Ticks can seriously affect human and animal health around the globe, causing significant
economic losses each year. Chemical acaricides are widely used to control ticks, which …

Ticks infest a variety of animal species and transmit pathogens causing disease in both
humans and animals worldwide. Tick–host–pathogen interactions have evolved through …

Ticks are second to mosquitoes as vectors of disease. Ticks affect livestock industries in
Asia, Africa and Australia at~ 1.13billionUSDperannum.Forinstance,80%oftheglobalcattlepopulationisatriskofinfestati …

Rhipicephalus microplus, popularly known as the cattle tick, is the most important tick of
livestock as it is responsible for significant economic losses. The use of chemical acaricides …

Dermanyssus gallinae, the poultry red mite (PRM), is a blood-feeding ectoparasite capable
of causing pathology in birds, amongst other animals. It is an increasingly important …

Amblyomma americanum ticks transmit more than a third of human tick-borne disease (TBD)
agents in the United States. Tick saliva proteins are critical to success of ticks as vectors of …

The tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is a blood-sucking ectoparasite of cattle that
severely impairs livestock production. Studies on tick immunological control address mostly …

Haemaphysalis longicornis cDNA encoding an aspartic protease (longepsin) was identified
from a midgut cDNA library. The longepsin cDNA contains 1176bp that code for 392 amino …

Simple Summary Ticks affect the health of humans and animals. In tropical African countries,
cattle are threatened by ticks and the diseases they transmit, making necessary a tick control …

To further obtain insights into the Rhipicephalus microplus transcriptome, we used RNA-seq
to carry out a study of expression in (i) embryos;(ii) ovaries from partially and fully engorged …