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Gluttony and sex in female ixodid ticks: How do they compare to other blood-sucking arthropods?
- W. Kaufman
- Biology
- 1 March 2007
The influence of various factors on fluid secretion by in vitro salivary glands of ixodid Ticks.
- W. Kaufman
- Biology, MedicineThe Journal of experimental biology
- 1 June 1976
From the uniform lack of response to ACh and uniform response to DA in 7 ixodid tick species, it is suggested that the control of salivation is similar throughout the ixmodid family.
Tick-host interaction: a synthesis of current concepts.
- W. Kaufman
- BiologyParasitology Today
- 1 February 1989
Antimicrobial activity in the egg wax of the African cattle tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae)
- M. Arrieta, B. Leskiw, W. Kaufman
- BiologyExperimental & Applied Acarology
- 28 July 2006
Gené’s organ, the egg-waxing organ in ticks, grew enormously during the first 16 days post-engorgement, and gained antimicrobial activity by day 10 (when oviposition began), which suggests that Gené's organ is the major source of the antibacterial substance in the egg wax.
Adaptations of arboviruses to ticks.
- P. Nuttall, L. D. Jones, M. Labuda, W. Kaufman
- Medicine, BiologyJournal of medical entomology
- 1994
Arboviruses differ from other viruses in their need to replicate in both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. The invertebrate is a blood-sucking arthropod that is competent to transmit the virus…
Actions of some transmitters and their antagonists on salivary secretion in a tick.
- W. Kaufman
- BiologyThe American journal of physiology
- 1 July 1978
Following extirpation of the synganglion, pilocarpine no longer provoked a secretory response whereas dopamine did, and the salivary gland appears to be innervated directly by catecholaminergic rather than cholinergic secretory nerves.
Responses of the tick, Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae), to carbon dioxide
- R. Anderson, G. Scrimgeour, W. Kaufman
- BiologyExperimental & Applied Acarology
- 1 August 1998
This study confirmed the hypothesis that responsiveness to CO2 is enhanced during host-seeking periods of the life cycle and reduced at other times and questing increased over the 6 week period following moulting.
Fluid Balance in the Argasid Tick, Ornithodorus Moubata, Fed on Modified Blood Meals
- S. Kaufman, W. Kaufman, J. Phillips
- Biology
- 1 August 1981
During the feeding cycle, the coxal organ appears to function chiefly in an osmo- and volume-regulatory capacity in this species of argasid tick.
Ion and water balance in the ixodid tick Dermacentor andersoni. I. Routes of ion and water excretion.
- W. Kaufman, J. Phillips
- Biology
- 1 April 1973
The salivary gland of the ixodid tick, Dermacentor andersoni, can be induced to secrete fluid for at least 6 h when bathed in an artificial medium in vitro, and it is proposed that fluid secretion may be dependent on a Na-K activated ‘pump ATPase’, which is somehow involved in cation secretion.
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