When attempting to feed on their hosts, ticks face the problem of host hemostasis (the
vertebrate mechanisms that prevent blood loss), inflammation (that can produce itching or …

Ticks are hematophagous arachnids transmitting a wide variety of pathogens including
viruses, bacteria, and protozoans to their vertebrate hosts. The tick vector competence has to …

Ticks are ectoparasitic arthropods that necessarily feed on the blood of their vertebrate
hosts. The success of blood acquisition depends on the pharmacological properties of tick …

Background Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens
in domestic and wild animals. The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, hinders …

Over 8000 expressed sequence tags from six different salivary gland cDNA libraries from the
tick Ixodes scapularis were analyzed. These libraries derive from feeding nymphs infected or …

A novel 40-residue antimicrobial peptide, aurelin, exhibiting activity against Gram-positive
and Gram-negative bacteria, was purified from the mesoglea of a scyphoid jellyfish Aurelia …

The cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is one of the most harmful parasites
affecting bovines. Similarly to other hematophagous ectoparasites, R. microplus saliva …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are potent antibiotics of the innate immune system that have
been extensively investigated as a potential solution to the global problem of infectious …

Ixodes scapularis is the most medically important tick species and transmits five of the 14
reportable human tick borne disease (TBD) agents in the USA. This study describes LC …

The hematophagy behavior has evolved independently several times within the Arthropoda
phylum. Interestingly, the process of acquiring a blood meal in ticks is considerably distinct …