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List of works by Ben J. Mans

A novel clade of cysteinyl leukotriene scavengers in soft ticks.

scientific article published on 15 July 2008

A reassessment of argasid tick salivary gland ultrastructure from an immuno-cytochemical perspective.

scientific article published in January 2004

A remarkable assemblage of ticks from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 March 2022

A review of Theileria diagnostics and epidemiology

scientific article

Adaptation of ticks to a blood-feeding environment: evolution from a functional perspective.

scientific article published on January 2004

Alboserpin, a factor Xa inhibitor from the mosquito vector of yellow fever, binds heparin and membrane phospholipids and exhibits antithrombotic activity

scientific article

Amino acid sequence and structure modeling of savignin, a thrombin inhibitor from the tick, Ornithodoros savignyi

scientific article published in July 2002

An annotated catalog of salivary gland transcripts from Ixodes scapularis ticks.

scientific article

An exotic souvenir on a German traveler returning from South Africa

scientific article published in 2022

An insight into the salivary transcriptome and proteome of the soft tick and vector of epizootic bovine abortion, Ornithodoros coriaceus

scientific article published on 03 August 2008

An insight into the sialome of blood-feeding Nematocera.

scientific article

An insight into the sialome of the soft tick, Ornithodorus parkeri

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Ancestral reconstruction of tick lineages

scientific article published on 04 February 2016

Apyrase activity and platelet aggregation inhibitors in the tick Ornithodoros savignyi (Acari: Argasidae)

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

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

scholarly article published by Ronel Pienaar in 2018

Biochemical perspectives on paralysis and other forms of toxicoses caused by ticks

scientific article

Blocking Babesia bovis vaccine reactions of dairy cattle in milk

article by Michael P. Combrink et al published 2 February 2012 in Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Characterization of anti-hemostatic factors in the argasid, Argas monolakensis: implications for the evolution of blood-feeding in the soft tick family

scientific article

Chemical Equilibrium at the Tick-Host Feeding Interface:A Critical Examination of Biological Relevance in Hematophagous Behavior

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Co-transmission of the non-transmissible South African Babesia bovis S24 vaccine strain during mixed infection with a field isolate.

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

Comparative salivary gland transcriptomics of sandfly vectors of visceral leishmaniasis

scientific article

Comparative sialomics between hard and soft ticks: implications for the evolution of blood-feeding behavior

scientific article

Corridor disease (buffalo-associated Theileria parva) outbreak in cattle introduced onto a game ranch and investigations into their carrier-state

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Cutaneous hypersensitivity responses to Rhipicephalus tick larval antigens in pre-sensitized cattle.

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

De novo assembly and annotation of the salivary gland transcriptome of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus male and female ticks during blood feeding

scientific article

Disaggregation of aggregated platelets by apyrase from the tick, Ornithodoros savignyi (Acari: Argasidae).

scientific article

Disaggregation of aggregated platelets by savignygrin, a alphaIIbeta3 antagonist from Ornithodoros savignyi

scientific article published in January 2002

Diversity in the 18S SSU rRNA V4 hyper-variable region of Theileria spp. in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and cattle from southern Africa

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Efficacy of South African Babesia bovis vaccine against field isolates

scientific article published on 3 May 2017

Evaluation of a TaqMan real-time PCR for the detection of Theileria parva in buffalo and cattle.

scientific article

Evolution of hematophagy in ticks: common origins for blood coagulation and platelet aggregation inhibitors from soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros

scientific article published in October 2002

Evolution of vertebrate hemostatic and inflammatory control mechanisms in blood-feeding arthropods ⬇️

scientific article published on October 28, 2010

Exon-intron structure of outlier tick lipocalins indicate a monophyletic origin within the larger lipocalin family

scientific article

Field and laboratory studies on Corridor disease (Theileria parva infection) in cattle population at the livestock/game interface of uPhongolo-Mkuze area, South Africa

scientific article published on 18 January 2013

Function and evolution of a mosquito salivary protein family.

scientific article published on 21 November 2005

Function, mechanism and evolution of the moubatin-clade of soft tick lipocalins

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Gene Duplication and Protein Evolution in Tick-Host Interactions

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Genotypic diversity in Babesia bovis field isolates and vaccine strains from South Africa

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Geographic distribution of Theileria sp. (buffalo) and Theileria sp. (bougasvlei) in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in southern Africa: implications for speciation

scientific article

Glandular Matrices and Secretions: Blood-Feeding Arthropods

Identification of extrinsic blood coagulation pathway inhibitors from the tick Ornithodoros savignyi (Acari: Argasidae).

scientific article published in June 2002

Identification of putative proteins involved in granule biogenesis of tick salivary glands

scientific article

Integrative taxonomy of Afrotropical Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae).

