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The Complexities of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis
Ferrolho, Joana; Antunes, Sandra; Vilhena, Hugo; Anastácio, Sofia; Ramalho de Sousa, Sérgio; Frouco, Gonçalo; Ferreira, Bárbara; Domingos, AnaFunding Information: This review was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), projects UI/00772 and SFRH/122894/2016. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) is a highly infectious disease with zoonotic potential. Ehrlichia canis, the causative agent, is primarily transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Tick infestation and tick-borne diseas...
Persistent Infections in Tick Cell Lines
Dias, Eva; Tomaz, Filipe; Fabi, Silvia; Salata, Cristiano; Domingos, Ana; Seixas, GonçaloFunding Information: This research was funded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) for funds to GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL-LA/P/0117/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes severe or fatal infections in humans and is geographically widespread. The virus has coevolved with its tick vectors, establishing persistent infections critical t...
Molecular Survey of Anaplasmataceae Agents, Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp., a...
Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Rodrigues, Luísa; Torrejón, Estefania; Bassini-Silva, Ricardo; Calchi, Ana Cláudia; Lee, Daniel Antônio Braga308119/2022-3]), and Pro-Reitoria de Pesquisa da UNESP (Edital 12/2022-Projeto 4293). G.S.S. received a post-doctoral fellowship from Pro-Reitoria de Pesquisa da UNESP. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Bats and their ectoparasites play a crucial role in understanding the ecology and transmission of vector-borne pathogens, yet these dynamics remain poorly studied in Portugal. This study aimed to inve...
Investigation of genes expression of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway and AMPs i...
Szczotko, Magdalena; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana; Dmitryjuk, MałgorzataFunding Information: This research was supported by the Science Development Fund of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland [No.12.610.012-110]. Funding Information: Authors would like to thank to Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia for funds to GHTM - UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL \u2013 LA/P/0117/2020. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.; Multicellular animals need to cont...
Capacitação de mulheres cientistas de expressão portuguesa em Saúde Tropical
Mauricio, Isabel L.; Domingos, Ana; Arez, Ana Paula; Conceição, Cláudia; Couto, Isabel; Martins, Maria do Rosário; Campino, LeneaA rede recebeu financiamento de “Elsevier Foundation New Scholars Programme” for “2014 Network for portuguese speaking women in tropical healthscien-ces” e à Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) pelo financiamento através do GHTM—UID/04413/2020 e LA-REAL—LA/P/0117/2020.; A participação feminina na ciência, incluindo nas ciências biomédicas, tem vindo a aumentar, mas ainda enfrenta vários desaf...
Update on tick-borne rickettsioses in mainland Portugal
Moerbeck, Leonardo; Parreira, Ricardo; Seixas, Gonçalo; Velez, Rita; Domingos, Ana; Antunes, SandraFunding Information: The authors acknowledge the financial support from Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the PhD scholarship 2022.14376.BD awarded to Leonardo Moerbeck. Additionally, we deeply appreciate Dr. Ana Sofia Santos for her invaluable support, manuscript review and expertise in tick surveillance during the field campaigns. We also extend our gratitude to the administr...
Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Circulating in Peri-Domestic Areas in Mainland P...
Moerbeck, Leonardo; Parreira, Ricardo; Szczotko, Magdalena; Seixas, Gonçalo; Velez, Rita; Dmitryjuk, Małgorzata; Santos, Ana Sofia; Domingos, AnaFunding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the support given by the administrative and technical staff of Tapada Nacional de Mafra, Funda\u00E7\u00E3o Mata do Bussaco and Parque Ger\u00EAs-Peneda, and also Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia for funds to GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL\u2013LA/P/0117/2020. Funding Information: L.M. is a recipient of a Ph.D. grant supported by F...
Tick-Borne pathogens and defensin genes expression
Szczotko, Magdalena; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana; Kubiak, Katarzyna; Dmitryjuk, MałgorzataFunding Information: This research was supported by the Science Development Fund of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland [No.12.610.012-110]. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors; The immune system of ticks, along with that of other invertebrates, is comparatively simpler than that of vertebrates, relying solely on innate immune responses. Direct antimicrobial defence is provided by the syn...
Tick Vaccines and Concealed versus Exposed Antigens
Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, AnaFunding Information: The authors would like to thank FCT for funding the R&D Centre, Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM—UID/04413/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; Anti-tick vaccines development mainly depends on the identification of suitable antigens, which ideally should have different features. These should be key molecules in tick biology, encoded by a single gene, expressed across...
Antibody isotype epitope mapping of SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD protein
Contreras, Marinela; Vicente, Joaquín; Cerón, José Joaquín; Martinez Subiela, Silvia; Urra, José Miguel; Rodríguez-del-Río, Francisco J.Funding Information: This study was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación/Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Spain and EU‐FEDER [Grant BIOGAL PID2020‐116761GB‐I00]. M.C. was funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Spain, grant IJC2020‐042710‐I. RV‐R was funded by Universidad de Castilla‐La Mancha (UCLM), Spain and the European Social Fund (ESF) [grant 2022‐PRED‐20675]. Funding ...