Aoi Masuda

TL;DR: Isolates of M. anisopliae taken from experimentally infected ticks proved to be more pathogenic than fungus maintained on culture media and suggested that, in general, virus free isolates were more infective.

TL;DR: Western blot analysis using anti-BYC monoclonal antibodies showed proteolytic processing of BYC during embryogenesis and suggested activation of the enzyme during development, and a role of BYc in degradation of vitellin, the major yolk protein of tick eggs, is discussed.

TL;DR: A cysteine proteinase gene homologous to cathepsins L genes was isolated from a B. microplus cDNA library and its optimal enzymatic activity on both fluorogenic and protein substrates was found to occur at an acidic pH.

TL;DR: The ability of ABC transporter inhibitors to enhance ivermectin (IVM) sensitivity was tested in larvae and adult females of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and reports the first known evidence for the participation of ABC transporters in IVM resistance in R. microplus.

TL;DR: Progress towards effective anti-tick vaccines is reviewed in the light of emerging data from studies including heterologous tick challenge, indicating that the decades-long search for a universal tick vaccine is making progress, with such a vaccine likely to be based on multiple cross-reactive antigens.