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Deciphering Babesia -Vector Interactions by Antunes, Sandra, Rosa, Catarina, Couto, Joana, Ferrolho, Joana, Domingos, Ana

“…Understanding host-pathogen-tick interactions remains a vitally important issue that might be better understood by basic research focused on each of the dyad…”
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Transcriptome and Proteome Response of Rhipicephalus annulatus Tick Vector to Babesia bigemina Infection by Antunes, Sandra, Couto, Joana, Ferrolho, Joana, Sanches, Gustavo Seron, Merino Charrez, José Octavio, De la Cruz Hernández, Ned, Mazuz, Monica, Villar, Margarita, Shkap, Varda, de la Fuente, José, Domingos, Ana

“…A system biology approach was used to gain insight into tick biology and interactions between vector and pathogen. is one of the main vectors of which has a…”
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Rhipicephalus bursa Sialotranscriptomic Response to Blood Feeding and Babesia ovis Infection: Identification of Candidate Protective Antigens by Antunes, Sandra, Couto, Joana, Ferrolho, Joana, Rodrigues, Fábio, Nobre, João, Santos, Ana S, Santos-Silva, M Margarida, de la Fuente, José, Domingos, Ana

“…Ticks are among the most prevalent blood-feeding arthropods, and they act as vectors and reservoirs for numerous pathogens. Sialotranscriptomic…”
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Functional and immunological relevance of Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 1a sequence and structural analysis by Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Passos, Lygia M F, Lis, Katarzyna, Kenneil, Rachel, Valdés, James J, Ferrolho, Joana, Tonk, Miray, Pohl, Anna E, Grubhoffer, Libor, Zweygarth, Erich, Shkap, Varda, Ribeiro, Mucio F B, Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Kocan, Katherine M, de la Fuente, José

“…Bovine anaplasmosis is caused by cattle infection with the tick-borne bacterium, Anaplasma marginale. The major surface protein 1a (MSP1a) has been used as a…”
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Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal by Ferrolho, Joana, Antunes, Sandra, Santos, Ana S, Velez, Rita, Padre, Ludovina, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Santos-Silva, Maria Margarida, Domingos, Ana

“…Ticks are obligatory blood-sucking arthropod (Acari:Ixodida) ectoparasites of domestic and wild animals as well as humans. The incidence of tick-borne diseases…”
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Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) Tropical and Temperate Lineages: Uncovering Differences During Ehrlichia canis Infection by Sanches, Gustavo Seron, Villar, Margarita, Couto, Joana, Ferrolho, Joana, Fernández de Mera, Isabel G, André, Marcos Rogério, Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes, Machado, Rosangela Zacarias, Bechara, Gervásio Henrique, Mateos-Hernández, Lourdes, de la Fuente, José, Antunes, Sandra, Domingos, Ana

“…The tick vector is established as a complex of closely related species with high veterinary-medical significance, in which the presence of different genetic,…”
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Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Metabolic Pathways Affected by Babesia Infection and Blood Feeding in the Sialoproteome of the Vector Rhipicephalus bursa by Couto, Joana, Villar, Margarita, Mateos-Hernández, Lourdes, Ferrolho, Joana, Sanches, Gustavo S, Sofia Santos, Ana, Santos-Silva, Maria Margarida, Nobre, João, Moreira, Olga, Antunes, Sandra, de la Fuente, José, Domingos, Ana

“…The negative impact of ticks and tick-borne diseases on animals and human health is driving research to discover novel targets affecting both vectors and…”
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PCR detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium and Babesia bigemina in cattle from Kwara State, Nigeria: unexpected absence of infection by Hector, Elkie, Elelu, Nusirat, Ferrolho, Joana, Couto, Joana, Sanches, Gustavo, Antunes, Sandra, Domingos, Ana, Eisler, Mark

“…Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) continue to pose an insidious and ever-present threat to livestock and livelihoods across the globe. Two of the most…”
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Molecular diagnosis of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale in cattle blood samples from Nigeria using qPCR by Elelu, Nusirat, Ferrolho, Joana, Couto, Joana, Domingos, Ana, Eisler, Mark C.

