Publications

Deciphering babesia-vector interactions

Authors: Antunes S, Couto J, Domingos A, Ferrolho J, Rosa C
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627281/

Understanding host-pathogen-tick interactions remains a vitally important issue that might be better understood by basic research focused on each of the dyad interplays. Pathogens gain access to either the vector or host during tick feeding when ticks are confronted with strong hemostatic, inflammatory and immune responses. A prominent example of this is the Babesia spp.—tick—vertebrate host relationship. Babesia spp. […]
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Solute carriers affect Anopheles stephensi survival and Plasmodium berghei infection in the salivary glands

Authors: Antunes S, Couto J, de la Fuente J, Do Rosário V, Domingos A, Pinheiro-Silva R
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Scientific Reports
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06317-6

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. Membrane solute carriers are key […]
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Molecular diagnosis of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale in cattle blood samples from Nigeria using qPCR

Authors: Couto J, Domingos A, Eisler MC, Elelu N, Ferrolho J
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Experimental and Applied Acarology
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10493-016-0081-y

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 prevalence of an important TBD, anaplasmosis, in a North-central region of Nigeria. Blood samples were collected from cattle and stored on Whatman FTA® cards. Information on village, age and sex associated with […]
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What Makes Your Dog Itch? Maybe It Is the Kennel Tick!

Authors: Antunes S, Couto J, Domingos A, Ferrolho J, Sanchesseron G
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Frontiers for Young Minds
Link: http://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2017.00028

Once upon a time, in a backyard not very far from you, lived a dog named Rex with long fluffy and shiny hair. Rex really loved to play outside, especially with his best friend and owner Jack, a nine-year-old boy. On a perfect spring day, when it was not too cold or too hot, Jack and Rex went for a walk in a green park close by, and when they returned home Jack noticed that his loyal friend was very itchy and was scratching his ear a lot.
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Publications

Deciphering babesia-vector interactions

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

Molecular diagnosis of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale in cattle blood samples from Nigeria using qPCR

What Makes Your Dog Itch? Maybe It Is the Kennel Tick!

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