Formula to evaluate efficacy of vaccines and systemic substances against three-host ticks

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.02.003
• Publication Date: 2015-03-09T17:13:59Z
• Authors: André de Abreu Ra...; Marcos Valério Ga...; Matias Pablo Juan...; Jacqueline Cavalc...; Renato Andreotti
• Keywords: Vaccine efficacy; Rhipicephalus microplus; Tick-borne disease

The control of ticks with vaccines is global interest. Experimental incorporate new technologies as soon they are available. Historically, the main vaccine studies have focused on one-host cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus, and efficacy evaluations been standardised for this species. On other hand, candidates three-host being done somewhat arbitrarily thus comparisons within current literature vaccines, well methods control, difficult. We herein provide a formula evaluation designed against that incorporates whole life cycle tick.