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Consuelo Almazán is affiliated with the AutAutonomous University of Queretaro in Mexico. Their research spans several intersecting fields, primarily focusing on immunology, microbiology, agricultural and biological sciences, and medicine. The subfields of study linked to their work include parasitology, insect science, infectious diseases, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and immunology.

The main topics covered in their research concentrate heavily on vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, insect and pesticide research, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, as well as mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Frequent co-authors in their work are Juan Mosqueda, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, José de la Fuente, Apolline Maître, and Lianet Abuin-Denis.

The venues where Consuelo Almazán publishes regularly include:

  • Pathogens
  • Vaccines
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Southwestern Entomologist
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Perception of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Worldwide, 2023, Pathogens
  • Babesiosis and Theileriosis in North America, 2022, Pathogens
  • Cytauxzoonosis in North America, 2021, Pathogens
  • Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID-19, 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Experimental Ixodes ricinus-Sheep Cycle of Anaplasma phagocytophilum NV2Os Propagated in Tick Cell Cultures, 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • A ten-year review of commercial vaccine performance for control of tick infestations on cattle.

    José de la Fuente;Consuelo Almazán;Mario Canales;José Manuel Pérez de la Lastra

  • Identification of protective antigens for the control of Ixodes scapularis infestations using cDNA expression library immunization

    Consuelo Almazán;Katherine M Kocan;Douglas K Bergman;Jose C Garcia-Garcia

  • The tick protective antigen, 4D8, is a conserved protein involved in modulation of tick blood ingestion and reproduction.

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Consuelo Almazán;Uriel Blas-Machado;Victoria Naranjo

  • Potential vertebrate reservoir hosts and invertebrate vectors of Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum in central Spain.

    José De La Fuente;Victoria Naranjo;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Ursula Höfle

  • Genetic diversity of anaplasma species major surface proteins and implications for anaplasmosis serodiagnosis and vaccine development

    José de la Fuente;Ala Lew;Hans Lutz;Marina L. Meli

  • RNA interference for the study and genetic manipulation of ticks.

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Katherine M. Kocan;Consuelo Almazán;Consuelo Almazán;Edmour F. Blouin

  • Identification and characterization of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus candidate protective antigens for the control of cattle tick infestations.

    Consuelo Almazán;Rodolfo Lagunes;Margarita Villar;Mario Canales

  • Characterization of ferritin 2 for the control of tick infestations.

    Ondrej Hajdusek;Consuelo Almazán;Gabriela Loosova;Margarita Villar

  • Vaccination with recombinant Boophilus annulatus Bm86 ortholog protein, Ba86, protects cattle against B. annulatus and B. microplus infestations

    Mario Canales;Consuelo Almazán;Victoria Naranjo;Victoria Naranjo;Frans Jongejan;Frans Jongejan

  • Serologic and molecular characterization of Anaplasma species infection in farm animals and ticks from Sicily

    José de la Fuente;Alessandra Torina;Santo Caracappa;Giovanni Tumino

  • Analysis of world strains of Anaplasma marginale using major surface protein 1a repeat sequences.

    José de la Fuente;Paula Ruybal;Moses S. Mtshali;Victoria Naranjo

  • Targeting arthropod subolesin/akirin for the development of a universal vaccine for control of vector infestations and pathogen transmission.

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Juan A. Moreno-Cid;Mario Canales;Margarita Villar

  • Reduction of tick infections with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum by targeting the tick protective antigen subolesin

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Consuelo Almazán;Edmour F. Blouin;Victoria Naranjo

  • bptA (bbe16) is essential for the persistence of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in its natural tick vector

    Andrew T. Revel;Jon S. Blevins;Consuelo Almazán;Lori Neil

  • Evidence of the role of tick subolesin in gene expression

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Christine Maritz-Olivier;Victoria Naranjo;Patricia Ayoubi

  • Genetic basis and impact of tick acaricide resistance.

    Rodrigo Rosario-Cruz;Consuelo Almazan;Robert J. Miller;Delia Ines Dominguez-Garcia

  • Characterization of three Ixodes scapularis cDNAs protective against tick infestations.

    Consuelo Almazán;Uriel Blas-Machado;Katherine M. Kocan;Joy H. Yoshioka

  • Functional genomic studies of tick cells in response to infection with the cattle pathogen, Anaplasma marginale.

    José de la Fuente;Edmour F. Blouin;Raúl Manzano-Roman;Victoria Naranjo

  • Vaccination with recombinant tick antigens for the control of Ixodes scapularis adult infestations.

    Consuelo Almazán;Katherine M. Kocan;Edmour F. Blouin;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from European wild boar ( Sus scrofa ) and Iberian red deer ( Cervus elaphus hispanicus ) in central Spain

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Victoria Naranjo;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquín Vicente

Frequent Co-Authors

José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Katherine M. Kocan
Katherine M. Kocan Oklahoma State University
Edmour F. Blouin
Edmour F. Blouin Oklahoma State University
Frans Jongejan
Frans Jongejan University of Pretoria
Mario Canales
Mario Canales Spanish National Research Council
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Alessandra Torina
Alessandra Torina Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia
Raúl Manzano-Román
Raúl Manzano-Román Spanish National Research Council
Atilio J. Mangold
Atilio J. Mangold National Agricultural Technology Institute
Santo Caracappa
Santo Caracappa University of Palermo

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