Efficacy of Hyalomma scupense (Hd86) antigen against Hyalomma excavatum and H. scupense tick infestations in cattle.

Yousr Galaï, Mario Canales, Mourad Ben Saïd, Mohamed Gharbi, Moez Mhadhbi, Mohamed Jedidi, José de La Fuente, Mohamed-Aziz Darghouth

Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire, Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles and La Manouba University, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia. yousr.galai@pasteur.rns.tn

Vaccine 2012 Nov 19

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The Rhipicephalus microplus recombinant Bm86-based tick vaccines have shown their efficacy for the control of several Hyalomma cattle ticks genera, namely H. dromedarii and H. anatolicum. However, H. scupense species, the most important tick in North Africa has never been studied. Vaccination trials using either a recombinant Bm86-based vaccine or a recombinant Hd86-based vaccine (the Bm86 ortholog in H. scupense) were conducted in cattle against immature and adult H. scupense ticks and adult H. excavatum ticks. The results showed a 59.19% reduction in the number of scupense nymphs engorging on Hd86 vaccinated cattle. However, cattle vaccination with Bm86 or Hd86 did not have an effect on H. scupense or H. excavatum adult ticks infestations. These results showed that Hd86 vaccines are selectively effective against H. scupense immature instars and emphasize on an integrated anti-tick vaccine control in North Africa. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Yousr Galaï, Mario Canales, Mourad Ben Saïd, Mohamed Gharbi, Moez Mhadhbi, Mohamed Jedidi, José de La Fuente, Mohamed-Aziz Darghouth. Efficacy of Hyalomma scupense (Hd86) antigen against Hyalomma excavatum and H. scupense tick infestations in cattle. Vaccine. 2012 Nov 19;30(49):7084-9