Edited by a team combining 80 years of experience in academic research and industrial antiparasitic drug discovery, this volume of Drug Discovery in Infectious Diseases summarizes current knowledge in this rapidly expanding field. Comprehensive yet concise, this ready reference blends solid background information on ectoparasite biology with the very latest methods in ectoparasite drug discovery. Three major parts cover current ectoparasite control strategies and the threat of drug resistance, screening and drug evaluation, and the new isoxazoline class of ectoparasiticides. The future potential of mechanism-based approaches for repellents and parasiticides is thoroughly discussed, as are strategies for vaccines against ectoparasites, making the book ideal for parasitologists in academia as well as researchers working in the pharmaceutical industry.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors VII
Foreword XIII
Preface XV
Part One Strategies & Resistance 1
1 Comparison of Anti‐ectoparasite and Anti‐endoparasite Therapies and Control Strategies 3
Debra J. Woods*, Tom L. McTier, and Andrew A. DeRosa
2 vaccination Against Ticks 25
Theo P.M. Schetters*
3 Blocking Transmission of vector‐borne Diseases 43
Sandra Schorderet‐Weber, Sandra Noack, Paul M. Selzer, and Ronald Kaminsky*
4 The Threat and Reality of Drug Resistance in the Cattle Tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus 95
Heinz Sager*, Léonore Lovis, Christian Epe, and Ronald Kaminsky
5 Monitoring Drug Sensitivity in Cattle Ticks 109
Leonore Lovis, Christian Epe, Ronald Kaminsky, and Heinz Sager*
6 New Developments in the Control of Human Lice 119
John M. Clark*
Part Two Screens & Models 139
7 Molecular Targets to Impair Blood Meal Processing in Ticks 141
Petr Kopáček*, Jan Perner, Daniel Sojka, Radek Šíma, and Ondřej Hajdušek
8 Whole‐organism Screens for Ectoparasites 167
Jeffrey N. Clark* and Cedric J. Pearce
9 In vitro Feeding Methods for Hematophagous Arthropods and Their Application in Drug Discovery 187
Ard M. Nijhof* and Katharine R. Tyson
10 Testing in Laboratory Animal Models for Ectoparasiticide Discovery and Development 205
Sandra Schorderet‐Weber* and Ronald Kaminsky
11 Testing in Target Hosts for Ectoparasiticide Discovery and Development 223
Jeffrey N. Clark*
Part Three Isoxazolines 243
12 Isoxazolines: A Novel Chemotype Highly Effective on Ectoparasites 245
Tina Weber and Paul M. Selzer*
13 The Discovery of Afoxolaner: A New Ectoparasiticide for Dogs 259
Ming Xu, Jeffrey K. Long, George P. Lahm*, Wesley L. Shoop, Daniel Cordova, Ty Wagerle, Ben K. Smith, Thomas F. Pahutski, Rafael Shapiro, Michael Mahaffey, Eric J. Hartline, Brandon R. Gould, Molly E. Waddell, Richard G. McDowell, John B. Kinney, Gail S. Jones, Robert F. Dietrich, Mark E. Schroeder, Daniel F. Rhoades, Eric A. Benner, and Pat N. Confalone
14 Development of Afoxolaner as a New Ectoparasiticide for Dogs 273
Laura Letendre*, Diane Larsen, and Mark Soll
15 Discovery, Development, and Commercialization of Sarolaner (Simparica®), A Novel Oral Isoxazoline Ectoparasiticide for Dogs 295
Debra J. Woods* and Tom L. McTier
16 Isoxazolines: Preeminent Ectoparasiticides of the Early Twenty‐first Century 319
Alan Long*
Index 353
