• First report of Rickettsia conorii in Hyalomma kumari ticks 

      Ullah, Shafi; Alouffi, Abdulaziz; Almutairi, Mashal M.; Islam, Nabila; Rehman, Gauhar; Islam, Zia Ul; Ahmed, Haroon; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Labruna, Marcelo Bahia; Tanaka, Tetsuya; Ali, Abid (2023) [Artigo de periódico]
      As a vector of wide range of pathogenic agents, ticks pose health threats to wild and domestic animals, and humans. Information is unavailable about the prevalence and spatial survey of Hyalomma kumari ticks and associated ...
    • Rabbits as animal models for anti-tick vaccine development : a global scenario 

      Rodríguez Durán, Arlex; Ullah, Shafi; Parizi, Luis Fernando; Ali, Abid; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva (2023) [Artigo de periódico]
      Studies evaluating candidate tick-derived proteins as anti-tick vaccines in natural hosts have been limited due to high costs. To overcome this problem, animal models are used in immunization tests. The aim of this article ...
    • Why controlling ticks is important 

      Waldman, Jéssica; Rodríguez Durán, Arlex; Ullah, Shafi; Numan, Muhammad; Parizi, Luis Fernando; Tirloni, Lucas; Ali, Abid; Logullo, Carlos; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva (2024) [Artigo de periódico]
      Learning about ticks is important because of the diseases and problems they can cause in people and animals. Ticks are related to spiders and are not insects—they are parasites that live outside their host‘s body and infest ...