2025
Tick feeding or vaccination with tick antigens elicits immunity to the Ixodes scapularis exoproteome in guinea pigs and humans
Hart T, Cui Y, Telford S, Marín-López A, Calloway K, Dai Y, Matias J, DePonte K, Jaycox J, DeBlasio M, Hoornstra D, Belperron A, Cibichakravarthy B, Johnson E, Alameh M, Dwivedi G, Hovius J, Bockenstedt L, Weissman D, Ring A, Fikrig E. Tick feeding or vaccination with tick antigens elicits immunity to the Ixodes scapularis exoproteome in guinea pigs and humans. Science Translational Medicine 2025, 17: eads9207. PMID: 40138454, PMCID: PMC12067475, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ads9207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTick antigensTick resistanceVector of tick-borne pathogensAcquired tick resistanceTick-borne pathogensIxodes scapularis</i>Tick feedingAntitick vaccinesDetectable antibody responseGuinea pigsTicksTick bitesAntigen cocktailPigsPrimary vectorFeedingAntibody responseHumoral responseImmunogen candidateAntigenLyme diseaseImmunoglobulin GRepeated exposureIxodesNorth America
2024
Laboratory Management of Mammalian Hosts for Ixodes scapularis -Host-Pathogen Interaction Studies.
Narasimhan S, Cibichakravarthy B, Wu M, Holter M, Walsh C, Goodrich J. Laboratory Management of Mammalian Hosts for Ixodes scapularis -Host-Pathogen Interaction Studies. Journal Of The American Association For Laboratory Animal Science 2024, 74: 235-245. PMID: 39289828, PMCID: PMC11373684, DOI: 10.30802/aalas-cm-24-036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTick feedingHard-bodied ticksTick speciesArtificial membrane feedingHard ticksMammalian hostsAnimal healthHost-pathogen interaction studiesIxodes scapularisTicksManagement practicesNatural geographic rangePotential vectorsRabbit hostsFeedingHost healthGeographic rangePathogenic organismsInfectious prionsAnimal useRelevant speciesIxodesGuinea pigsLife cycleInteraction studies
1999
Identity of Ehrlichial DNA Sequences Derived from Ixodes ricinus Ticks with Those Obtained from Patients with Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Slovenia
Petrovec M, Sumner J, Nicholson W, Childs J, Strle F, Barlič J, Lotrič-Furlan S, AvšičŽupanc T. Identity of Ehrlichial DNA Sequences Derived from Ixodes ricinus Ticks with Those Obtained from Patients with Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Slovenia. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1999, 37: 209-210. PMID: 9854093, PMCID: PMC84210, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.209-210.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1981
Raccoon babesiosis in Connecticut, USA: Babesia lotori sp. n.
Anderson J, Magnarelli L, Sulzer A. Raccoon babesiosis in Connecticut, USA: Babesia lotori sp. n. Journal Of Parasitology 1981, 67: 417-25. PMID: 7021788, DOI: 10.2307/3280566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYoung raccoonsInfected raccoonsIndirect fluorescent antibody testSpecies of BabesiaFluorescent antibody testAntibody titersIxodes texanusSeropositive raccoonsBabesiaLow infection rateProcyon lotorRaccoonsAntibody testInfected bloodInfection rateParasitemiaBabesiosisTicksIxodesTitersProcyonSpeciesSp.
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