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Investigating the diversity of the 18S SSU rRNA hyper-variable region of Theileria in cattle and Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) from southern Africa using a next generation sequencing approach

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Investigation into limiting dilution and tick transmissibility phenotypes associated with attenuation of the S24 vaccine strain

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

Investigations into the carrier-state of Theileria sp. (buffalo) in cattle

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Investigations into the host specificity of Theileria taurotragi.

scientific article published on 3 March 2018

Meeting the challenge of tick-borne disease control: A proposal for 1000 Ixodes genomes

scientific article published on 24 August 2018

Mixed Theileria infections in free-ranging buffalo herds: implications for diagnosing Theileria parva infections in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

scientific article

Molecular crowding as a mechanism for tick secretory granule biogenesis.

scientific article published in November 2004

Multifunctionality and mechanism of ligand binding in a mosquito antiinflammatory protein

scientific article

Multiplex hydrolysis-probe assay for the simultaneous detection of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in equids

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Next-generation sequencing as means to retrieve tick systematic markers, with the focus on Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae).

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Notes on maternal behaviour in soft ticks: Specifically observed in Argas (Argas) striatus Bedford, 1932 and Argas (Secretargas) transgariepinus White, 1846

scholarly article published by Ronel Pienaar in 2018

Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae): first description of the male, immature stages and re-description of the female

scientific article published in 2012

Nuttalliella namaqua: a living fossil and closest relative to the ancestral tick lineage: implications for the evolution of blood-feeding in ticks

scientific article published in 2011

Ornithodoros savignyi: soft tick apyrase belongs to the 5'-nucleotidase family.

scientific article

Pathogenic mechanisms of sand tampan toxicoses induced by the tick, Ornithodoros savignyi.

scientific article

Purification and characterization of apyrase from the tick, Ornithodoros savignyi

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Risk of establishment of canine leishmaniasis infection through the import of dogs into South Africa.

scientific article

Savicalin, a lipocalin from hemocytes of the soft tick, Ornithodoros savignyi.

scientific article

Savignygrin, a platelet aggregation inhibitor from the soft tick Ornithodoros savignyi, presents the RGD integrin recognition motif on the Kunitz-BPTI fold.

scientific article

SecScan: a general approach for mapping disulfide bonds in synthetic and recombinant peptides and proteins

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Serological survey of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in cattle in South Africa

scientific article published in June 2011

Sialotranscriptomics of Rhipicephalus zambeziensis reveals intricate expression profiles of secretory proteins and suggests tight temporal transcriptional regulation during blood-feeding

scientific article

South African Buffalo-Derived <i>Theileria parva</i> Is Distinct From Other Buffalo and Cattle-Derived <i>T. parva</i>

scientific article published on 25 June 2021

Structure and ligand-binding properties of the biogenic amine-binding protein from the saliva of a blood-feeding insect vector of Trypanosoma cruzi

scientific article

Structure, Function, and Evolution of Biogenic Amine-binding Proteins in Soft Ticks

scientific article

The Hybrid II assay: a sensitive and specific real-time hybridization assay for the diagnosis of Theileria parva infection in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and cattle.

scientific article published on 9 September 2011

The crystal structure of D7r4, a salivary biogenic amine-binding protein from the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

scientific article

The host preferences of Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae): a generalist approach to surviving multiple host-switches

scientific article (publication date: 21 September 2013)

The host-specificity of Theileria sp. (sable) and Theileria sp. (sable-like) in African Bovidae and detection of novel Theileria in antelope and giraffe

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

The influence of tick behavior, biotope and host specificity on concerted evolution of the platelet aggregation inhibitor savignygrin, from the soft tick Ornithodoros savignyi.

scientific article published in June 2003

The major tick salivary gland proteins and toxins from the soft tick, Ornithodoros savignyi, are part of the tick Lipocalin family: implications for the origins of tick toxicoses

scientific article published on 30 May 2003

The mechanism of alphaIIbbeta3 antagonism by savignygrin and its implications for the evolution of anti-hemostatic strategies in soft ticks

scientific article

The mitochondrial genomes of Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) and Argas africolumbae (Ixodoidae: Argasidae): estimation of divergence dates for the major tick lineages and reconstruction of ancestral blood-feeding characters

scientific article published in 2012

The role of saliva in tick feeding

scientific article (publication date: 2009)

The sialotranscriptome of Antricola delacruzi female ticks is compatible with non-hematophagous behavior and an alternative source of food

scientific article (publication date: May 2012)

The transcriptome of the salivary glands of the female western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae).

scientific article published in October 2005

Theileria parva, T. sp. (buffalo) and T. sp. (bougasvlei) 18S variants

scientific article published on 17 August 2011

Tick Paralysis: Solving an Enigma.

scientific article

Vector competence of Glossina austeni and Glossina brevipalpis for Trypanosoma congolense in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Virulence of Trypanosoma congolense strains isolated from cattle and African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on December 2014

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