Recent Publications

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (since 1992)

Weiss, Brian L., Stepczynski, Jadwiga M., Wong Paul and Kaufman, W.R. (2002) Identification and characterization of genes differentially expressed in the testis/vas deferens of the fed male tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Insect Biochem and Molec. Biol. IN PRESS for 2002.

KAUFMAN, W.R., BOWMAN, A.S. AND NUTTALL P.A. Salivary fluid secretion in the ixodid tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is inhibited by Thogoto virus infection. Exptl. Appl. Acarol. IN PRESS, 2001.

WANG, H., W. R. KAUFMAN, W. W. CUI and P. A. NUTTALL (2001) Molecular individuality and adaptation of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Ixodidae) in changed feeding environments. Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 15: 1-9.

Weiss, Brian & Kaufman W.R. (2001) The relationship between 'critical weight' and 20-hydroxyecdysone in the female ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. J. Insect Physiology, 47: 1261-1267.

Kaufman, W.R. & Nuttall P. (2000) Secretion of Thogoto virus by in vitro salivary glands of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. (Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens : Into the 21st Century. Eds: M. Kazimirova, M. Labuda & P.A. Nuttall, Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Wang, H., Kaufman, W.R., Nuttall, P. (1999) Molecular individuality: polymorphism of salivary gland proteins in three species of ixodid ticks. Experimental and Applied Acarology 23: 969-975.

W. Reuben Kaufman, B. Duff Sloley, Roger J. Tatchell, Geoff Zbitnew, Tom Dieffenbach and Jeff Goldberg (1999) Quantification and cellular localization of dopamine in the salivary gland of the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum and the effect of organ culture on dopamine content. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 23: 251-265.

Lomas, L.O. & W.R. Kaufman (1999) What is the meaning of 'critical weight' to female ixodid ticks?: A 'grand unification theory'! In: Acarology IX, Volume 2, Symposia (Eds. G.R. Needham, R. Mitchell, D.J. Horn, and W.C. Welbourn); The Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus Ohio, pp. 481-485.

Kaufman, W.R. and P.A. Nuttall (1999), Secretion of Thogoto virus by salivary glands of Amblyomma variegatum. In: Acarology IX, Volume 2, Symposia (Eds.

G.R. Needham, R. Mitchell, D.J. Horn, and W.C. Welbourn); The Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus Ohio, pp. 427-431.

Kaufman, W.R. (1999) Chelicerate Arthropods. In: Encyclopedia of Reproduction, (Ernst Knobil and Jimmy D. Neill, Eds) Academic Press, pp. 564-571.

Mao, H & Kaufman, W.R. (1999) Profile of the ecdysteroid hormone and its receptor in the salivary gland of the adult female tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 29: 33-42.

Mao, H & Kaufman, W.R. (1998) DNA binding properties of the ecdysteroid receptor in the salivary gland of the female ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 28: 947-957.

Anderson, Scrimgeour and Kaufman (1998) Responses of the tick, Amblyomma hebraeum, to carbon dioxide, Exp. Appl. Acarol. 22: 667-681.

Lomas, L.O., Gelman, D. and Kaufman, W.R. (1997) Ecdysteroid regulation of salivary gland degeneration in the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum: A reconciliation of in vivo and in vitro observations. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 109: 200-211.

Kaufman, W.R. (1997) ARTHROPODA-Chelicerata. Chapter 7 in: Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates (series editors: K.G. Adiyodi and Rita Adiyodi) Vol. 8 Part A, Progress in Reproductive Endocrinology (Ed. Terrance S. Adams), Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, India, and Wiley, NY, NY, pp. 211-245.

Charrois, G., Mao H. and Kaufman, W.R. (1996) Putative ecdysteroid antagonists and agonists: impact on salivary gland degeneration in the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Pest. Biochem. Physiol. 55: 140-149.

Kaufman, W.R. and Lomas, L. (1996) 'Male Factors' in ticks: their role in feeding and egg development. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 30: 191-198.

Kaufman, W.R and Nuttall, P. (1996) Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae): Mechanism and control of arbovirus secretion in tick saliva. Exptl. Parasitol. 82: 316-323.

Kaufman, W.R. and Sloley, B.D. (1996). Catabolism of dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine by monoamine oxidase in the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 26: 101-109.

Mao, H., McBlain, W.A. and Kaufman, W.R. (1995) Some properties of the ecdysteroid receptor in the salivary gland of the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 99: 340-348.

Lucien, J., Reiffenstein, R., Zbitnew, G. and Kaufman, W.R. (1995) g-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and other amino acids in tissues of the tick, Amblyomma hebraeum throughout the feeding and reproductive periods. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 19: 617-631.

Nuttall, P.A., L.D. Jones, M. Labuda and W.R. Kaufman (1994) Adaptations of arboviruses to ticks. J. Med. Entomol. 31: 1-9

Lunke, M.D. and W.R. Kaufman (1993) Hormonal control of ovarian development in the tick Amblyomma hebraeum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 23: 25-38

Dharampaul, S, W.R. Kaufman and M. Belosevic (1993) Differential recognition of saliva antigens from the ixodid tick Amblyomma hebraeum by sera from infested and immunized rabbits. J. Med. Entomol. 30: 262-266.

Nuttall, P.A., L.D. Jones, M. Labuda and W.R. Kaufman (1992) Interactions between arboviruses and their tick vectors. Invited Symposium paper, First International Conference on Tick-Borne Pathogens at the Host-Vector Interface: An Agenda for Research, St. Paul Minnesota, 15-18 September, 1992: 37-41.

Kaufman, W.R. and Lomas, L.O. (1992) The influence of a male derived protein factor on salivary gland degeneration in the female ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Invited Symposium paper, First International Conference on Tick-Borne Pathogens at the Host-Vector Interface: An Agenda for Research, St. Paul Minnesota, 15-18 September, 1992: 165-171.

Kaufman, W.R. (1992) Hormonal control of vitellogenesis and ovary maturation in ticks. Invited Symposium paper, First International Conference on Tick-Borne Pathogens at the Host-Vector Interface: An Agenda for Research, St. Paul Minnesota, 15-18 September, 1992: 158-164

Lomas, L.O. & W.R. Kaufman (1992) An indirect mechanism by which a protein from the male gonad hastens salivary gland degeneration in the female ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 21: 169-178.

Jones, L.D, W.R. Kaufman, and P.A. Nuttall. (1992) Feeding site modification by tick saliva resulting in enhanced virus transmission. Experientia 48: 779-782.

Lomas, L.O., and Kaufman, W.R. (1992) The influence of a factor from the male genital tract on salivary gland degeneration in the female ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. J. Insect Physiol. 38: 595-601.

Lunke, M.D., and Kaufman, W.R. (1992) Effects of the avermectin analogue MK-243 on vitellogenesis and reproduction in the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Exptl. Appl. Acarol. 13: 249-259.