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Jason P Tidwell
                        Cattle Fever Tick Research Unit

                        




                        
                        Microbiologist
                        Phone: (956) 205-7655
                        
                        
                        Fax: (956) 205-7639(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            **Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Interaction between anti-tick vaccine and a macrocyclic lactone improves acaricidal efficacy against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini) (Acari: Ixodidae) in experimentally infested cattle
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Arocho Rosario, C.M., Miller, R.J., Klafke, G.M., Coats, C., Grant, W.E., Samenuk, G., Yeater, K.M., Tidwell, J.P., Bach, S., Perez De Leon, A.A., Teel, P.D. 2022. Interaction between anti-tick vaccine and a macrocyclic lactone improves acaricidal efficacy against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini) (Acari: Ixodidae) in experimentally infested cattle. Wildlife Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.001.Periviscerokinin (Cap2b; CAPA) receptor silencing in females of Rhipicephalus microplus reduces survival, weight, and reproductive output
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Wulff, J.P., Temeyer, K.B., Tidwell, J.P., Schlechte, K.G., Lohmeyer, K.H., Peitroantonio, P.V. 2022. Periviscerokinin (Cap2b; CAPA) receptor silencing in females of Rhipicephalus microplus reduces survival, weight, and reproductive output. Parasites & Vectors. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05457-7.Pyrokinin receptor silencing in females of the southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is associated with a 
reproductive fitness cost
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Wulff, J.P., Temeyer, K.B., Tidwell, J.P., Schlechte, K.G., Lohmeyer, K.H., Pietrantonio, P.V. 2022. Pyrokinin receptor silencing in females of the southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is associated with a reproductive fitness cost. Parasites & Vectors. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05349-w.Raw Pacific Biosciences and Illumina sequencing reads and assembled genome data for the cattle ticks Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus annulatus
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Guerrero, F., Ghaffari, N., Bendele, K.G., Metz, R.P., Dickens, C.M., Blood, P.D., Tidwell, J.P., Miller, R., Perez De Leon, A.A., Teel, P.D., Johnson, C.D. 2021. Raw Pacific Biosciences and Illumina sequencing reads and assembled genome data for the cattle ticks Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus annulatus. Data in Brief. 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.106852.Pictorial dissection guide and internal anatomy of the southern Cattle Fever Tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tidwell, J.P., Trevino, D.E., Thomas, D.B., Mitchell III, R.D., Heerman, M.C., Perez De Leon, A.A., Lohmeyer, K.H. 2021. Pictorial dissection guide and internal anatomy of the southern Cattle Fever Tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini). Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases. 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101685.Detection of single nucleotide polymorphism in the para-sodium channel
gene of Rhipicephalus annulatus populations from Egypt resistant to
deltamethrin
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Arafa, W.M., Klafke, G.M., Tidwell, J.P., Perez De Leon, A.A., Esteve-Gassent, M. 2020. Detection of single nucleotide polymorphism in the para-sodium channel gene of Rhipicephalus annulatus populations from Egypt resistant to deltamethrin. Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101488.Association of salivary acetylcholinesterase with arthropod vectors of disease
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Temeyer, K.B., Schlechte, K.G., Olafson, P.U., Drolet, B.S., Tidwell, J.P., Osbrink, W.L., Showler, A., Gross, A., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2020. Association of salivary acetylcholinesterase with arthropod vectors of disease. Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa096.Partial characterization of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene and molecular detection of permethrin resistance in Rhipicephalus annulatus (Say, 1821)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Klafke, G.M., Moreno, H.C., Tidwell, J.P., Miller, R., Thomas, D.B., Feria-Arroyo, T.P., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2020. Partial characterization of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene and molecular detection of permethrin resistance in Rhipicephalus annulatus (Say, 1821). Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101368.Characterization of voltage sensitive sodium channel gene of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae), a new invasive tick species in the United States

- (Abstract Only)Klafke, G.M., Tidwell, J.P., Miller, R., Fonseca, D., Bonilla, D.L., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2019. Characterization of voltage sensitive sodium channel gene of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae), a new invasive tick species in the United States. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. 2019:23.High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis for detection of SNPs associated with pyrethroid resistance in the southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Klafke, G.M., Miller, R., Tidwell, J.P., Thomas, D.B., Sanchez, D., Feria Arroyo, T.P., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2019. High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis for detection of SNPs associated with pyrethroid resistance in the southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae). International Journal for Parasitology: Drug and Drug Resistance. 9:100-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.03.001.The leucokinin-like peptide receptor from the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is localized in the midgut periphery and receptor silencing with validated dsRNAs causes a reproductive fitness cost
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Brock, C.M., Temeyer, K.B., Tidwell, J.P., Yang, Y., Blandon, M.A., Carreon-Camacho, D., Longnecker, M.T., Almazan, C., Perez De Leon, A.A., Pietrantonio, P.V. 2019. The leucokinin-like peptide receptor from the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is localized in the midgut periphery and receptor silencing with validated dsRNAs causes a reproductive fitness cost. International Journal for Parasitology. 49(3-4):287-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.11.006.Efficient method for extracting DNA of parasites causing bovine babesiosis from tick vectors

- (Other)Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae) against engorged females of the cattle fever tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Singh, N., Goolsby, J., Shapiro Ilan, D.I., Miller, R., Thomas, D.B., Klafke, G., Tidwell, J.P., Racelis, A., Grewal, P., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2018. Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae) against engorged females of the cattle fever tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae). Southwestern Entomologist. 43(1):1-17. https://doi.org/10.3958/059.043.0119.Molecular biology of amitraz resistance in cattle ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus

- (Abstract Only)Johnsson, N.N., Klafke, G., Corley, S.W., Tidwell, J.P., Berry, C.M., Koh-Tan, H. 2018. Molecular biology of amitraz resistance in cattle ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus. Frontiers in Bioscience. 23:796-810.Mutation in the sodium channel gene corresponds with phenotypic resistance of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) to pyrethroids

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Klafke, G.M., Miller, R., Tidwell, J.P., Barreto, R., Guerrero, F., Kaufman, P., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2017. Mutation in the sodium channel gene corresponds with phenotypic resistance of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) to pyrethroids. Journal of Medical Entomology. 54(6):1639-1642.Shoot transcriptome of the Giant Reed, Arundo donax
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barrero, R., Guerrero, F., Moolhuijzen, P., Goolsby, J., Bellgard, S., Tidwell, J.P., Bellgard, M. 2015. Shoot transcriptome of the Giant Reed, Arundo donax. Genomics Data. 3:1-6.Gene's Organ Transcriptome of the southern Cattle Fever Tick, Rhipicephalus microplus

- (Abstract Only)Assembled transcriptome of the shoot of the giant reed, Arundo donax

- (Other)Barrero, R.A., Guerrero, F., Moolhuijzen, P., Goolsby, J., Tidwell, J.P., Bellgard, S.E., Bellgard, M.I. 2015. Assembled transcriptome of the shoot of the giant reed, Arundo donax. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). GBRH01000000.Development and validation of a dual luciferase reporter system for in vitro evaluation of gene silencing efficacy in the Southern cattle tick: comparison to in vivo gene silencing by microinjection

- (Abstract Only)Spatiotemporal Incidence of Acaracide Resistance among Outbreaks of Cattle Fever Ticks in the US

- (Abstract Only)Rhipicephalus microplus salivary gland molecules induce differential CD86 expression in murine macrophages

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Brake, D.K., Tidwell, J.P., Wikel, S.K., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2010. Rhipicephalus microplus salivary gland molecules induce differential CD86 expression in murine macrophages. Parasites and Vectors. 3(1):Article 103.


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