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Adalberto A. Pérez de León

Adalberto A. Pérez de León

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
39
Citations
6248
World Ranking
1260
National Ranking
371

Overview

Adalberto A. Pérez de León is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, where they have contributed extensively with 81 publications, and Immunology and Microbiology, covering 32 works.

The scientist has a focused interest in subfields such as Insect Science, Parasitology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Infectious Diseases. This diverse scope supports research on vector-borne infectious diseases, insect and pesticide research, and related areas in animal health and pest control.

Key topics in their work include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Publication venues where Pérez de León has frequently contributed include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • Pathogens

Frequent collaborators in their research reflect a network of ongoing academic partnerships with:

  • Pete D. Teel
  • Dora Romero-Salas
  • William E. Grant
  • Hsiao-Hsuan Wang
  • Kevin B. Temeyer

Recent publications by Adalberto A. Pérez de León demonstrate engagement with parasitology and vector studies, with notable works such as:

  • Ectoparasites of Cattle, 2020, Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • Terpenes on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus: Acaricidal activity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition, 2020, Veterinary Parasitology
  • Amplification and sequencing of entire tick mitochondrial genomes for a phylogenomic analysis, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Differential vector competence of Ornithodoros soft ticks for African swine fever virus: What if it involves more than just crossing organic barriers in ticks?, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Research on Integrated Management for Cattle Fever Ticks and Bovine Babesiosis in the United States and Mexico: Current Status and Opportunities for Binational Coordination, 2020, Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Reassessment of the potential economic impact of cattle parasites in Brazil

    Laerte Grisi;Romário Cerqueira Leite;João Ricardo de Souza Martins;Antonio Thadeu Medeiros de Barros

  • Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing

    Renato Andreotti;Adalberto A Pérez de León;Scot E Dowd;Felix D Guerrero

  • Multistate Infestation with the Exotic Disease–Vector Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis — United States, August 2017–September 2018

    C. Ben Beard;James Occi;Denise L. Bonilla;Andrea M. Egizi

  • Evolutionary changes in symbiont community structure in ticks.

    Olivier Duron;Florian Binetruy;Valérie Noël;Julie Cremaschi

  • Potential economic impact assessment for cattle parasites in Mexico. Review

    Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas;Laerte Grisi;Adalberto Angel Pérez de León;Humberto Silva Villela

  • Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list.

    Ben J. Mans;Jonathan Featherston;Marija Kvas;Kerry-Anne Pillay

  • Integrated Strategy for Sustainable Cattle Fever Tick Eradication in USA is Required to Mitigate the Impact of Global Change

    Adalberto A. Pérez de León;Pete D. Teel;Allan N. Auclair;Matthew T. Messenger

  • Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus resistant to acaricides and ivermectin in cattle farms of Mexico

    Róger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas;Luis Carlos Pérez-Cogollo;José Alberto Rosado-Aguilar;Melina Maribel Ojeda-Chi

  • Implications of climate change on the distribution of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis and risk for Lyme disease in the Texas-Mexico transboundary region.

    Teresa P Feria-Arroyo;Ivan Castro-Arellano;Guadalupe Gordillo-Pérez;Ana L Cavazos

  • Acaricide resistance of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Renato Andreotti;Felix David Guerrero;Mariana Aparecida Soares;Jacqueline Cavalacante Barros

  • One Health approach to identify research needs in bovine and human babesioses: workshop report

    Adalberto A. Perez de Leon;Daniel A. Strickman;Donald P Knowles;Durland Fish

  • Rhipicephalus ( Boophilus ) microplus aquaporin as an effective vaccine antigen to protect against cattle tick infestations

    Felix D Guerrero;Renato Andreotti;Kylie G Bendele;Rodrigo C Cunha

  • Pathogenic Landscape of Transboundary Zoonotic Diseases in the Mexico–US Border Along the Rio Grande

    Maria Dolores Esteve-Gassent;Adalberto A. Pérez de León;Dora Romero-Salas;Teresa P. Feria-Arroyo

  • Cattle tick vaccines: many candidate antigens, but will a commercially viable product emerge?

