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Massaro W. Ueti is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research focuses on parasitology and vector-borne infectious diseases within the broader fields of immunology, microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's work emphasizes several main topics, including:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

The subfields they contribute to include parasitology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, infectious diseases, insect science, and plant science.

Massaro W. Ueti has published articles in multiple scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Pathogens
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Massaro W. Ueti are:

  • "Comparative analysis of gene expression between Babesia bovis blood stages and kinetes allowed by improved genome annotation" (2020, International Journal for Parasitology)
  • "A U.S. isolate of Theileria orientalis, Ikeda genotype, is transmitted to cattle by the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis" (2021, Parasites & Vectors)
  • "Molecular detection of Theileria species and Babesia caballi from horses in Nigeria" (2020, Parasitology Research)
  • "Molecular and Serological Detection of Piroplasms in Horses from Nigeria" (2021, Pathogens)
  • "Identification of novel immune correlates of protection against acute bovine babesiosis by superinfecting cattle with in vitro culture attenuated and virulent Babesia bovis strains" (2022, Frontiers in Immunology)

Massaro collaborates frequently with several researchers. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Carlos E. Suárez
  • Wendell C. Johnson
  • Naomi S. Taus
  • Jacob M. Laughery
  • Janaína Capelli-Peixoto

Best Publications

  • Vector Ecology of Equine Piroplasmosis

    Glen A. Scoles;Massaro W. Ueti

  • Transmission of Anaplasma marginale by Boophilus microplus: Retention of Vector Competence in the Absence of Vector-Pathogen Interaction

    James E. Futse;Massaro W. Ueti;Donald P. Knowles;Donald P. Knowles;Guy H. Palmer

  • Comparative genomic analysis and phylogenetic position of Theileria equi.

    Lowell S. Kappmeyer;Mathangi Thiagarajan;David R. Herndon;Joshua D. Ramsay

  • Persistently infected horses are reservoirs for intrastadial tick-borne transmission of the apicomplexan parasite Babesia equi.

    Massaro W. Ueti;Guy H. Palmer;Glen A. Scoles;Lowell S. Kappmeyer

  • Identification of Midgut and Salivary Glands as Specific and Distinct Barriers to Efficient Tick-Borne Transmission of Anaplasma marginale

    Massaro W. Ueti;James O. Reagan;James O. Reagan;Donald P. Knowles;Donald P. Knowles;Glen A. Scoles

  • Discovery of a novel species, Theileria haneyi n. sp., infective to equids, highlights exceptional genomic diversity within the genus Theileria: implications for apicomplexan parasite surveillance.

    Donald P. Knowles;Lowell S. Kappmeyer;Darrell Haney;David R. Herndon

  • Transovarial Transmission Efficiency of Babesia bovis Tick Stages Acquired by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus during Acute Infection

    Jeanne M. Howell;Massaro W. Ueti;Guy H. Palmer;Glen A. Scoles

  • Ability of the Vector Tick Boophilus microplus To Acquire and Transmit Babesia equi following Feeding on Chronically Infected Horses with Low-Level Parasitemia

    Massaro W. Ueti;Guy H. Palmer;Lowell S. Kappmeyer;Mary Statdfield

  • Re-Emergence of the Apicomplexan Theileria equi in the United States: Elimination of Persistent Infection and Transmission Risk

    Massaro W. Ueti;Massaro W. Ueti;Robert H. Mealey;Lowell S. Kappmeyer;Stephen N. White;Stephen N. White

  • Variation among geographically separated populations of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in midgut susceptibility to Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae).

    Glen A. Scoles;Massaro W. Ueti;Guy H. Palmer

  • Expression of Equi Merozoite Antigen 2 during Development of Babesia equi in the Midgut and Salivary Gland of the Vector Tick Boophilus microplus

    Massaro W. Ueti;Guy H. Palmer;Lowell S. Kappmeyer;Glen A. Scoles

  • Persistently Infected Calves as Reservoirs for Acquisition and Transovarial Transmission of Babesia bovis by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

    Jeanne M. Howell;Massaro W. Ueti;Guy H. Palmer;Glen A. Scoles

  • Quantitative differences in salivary pathogen load during tick transmission underlie strain-specific variation in transmission efficiency of Anaplasma marginale.

    Massaro W. Ueti;Donald P. Knowles;Donald P. Knowles;Christine M. Davitt;Glen A. Scoles

  • A U.S. isolate of Theileria orientalis , Ikeda genotype, is transmitted to cattle by the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

    Kelcey D. Dinkel;David R. Herndon;Susan M. Noh;Susan M. Noh;Kevin K. Lahmers

  • Genetic characterization of Theileria equi infecting horses in North America: evidence for a limited source of U.S. introductions.

    Carina M Hall;Joseph D Busch;Glen A Scoles;Kristina A Palma-Cagle

  • Proteomics informed by transcriptomics identifies novel secreted proteins in Dermacentor andersoni saliva.

    Lwiindi Mudenda;Sebastián Aguilar Pierlé;Joshua E. Turse;Glen A. Scoles

  • Conservation of Transmission Phenotype of Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) Strains Among Dermacentor and Rhipicephalus Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

    Glen A. Scoles;Massaro W. Ueti;Susan M. Noh;Donald P. Knowles

  • The Babesia bovis hap2 gene is not required for blood stage replication, but expressed upon in vitro sexual stage induction.

    Hala E. Hussein;Reginaldo G. Bastos;David A. Schneider;David A. Schneider;Wendell C. Johnson

  • Cooperation of PD-1 and LAG-3 Contributes to T-Cell Exhaustion in Anaplasma marginale-Infected Cattle

    Tomohiro Okagawa;Satoru Konnai;James R. Deringer;Massaro W. Ueti

  • Amblyomma cajennense is an intrastadial biological vector of Theileria equi

    Glen A Scoles;Massaro W Ueti

  • Imidocarb Dipropionate Clears Persistent Babesia caballi Infection with Elimination of Transmission Potential

    O. Nicolas Schwint;Massaro W. Ueti;Guy H. Palmer;Lowell S. Kappmeyer

  • Transmission of Babesia caballi by Dermacentor nitens (Acari: Ixodidae) is restricted to one generation in the absence of alimentary reinfection on a susceptible equine host.

    O. Nicolas Schwint;Donald P. Knowles;Massaro W. Ueti;Lowell S. Kappmeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. Knowles
Donald P. Knowles Washington State University
Glen A. Scoles
Glen A. Scoles United States Department of Agriculture
Guy H. Palmer
Guy H. Palmer Washington State University
Wendy C. Brown
Wendy C. Brown Washington State University
Terry F. McElwain
Terry F. McElwain Washington State University
Juan Mosqueda
Juan Mosqueda Autonomous University of Queretaro
Denise M. Monack
Denise M. Monack Stanford University
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Felix D. Guerrero
Felix D. Guerrero United States Department of Agriculture
Joseph J. Gillespie
Joseph J. Gillespie University of Maryland, Baltimore

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