Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks infesting cattle in Nampula province, Mozambique

Authors: Antunes S, Domingos A, Magaia V, Matsimbe AM, Neves L, Noormahomed E, Sanches GS
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Experimental and Applied Acarology
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10493-017-0155-5

Ticks are ectoparasites that can act as vectors of a large number of pathogens in wild and domestic animals, pets, and occasionally humans. The global threat of emerging or re-emerging tick-borne diseases supports the need for research focused in the zoonotic transmission, especially in countries like Mozambique where rural populations are in close contact with […]
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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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Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal

Authors: Antunes S, Cabezas-Cruz A, Domingos A, Ferrolho J, Padre L, Santos AS, Santos-Silva MM, Velez R
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X16300048?via%3Dihub#!%20

Ticks are obligatory blood-sucking arthropod (Acari:Ixodida) ectoparasites of domestic and wild animals as well as humans. The incidence of tick-borne diseases is rising worldwide, challenging our approach toward diagnosis, treatment and control options. Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini and Fanzago, 1877, a two-host tick widely distributed in the Palearctic Mediterranean region, is considered a multi-host tick that […]
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Anaplasma marginale and Theileria annulata in questing ticks from Portugal

Authors: Antunes S, Domingos A, Domingues N, Ferrolho J, Santos AS, Santos-Silva MM
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Experimental and Applied Acarology
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10493-016-0057-y

Ticks are ubiquitous arthropods and vectors of several pathogenic agents in animals and humans. Monitoring questing ticks is of great importance to ascertain the occurrence of pathogens and the potential vector species, offering an insight into the risk of disease transmission in a given area. In this study 428 host-seeking ticks, belonging to nine species of […]
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Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks infesting cattle in Nampula province, Mozambique

Deciphering babesia-vector interactions

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

Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. and Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus bursa in Portugal

Anaplasma marginale and Theileria annulata in questing ticks from Portugal

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