Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
Identification of a novel β adrenergic octopamine receptor like gene (βAOR like) and increased ATP binding cassette B10 (ABCB10) expression in a Rhipicephalus microplus cell line derived from acaricide resistant ticks
... (Boophilus) microplus, also known as the cattle tick or southern cattle tick, is a parasite of major global economic ...R. microplus, making it one of the most prevalent of bovine ...parasites. ...
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RNA viruses of Amblyomma variegatum and Rhipicephalus microplus and Cattle Susceptibility in the French Antilles
... in Rhipicephalus microplus ticks from Brazil (Table ...from Rhipicephalus microplus ticks, suggesting a possible restriction to this tick ...
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Immune and biochemical responses in skin differ between bovine hosts genetically susceptible and resistant to the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus
... tick Rhipicephalus microplus specializes on cattle and other large bovids, however success of its blood-feeding de- pends on the breed of the bovine ...
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Molecular identification and characterization of Anaplasma capra and Anaplasma platys like in Rhipicephalus microplus in Ankang, Northwest China
... as Rhipicephalus microplus, and the identification was confirmed molecularly by amplifying the COI gene isolated from 59 nymph and 100 adult ...R. microplus, confirming that all collected ticks ...
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A combination of antibodies against Bm86 and Subolesin inhibits engorgement of Rhipicephalus australis (formerly Rhipicephalus microplus) larvae in vitro
... Background: Rhipicephalus microplus is a hard tick species that has a high impact on cattle health and production in tropical and subtropical regions. Recently, ribosomal DNA and morphological analysis ...
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Mining a differential sialotranscriptome of Rhipicephalus microplus guides antigen discovery to formulate a vaccine that reduces tick infestations
... Background: Ticks cause massive damage to livestock and vaccines are one sustainable substitute for the acaricides currently heavily used to control infestations. To guide antigen discovery for a vaccine that targets the ...
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Rhipicephalus microplus salivary gland molecules induce differential CD86 expression in murine macrophages
... Rhipicephalus microplus is one-host tick species that evolved complex repertoires of saliva molecules to facili- tate feeding and increase reproductive fitness ...and Rhipicephalus sanguineus ...R. ...
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Multiple mutations in the para sodium channel gene are associated with pyrethroid resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus from the United States and Mexico
... (Rhipicephalus microplus) has remained a significant burden to the global cattle industry for more than a ...both Rhipicephalus species (col- lectively referred to as cattle fever ...
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Immunoregulation of bovine macrophages by factors in the salivary glands of Rhipicephalus microplus
... Background: Alternative strategies are required to control the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, due to evolving resistance to commercially available acaricides. This invasive ectoparasite is a ...
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Rhipicephalus microplus and Ixodes ovatus cystatins in tick blood digestion and evasion of host immune response
... Background: Cystatins are a group of cysteine protease inhibitors responsible for physiological proteolysis regulation and present in a wide range of organisms. Studies about this class of inhibitors in parasites have ...
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Widespread movement of invasive cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus microplus) in southern Texas leads to shared local infestations on cattle and deer
... tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, is a highly adaptable ectoparasite that has become established in nearly all tropical and subtrop- ical regions of the world where domesticated cattle production ...
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The complexity of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus genome characterised through detailed analysis of two BAC clones
... (Rhipicephalus) microplus and Ixodes scapularis (Isc) [4] have been esti- mated using Cot DNA reassociating kinetics, a procedure also used to estimate repetitive DNA in genomes ...
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Molecular characterisation of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus in Malaysia: new insights into the cryptic diversity and distinct genetic assemblages throughout the world
... R. microplus populations from southern Texas ...R. microplus has been introduced on mul- tiple occasions, and these introductions have been associ- ated with two main dispersal mechanisms ...
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Immune recognition of salivary proteins from the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus differs according to the genotype of the bovine host
... (genetically tick-resistant, Bos taurus indicus), and four of the Holstein breed (genetically tick-susceptible, Bos taurus taurus). They were kept stabled at the University of São Paulo’s farm, located in Pirassununga, ...
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Silencing expression of the Rhipicephalus microplus vitellogenin receptor gene blocks Babesia bovis transmission and interferes with oocyte maturation
... Results: Silencing expression of the vitellogenin receptor in the ovary by RNA interference, resulted in reduced tick fertility. We observed reduced egg production (i.e. reduced weight of eggs), a lower rate of embryonic ...
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Inorganic Polyphosphates Regulate Hexokinase Activity and Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Mitochondria of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Embryo
... on Rhipicephalus microplus, which causes heavy economic losses to bovine herds, particularly in tropical regions; thus, major efforts have been directed toward devel- oping immunoprophylactic tick-control ...
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Immune related redox metabolism of embryonic cells of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus (BME26) in response to infection with Anaplasma marginale
... In many arthropod species, microbial recognition results in the activation of immune signalling pathways involved in the regulation of important immune-effectors, such as antimicrobial peptides [31]. Indeed, a previous ...
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A new method for in vitro feeding of Rhipicephalus australis (formerly Rhipicephalus microplus) larvae: a valuable tool for tick vaccine development
... Anti-tick vaccines are potential alternatives for acari- cides to control tick infestation. Anti-tick immunity is known to consist of both cellular and humoral factors [3–6]. Transfer of tick immune serum to naïve ...
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Rhipicephalus microplus serine protease inhibitor family: annotation, expression and functional characterisation assessment
... R. microplus, a single host tick that has a highly efficient and complex combination of proteins in saliva that are useful in order to achieve the successful blood feeding, and serpins have an important role ...
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Saliva of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) inhibits classical and alternative complement pathways
... Rhipicephalus microplus saliva was previously shown to affect C5b deposition [17]. Here we demonstrated that it has no effect in C6, C7 or C8 deposition and in the removal of C5b or C9, deposited on the ...
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