Ticks And Host Immunity New Strategies For Controlling Ticks And Tick Borne Pathogens

Author : Ala E. Tabor
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889740188
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ticks and Host Immunity – New Strategies for Controlling Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens written by Ala E. Tabor and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abid Ali
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889660605
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogens: Molecular and Immune Targets for Control Strategies written by Abid Ali and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309211093
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A single tick bite can have debilitating consequences. Lyme disease is the most common disease carried by ticks in the United States, and the number of those afflicted is growing steadily. If left untreated, the diseases carried by ticks-known as tick-borne diseases-can cause severe pain, fatigue, neurological problems, and other serious health problems. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop October 11-12, 2010, to examine the state of the science in Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.

Author : Sarah Irène Bonnet
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889455424
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tick-Host-Pathogen Interactions written by Sarah Irène Bonnet and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besides causing direct damage associated with blood feeding and in some cases through the excretion of toxins with their saliva, the main relevance of ticks lies in the wide variety of pathogens that they can transmit, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Owing to socioeconomic and environmental changes, tick distribution is changing with incursions of ticks and tick-borne diseases occurring in different regions of the world when the widespread deployment of chemical acaricides and repellents has led to the selection of resistance in multiple populations of ticks. New approaches that are environmentally sustainable and that provide broad protection against current and future tick-borne pathogen (TBP) are thus urgently needed. Such development, however, requires improved understanding of factors resulting in vector competence and tick-host-pathogen interactions. This Research Topic provides an overview of known molecular tick-host-pathogen interactions for a number of TBPs and highlights how this knowledge can contribute to novel control and prevention strategies for tick-borne diseases.

Author : Alan S. Bowman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107321077
Total Pages : 1068 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ticks written by Alan S. Bowman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widespread and increasing resistance to most available acaracides threatens both global livestock industries and public health. This necessitates better understanding of ticks and the diseases they transmit in the development of new control strategies. Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control is written by an international collection of experts and covers in-depth information on aspects of the biology of the ticks themselves, various veterinary and medical tick-borne pathogens, and aspects of traditional and potential new control methods. A valuable resource for graduate students, academic researchers and professionals, the book covers the whole gamut of ticks and tick-borne diseases from microsatellites to satellite imagery and from exploiting tick saliva for therapeutic drugs to developing drugs to control tick populations. It encompasses the variety of interconnected fields impinging on the economically important and biologically fascinating phenomenon of ticks, the diseases they transmit and methods of their control.

Author : Miodrag Ristic
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401190348
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diseases of Cattle in the Tropics written by Miodrag Ristic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the future increase in livestock production is expected to occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Cattle are the most numerous of the ruminant species in the tropics and provide the largest quantity of animal food products. More than one-third of the world's cattle are found in the tropics. Disease is the major factor which prohibits full utilization of these regions for cattle production. Various infectious and transmissible viral, rick ettsial, bacterial, and particularly protozoan and helminthic diseases, are widespread in the tropics and exert a heavy toll on the existing cattle industry there. This uncontrolled disease situation also discourages investment in cattle industries by private and government sectors. In Africa alone, it is estimated that 125 million head of cattle could be accommodated in the tropical rainbelt if the disease and other animal husbandry factors could be resolved. The potential of efficient cattle production under more favorable conditions prompted various international agencies to establish a multi million dollar International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. In South America, principal sites for raising cattle are shifting to the savannah lands because the more fertile soils are being used for crop produc tion, however, in the savannahs also, disease remains the most powerful deterrent in implementing the cattle industry.

