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 saliva facilitates tick feeding and infection of the host. Gene expression analysis of tick
salivary glands and other tissues involved in host–pathogen interactions has revealed a …

Arboviruses and symbiotic viruses can be paternally transmitted by male insects to their
offspring for long-term viral persistence in nature, but the mechanism remains largely …

Animal nuptial gifts display multitudinous forms, and such gifts are especially interesting
because they sit at the intersection of sexual selection, foraging ecology, and life-history …

Ticks are a threat to human and animal health worldwide. Ticks are considered to be second
worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human diseases, the most important vectors of …

Background Ixodid ticks are important vectors of a wide variety of viral, bacterial and
protozoan pathogens of medical and veterinary importance. Although several studies have …

The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is an important vector for pathogens that affect
human health, including the viruses that cause dengue and Chikungunya fevers. It is also …

Tick secretory proteins modulate haemostasis, inflammation and immune responses of the
host and are attractive recombinant anti-tick vaccine candidates. Yet, many of the proteins …

The testis is a highly specialized tissue that plays a vital role in ensuring fertility by producing
spermatozoa, which are transferred to the female during mating. Spermatogenesis is a …

Ixodes scapularis is a medically important tick species that transmits causative agents of
important human tick-borne diseases including borreliosis, anaplasmosis and babesiosis …