“…Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are some of the most important animal health and management problems in Africa, including Nigeria. This study aims to determine the…”
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Folate pathway modulation in Rhipicephalus ticks in response to infection by Dias, Filipa, Couto, Joana, Ferrolho, Joana, Seron, Gustavo S., Bell‐Sakyi, Lesley, Antunes, Sandra, Domingos, Ana

“…Folate pathways components were demonstrated to be present in RNA‐sequencing data obtained from uninfected and pathogen‐infected Rhipicephalus ticks. Here, PCR…”
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Growth of Ehrlichia canis, the causative agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, in vector and non-vector ixodid tick cell lines by Ferrolho, Joana, Simpson, Jennifer, Hawes, Philippa, Zweygarth, Erich, Bell-Sakyi, Lesley

“…Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis is caused by Ehrlichia canis, a small gram-negative coccoid bacterium that infects circulating monocytes. The disease is…”
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Antiplasmodial activity of tick defensins in a mouse model of malaria by Couto, Joana, Tonk, Miray, Ferrolho, Joana, Antunes, Sandra, Vilcinskas, Andreas, de la Fuente, José, Domingos, Ana, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro

“…Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease affecting millions of people mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and some South American countries. Drug resistance to…”
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Molecular heterogeneity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and screening for Ehrlichia canis in mainland Portugal by Sanches, Gustavo S., Couto, Joana, Silva-Pedrosa, Rita, Ferrolho, Joana, Santos, Ana Sofia, Santos-Silva, Maria Margarida, Antunes, Sandra, Domingos, Ana

“…The present study aimed to expand knowledge regarding the molecular characterization of R. sanguineus s.l. in Portugal and to screen for ticks naturally…”
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PCR screening of tick-borne agents in sensitive conservation areas, Southeast Portugal by Santos-Silva, Maria Margarida, Melo, Pedro, Santos, Nuno, Antunes, Sandra, Duarte, Luís Raposo, Ferrolho, Joana, Milhano, Natacha, Santos, Patrícia Tavares, Domingos, Ana, Santos, Ana Sofia

“…The Southeast region of Portugal, particularly the Guadiana valley, is currently the reintroduction territory of Lynx pardinus (Iberian lynx), one of the most…”
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Ferritin 1 silencing effect in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) during experimental infection with Ehrlichia canis by Ferrolho, Joana, Antunes, Sandra, Sanches, Gustavo S, Couto, Joana, Évora, Patrícia M, Rosa, Catarina, André, Marcos R, Machado, Rosângela Z, Bechara, Gervásio H, Domingos, Ana

“…Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.) is a very common ectoparasite of domestic dogs able to transmit several pathogens of human and veterinary…”
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In vitro culture and structural differences in the major immunoreactive protein gp36 of geographically distant Ehrlichia canis isolates by Zweygarth, Erich, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Josemans, Antoinette I, Oosthuizen, Marinda C, Matjila, Paul T, Lis, Katarzyna, Broniszewska, Marzena, Schöl, Heidrun, Ferrolho, Joana, Grubhoffer, Libor, Passos, Lygia M F

“…Ehrlichia canis, the etiologic agent of canine ehrlichiosis, is an obligate intracytoplasmic Gram-negative tick-borne bacterium belonging to the…”
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Functional and Immunological Relevance of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 1a Sequence and Structural Analysis by Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Passos, Lygia Maria Friche, Lis, Katarzyna, Kenneil, Rachel, Valdes, James J, Ferrolho, Joana, Tonk, Miray, Pohl, Anna E., Grubhoffer, Libor, Zweygarth, Erich, Shkap, Varda, Barbosa Ribeiro, Mucio Flavio M. F., Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Kocan, Katherine M., de La Fuente, José

“…Bovine anaplasmosis is caused by cattle infection with the tick-borne bacterium, Anaplasma marginale. The major surface protein 1a (MSP1a) has been used as a…”
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Functional and Immunological Relevance of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 1a Sequence and Structural Analysis. e65243 by Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Passos, Lygia MF, Lis, Katarzyna, Kenneil, Rachel, Valdes, James J, Ferrolho, Joana, Tonk, Miray, Pohl, Anna E, Grubhoffer, Libor, Zweygarth, Erich

“…Bovine anaplasmosis is caused by cattle infection with the tick-borne bacterium, Anaplasma marginale. The major surface protein 1a (MSP1a) has been used as a…”
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Tickprovac: An Insight into the Rhipicephalus Sanguineus Tick Salivary Gland Proteome During Ehrlichia Canis Infection Towards Vaccine Development by Gibson, Joana Isabel Figueira Ferrolho

“…As carraças são reconhecidas como vectores de diversos agentes patogénicos responsáveis por doenças relevantes na medicina humana e animal. Erliquiose…”
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