    Felix D. Guerrero;Robert J. Miller;Adalberto A. Pérez de León

  • Assessment of the Geographic Distribution of Ornithodoros turicata (Argasidae): Climate Variation and Host Diversity

    Taylor G. Donaldson;Adalberto A. Pèrez de León;Andrew I. Li;Ivan Castro-Arellano

  • Ectoparasites of Cattle

    Adalberto A. Pérez de León;Robert D. Mitchell;David W. Watson

  • First report of fipronil resistance in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus of Mexico

    Robert J. Miller;Consuelo Almazán;Martín Ortíz-Estrada;Ronald B. Davey

  • Acaricidal efficacies of Lippia gracilis essential oil and its phytochemicals against organophosphate-resistant and susceptible strains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.

    Livio M. Costa-Júnior;Robert J. Miller;Péricles B. Alves;Arie F. Blank

  • Exploring the use of an anti-tick vaccine as a tool for the integrated eradication of the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus.

    Robert Miller;Agustín Estrada-Peña;Consuelo Almazán;Andrew Allen

  • Immunoregulation of bovine macrophages by factors in the salivary glands of Rhipicephalus microplus

    Danett K Brake;Adalberto A Pérez de León

  • Molecular and serological detection of Babesia bovis- and Babesia bigemina-infection in bovines and water buffaloes raised jointly in an endemic field.

    Dora Romero-Salas;Anabela Mira;Juan Mosqueda;Zeferino García-Vázquez

  • Vitellogenin Receptor as a Target for Tick Control: A Mini-Review.

    Robert D. Mitchell Iii;Daniel E. Sonenshine;Daniel E. Sonenshine;Adalberto A. Pérez de León

  • Terpenes on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus: Acaricidal activity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition.

    Alana dos Santos Cardoso;Everton Gomes Guimarães Santos;Aldilene da Silva Lima;Kevin B. Temeyer

  • Gene-enriched draft genome of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus: assembly by the hybrid Pacific Biosciences/Illumina approach enabled analysis of the highly repetitive genome.

    Roberto A. Barrero;Felix D. Guerrero;Michael Black;John McCooke

  • Immunological control of ticks and tick-borne diseases that impact cattle health and production.

    Consuelo Almazan;Gabriela Aguilar Tipacamu;Sergio Rodriguez;Juan Mosqueda

  • High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis for detection of SNPs associated with pyrethroid resistance in the southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae).

    Guilherme M. Klafke;Robert J. Miller;Jason P. Tidwell;Donald B. Thomas

  • Pharmacological characterization of a tyramine receptor from the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

    Aaron D. Gross;Kevin G. Temeyer;Timothy A. Day;Adalberto A. Pérez de León

  • Reduced Efficacy of Commercial Acaricides Against Populations of Resistant Cattle Tick Rhipicephalus microplus from Two Municipalities of Antioquia, Colombia.

    Anderson Lopez-Arias;David Villar-Argaiz;Jenny J. Chaparro-Gutierrez;Robert J. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Felix D. Guerrero
Felix D. Guerrero United States Department of Agriculture
Robert J. Miller
Robert J. Miller Agricultural Research Service
Pete D. Teel
Pete D. Teel Texas A&M University
Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas
Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas Autonomous University of Yucatán
Lígia Miranda Ferreira Borges
Lígia Miranda Ferreira Borges Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ronald B. Davey
Ronald B. Davey Agricultural Research Service
Lane D. Foil
Lane D. Foil Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Raúl Medina
Raúl Medina University of Cantabria
Consuelo Almazán
Consuelo Almazán Autonomous University of Queretaro
Gervásio Henrique Bechara
Gervásio Henrique Bechara Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

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