, Laura Adams, F Scott Dahlgren, Nelva Bryant, Erica Weis, Kristen Herrick, Jessica Francies, Kenneth Komatsu, Stephen Piontkowski, Jose Velascosoltero, Timothy Shelhamer, Brian Hamilton, Carmen Eribes, Anita Brock, Patsy Sneezy, Cye Goseyun, Harty Bendle, Regina Hovet, Velda Williams, Robert Massung, Jennifer H McQuiston   +23 more
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Oral Vaccination With a Formulation Combining Rhipicephalus microplus Subolesin With Heat Inactivated Mycobacterium bovis Reduces Tick Infestations in Cattle

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019
Vaccines are an environmentally friendly alternative to acaracides for the control of tick infestations, to reduce the risk for tick-borne diseases affecting human and animal health worldwide, and to improve animal welfare and production. Subolesin (SUB,
Marinela Contreras, Paul D. Kasaija, Paul D. Kasaija, Octavio Merino, Ned I. de la Cruz-Hernandez, Christian Gortazar, José de la Fuente, José de la Fuente   +7 more
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Tick Immunobiology and Extracellular Traps: An Integrative Vision to Control of Vectors

Pathogens, 2021
Ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites that infest a diverse number of vertebrate hosts. The tick immunobiology plays a significant role in establishing and transmitting many pathogens to their hosts.
Hugo Aguilar-Díaz, Rosa Estela Quiroz-Castañeda, Karina Salazar-Morales, Raquel Cossío-Bayúgar, Estefan Miranda-Miranda   +4 more
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Tick and flea infestations in captive Tapirus terrestris and Tapirus kabomani (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in the Brazilian Amazon

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
The present study aimed to identify tick and flea species infesting captive tapirs (Tapirus terrestris and Tapirus kabomani) in the Brazilian Amazon.
Thamirys de Souza Gonçalves, Francisco Dantas Sampaio-Júnior, Pedro Henrique Marques Barrozo, Diana Maria de Farias, Larissa Borges Alves, Elda Ely Gomes de Souza, Adriano Bezerra de Aguiar, Breno William Batista Nery, Ana Paula Gering, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Alessandra Scofield   +11 more
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Laboratory evaluations of the immediate and sustained effectiveness of lotilaner (Credelio™) against three common species of ticks affecting dogs in Europe

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background There is a continuing need for novel approaches to tick control in dogs. One such approach lies in the ability of lotilaner (Credelio™), an isoxazoline with a rapid onset of action, to provide sustained efficacy against ticks. Two studies were
Daniela Cavalleri, Martin Murphy, Regina Lizundia Gorbea, Wolfgang Seewald, Jason Drake, Steve Nanchen   +5 more
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Vaccination with Recombinant Subolesin Antigens Provides Cross-Tick Species Protection in Bos indicus and Crossbred Cattle in Uganda

Vaccines, 2020
Cattle tick infestations and transmitted pathogens affect animal health, production and welfare with an impact on cattle industry in tropical and subtropical countries.
Paul D. Kasaija, Marinela Contreras, Fredrick Kabi, Swidiq Mugerwa, José de la Fuente   +4 more
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Year-round efficacy of a single treatment of fluralaner injectable suspension (Bravecto QuantumTM) against repeated infestations with Ixodes holocyclus in dogs

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background The longer the duration of protection of an acaricide against canine infestation with Ixodes holocyclus, the lower the risk of gaps in tick control programs that will place dogs at risk of potentially fatal tick-induced paralysis.
Petr Fisara, Frank Guerino
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