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Solute carriers affect Anopheles stephensi survival and Plasmodium berghei infection in the salivary glands

  • Autores: Antunes S, Couto J, de la Fuente J, Do Rosário V, Domingos A, Pinheiro-Silva R
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: Scientific Reports
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28733628

Malaria is caused by mosquito-borne Plasmodium spp. parasites that must infect and survive within mosquito salivary glands (SGs) prior to host transmission. Recent advances in transcriptomics and the complete genome sequencing of mosquito vectors have increased our knowledge of the SG genes and proteins involved in pathogen infection and transmission.
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Vaccination with proteins involved in tick-pathogen interactions reduces vector infestations and pathogen infection

  • Autores: Antunes S, de la Fuente J, Domingos A, Merino O, Moreno-Cid JA, Mosqueda J, Perez de la Lastra JM, Rodríguez S, Rosario-Cruz R
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: Vaccine
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24084474

Tick-borne pathogens cause diseases that greatly impact animal health and production worldwide. The ultimate goal of tick vaccines is to protect against tick-borne diseases through the control of vector infestations and reducing pathogen infection and transmission. Tick genetic traits are involved in vector-pathogen interactions and some of these molecules such as Subolesin (SUB) have been shown to protect against vector infestations and pathogen infection.
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Functional genomics studies of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus ticks in response to infection with the cattle protozoan parasite, Babesia bigemina.

  • Autores: Almazán C, Antunes S, de la Fuente J, Do Rosário V, Domingos A, Galindo RC, Golovchenko M, Grubhoffer L, Rudenko N, Shkap V
  • Ano de Publicação: 2012
  • Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Functional+genomics+studies+of+Rhipicephalus+(Boophilus)+annulatus+ticks+in+response+to+infection+with+the+cattle+protozoan+parasite%2C+Babesia+bigemina

Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites of wild and domestic animals as well as humans, considered to be second worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human diseases, but the most important vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. Babesia spp. are tick-borne pathogens that cause a disease called babesiosis in a wide range of animals and in humans.
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Prevalence and genetic diversity of Babesia and Anaplasma species in cattle in Sudan

  • Autores: Antunes S, Awad H, de la Fuente J, Do Rosário VE, Domingos A, El Hussein AM, Galindo RC
  • Ano de Publicação: 2011
  • Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
  • Link: https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=19&SID=P2WA5hwy5j35Sqjoq2z&page=1&doc=1

Disease prevalence studies are one of the most valuable tools to demonstrate the risk or impact of certain infections in local and global economies. The data obtained in these studies contribute to develop strategies for disease control.
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Lesser protein degradation machinery correlates with higher BM86 tick vac- cine efficacy in Rhipicephalus annulatus when compared to Rhipicephalus micro-plus

  • Autores: Almazán C, de la Fuente J, de Mera IGF, del Valle M, Domingos A, Marina A, Mateos-Hernández L, Popara M, Villar M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: Vaccine
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23973246

Infestations with cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Rhipicephalus annulatus, economically impact cattle production in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Vaccines containing the recombinant R. microplus BM86 gut antigen were developed and commercialized to induce an immunological protection in cattle against tick infestations. These vaccines demonstrated that tick control by vaccination is cost-effective, reduces environmental contamination and prevents the selection of drug resistant ticks that result from repeated acaricide applications.
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Artificial feeding of Rhipicephalus microplus female ticks with anti calreticulin serum do not influence tick and Babesia bigemina acquisition

  • Autores: Antunes S, de la Fuente J, Domingos A, Domingues N, Lerias J, Merino O, Mosqueda J
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25262467

Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites considered the principal vectors of disease among animals. Rhipicephalus microplus and R. annulatus ticks are the most important vectors for Babesia bigemina and B. bovis, two of the most important intraerythrocytic protozoan parasites species in cattle, responsible for babesiosis which together with anaplasmosis account for substantial economic losses in the livestock industry worldwide.
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Mosquito Akirin as a potential antigen for malaria control

  • Autores: A, Costa M, Custodio, de la Fuente J, Domingos A, Moreno-Cid JA, Pinheiro-Silva R, Silveira H, Villar M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2014
  • Journal: Malaria Journal
  • Link: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/13/1/470

Recent evidences using Subolesin (SUB) and Akirin (AKR) vaccines showed a reduction in the survival and/or fertility of blood-sucking ectoparasite vectors and the infection with vector-borne pathogens. These experiments suggested the possibility of using AKR for malaria control.
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Tick capillary feeding for the study of proteins involved in tick-pathogen interactions as potential antigens for the control of tick infestation and pathogen infection

  • Autores: Alberdi P, Antunes S, Bell-Sakyi L, de la Fuente J, Domingos A, Fragkoudis R, Merino O, Moreno-Cid JA, Mosqueda J, Perez de la Lastra JM, Weisheit S
  • Ano de Publicação: 2014
  • Journal: Parasites & Vectors
  • Link: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/7/1/42

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-resistant ticks and environmental contamination with chemical residues. Vaccination with the tick midgut antigen BM86 was shown to be a good alternative for cattle tick control. However, results vary considerably between tick species and geographic location.
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