Anaplasma phagocytophilum—a widespread multi-host pathogen with highly adaptive strategies

S Stuen, EG Granquist, C Silaghi - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum has for decades been known to cause the
disease tick-borne fever (TBF) in domestic ruminants in Ixodes ricinus-infested areas in …

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 …

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 …

Targeting arthropod subolesin/akirin for the development of a universal vaccine for control of vector infestations and pathogen transmission

J de la Fuente, JA Moreno-Cid, M Canales, M Villar… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Diseases caused by arthropod-borne pathogens greatly impact on human and animal
health. Recent research has provided evidence that tick protective antigens can be used for …

Control of tick infestations in cattle vaccinated with bacterial membranes containing surface-exposed tick protective antigens

C Almazán, O Moreno-Cantú, JA Moreno-Cid… - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
Vaccines containing the Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus BM86 and BM95 antigens
protect cattle against tick infestations. Tick subolesin (SUB), elongation factor 1a (EF1a) and …

Rabbits as animal models for anti-tick vaccine development: a global scenario

A Rodríguez-Durán, S Ullah, LF Parizi, A Ali… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Studies evaluating candidate tick-derived proteins as anti-tick vaccines in natural hosts have
been limited due to high costs. To overcome this problem, animal models are used in …

Novel gene isolated from Caligus rogercresseyi: a promising target for vaccine development against sea lice

Y Carpio, L Basabe, J Acosta, A Rodríguez, A Mendoza… - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) are the most widely distributed marine pathogens in the
salmon industry in the last 30 years. Caligus rogercresseyi is the most important species …

Resistance to ticks and the path to anti-tick and transmission blocking vaccines

JG van Oosterwijk, SK Wikel - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Subolesin: A candidate vaccine antigen for the control of cattle tick infestations in Indian situation

M Shakya, B Kumar, G Nagar, J de la Fuente, S Ghosh - Vaccine, 2014 - Elsevier
Identification of cross-protective tick vaccine antigens is a challenging area of veterinary
research. To address this challenge, a recently identified candidate tick protective antigen …

Experimental vaccination in rabbits using the peptide RmS-17 antigen reduces the performance of a Mexican Rhipicephalus microplus tick strain

R Lagunes-Quintanilla, UM Valdez-Espinoza… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2022 - Elsevier
The tick vector Rhipicephalus microplus is considered one of the main problems in cattle
production in tropical and subtropical regions. Anti-tick vaccines may form an alternative tick …