Author : Muhammad Abubakar
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1789857651
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens written by Muhammad Abubakar and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is vital to understand ticks and tick-borne pathogens as well as their impact on humans. This book is intended for students in parasitology, biologists, parasitologists involved in molecular diagnostics of tick-borne diseases, practicing veterinarians, and for others who may require information on ticks and tick-borne diseases. Here we have put together a collection of chapters focused on different aspects of ticks and tick-borne diseases mainly to provide the reader with novel information in the field, but not the basic generalised information provided by many textbooks. This book includes topics such as high-throughput technologies in diagnosis, discovery of novel tick vaccines, identification of new pathogens transmitted by ticks, and new epidemiological information of certain well-known ticks and tick-borne diseases. These chapters were authored by parasitologists from all over the world, giving an insight to the reader about significant ticks and tick-borne diseases prevalent in those particular geographical regions with the local expert's point of view. Each of the chapters has separate reference lists, making it easier for the reader to find additional reading material related to their topic of interest.

Author : Frans Jongejan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401735263
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens written by Frans Jongejan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-4), held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from 21 to 26 July 2002. TTP-4 continues an important tradition established in 1992 at the first Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, and developed subsequently at the Kruger National Park, South Africa (1995) and the High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia (1999). The 31 papers published in this special issue are divided between six sessions, with a keynote address as an introduction. The first session, which deals with biosystematics, genomics and proteomics of ticks, contains the most recent world list of valid tick names. The papers deal with a broad range of tick-host-pathogen interactions, including remote sensing and mapping of ticks and tick-borne pathogens as well as practical aspects of tick control. It is recommended reading for anyone working on ticks and tick-borne pathogens, which are of increasing medical and veterinary importance worldwide.

Author : Daniel E. Sonenshine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199379289
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biology of Ticks Volume 2 written by Daniel E. Sonenshine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure, ecological adaptations, evolution, genomics and the molecular processes that underpin the growth, development and survival of these important disease-transmitting parasites. Also discussed is the remarkable array of diseases transmitted (or caused) by ticks, as well as modern methods for their control. This book should serve as a modern reference for students, scientists, physicians, veterinarians and other specialists. Volume I covers the biology of the tick and features chapters on tick systematics, tick life cycles, external and internal anatomy, and others dedicated to specific organ systems, specifically, the tick integument, mouthparts and digestive system, salivary glands, waste removal, salivary glands, respiratory system, circulatory system and hemolymph, fat body, the nervous and sensory systems and reproductive systems. Volume II includes chapters on the ecology of non-nidicolous and nidicolous ticks, genetics and genomics (including the genome of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis) and immunity, including host immune responses to tick feeding and tick-host interactions, as well as the tick's innate immune system that prevents and/or controls microbial infections. Six chapters cover in depth the many diseases caused by the major tick-borne pathogens, including tick-borne protozoa, viruses, rickettsiae of all types, other types of bacteria (e.g., the Lyme disease agent) and diseases related to tick paralytic agents and toxins. The remaining chapters are devoted to tick control using vaccines, acaricides, repellents, biocontrol, and, finally, techniques for breeding ticks in order to develop tick colonies for scientific study.

Author : Maiara Santos Severo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781303507397
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unraveling the Tick-host-pathogen Interface written by Maiara Santos Severo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vector-borne diseases have a major impact in mortality and morbidity throughout the tropics. Vector-borne pathogens are transmitted to humans by blood feeding arthropods like mosquitoes and ticks. A true understanding of the vector-borne disease cycle requires the study of the major players involved in this cycle: the mammalian host, the pathogen and the arthropod vector. This thesis examines these aspects by using a tick-borne disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), as a model. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 emphasize the importance of vector-borne diseases and discuss medically relevant arthropod vectors in light of their immune response to human pathogens. The etiologic agent of HGA, Anaplasma phagocytophilum , is also examined in detail, with a focus on immune evasion strategies used to colonize mammals and ticks. Chapters 4 thru 6 are dedicated to address pathogen, host and the tick vector, respectively. First, the contribution of one A. phagocytophilum gene, the dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase, to infection is demonstrated. Next, the role of tick saliva as an immunomodulator of A. phagocytophilum infection in the mammalian host is revealed. Finally, an Ixodes scapularis X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein is described as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that controls tick colonization by A. phagocytophilum . In summary, this dissertation uncovers three distinct events underlying the tick-pathogen-host interface.