• Non-invasive delivery of dsRNA into de-waxed tick eggs by electroporation 

      Ruiz, Newton; Abreu, Leonardo Araujo de; Parizi, Luis Fernando; Kim, Tae Kwon; Mulenga, Albert; Braz, Glória Regina Cardoso; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Logullo, Carlos (2015) [Artigo de periódico]
      RNA interference-mediated gene silencing was shown to be an efficient tool for validation of targets that may become anti-tick vaccine components. Here, we demonstrate the application of this approach in the validation of ...
    • The dynamics of energy metabolism in the tick embryo 

      Silva, Renato Martins da; Ruiz, Newton; Fonseca, Rodrigo N. da; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Logullo, Carlos (2018) [Artigo de periódico]
      The cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an ectoparasite capable of transmitting a large number of pathogens, causing considerable losses in the cattle industry, with substantial damage to livestock. Over the ...