Publications

12. Maldonado-Ruiz, L.P., Reif KE, Ghosh, A., Foré, S., Johnson, R.L., Park ,Y. (2023). High levels of alpha-gal with large variation in the salivary glands of lone star ticks fed on human blood. Sci Rep. Dec 4;13(1):21409. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-48437-2. PMID: 38049505; PMCID: PMC10695944.

11. Holguin-Rocha, A.F., Calle-Tobon, A., Vásquez, G.M., Astete, H., Fisher, M.L. Tobon-Castano, A., Velez-Tobon, G., Maldonado-Ruiz, L.P., Silver, K. Park, Y. and Berlin Londono-Renteria. (2023). Diversity of the bacterial and viral communities in the tropical horse tick, Dermacentor nitens, in Colombia" Pathogens 12, no. 7: 942. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070942.

10. Olajiga, O.M., Marin-Lopez, A., Cardenas, J.C., Maldonado-Ruiz, L.P., Gutierrez-Silva, L.Y., Gonzalez-Pabon M.U., Fikrig, E., Park,Y., and Londono-Renteria, B., (2022). Aedes aegyptianti-salivary proteins IgG levels in a cohort of DENV-like symptoms subjects from a dengue-endemic region in Colombia. Frontiers in epidemiology, 2:1002857.

9. Olajiga, O.M., Maldonado-Ruiz, L.P., Fatehi, S., Cardenas, J.C., Gonzalez, M.U., Gutierrez-Silva, L.Y., Londono-Renteria, B., and Park,Y. (2022). Association of dengue infection with anti-alpha-gal antibodies, IgM, IgG, IgG1, and IgG2. Frontiers in immunology, doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1021016.

8. Maldonado-Ruiz, L.P., Kim, D., and Park, Y. (2022). Osmoregulatory physiology in Ixodidae ticks: An alternative target for management of ticks. Journal of Asian-Pacific Entomology, 61(1), 91-200, https://doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2022.02.0.005.

7. Maldonado-Ruiz, L.P., Boorgula, G.D., Kim, D., Fleming, S. and Park, Y. (2022). Tick intrastadial feeding and its role on IgE production in the Murine Model of Alpha-gal syndrome: The tick “transmission” Hypothesis. Frontiers in immunology, 13, 844262, 10.3389/fimmu.2022.844262.

6. Maldonado-Ruiz, L.P., Davis, B.N. Park, J.J. and Park, Y. (2022). Dermal secretion physiology and thermoregulation in the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum. Tick and Tick-borne disease, 13 (4), 101962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101962.

5. Soohoo-Hui, A., Li, Z., Maldonado-Ruiz, L. P., Zhang, G., and Swale, D. R. (2021). Neurochemical regulation of Aedes aegypti salivary gland function. Journal of Insect Physiology, 129, 104193.10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104193

4. Maldonado-Ruiz, L. P., Neupane, S., Park, Y., and Zurek, L. (2021). The bacterial community of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). Parasites & Vectors, 14(1), 49. doi:10.1186/s13071-020-04550-z

3. Maldonado-Ruiz, L. P., Park, Y., and Zurek, L. (2020). Liquid water intake of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum: Implications for tick survival and management. Scientific reports, 10(1), 6000. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63004-9

2. Maldonado-Ruiz, L. P., Montenegro-Cadena, L., Blattner, B., Menghwar, S., Zurek, L., and Londono-Renteria, B. (2019). Differential tick salivary protein profiles and human immune responses to lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) from the wild vs. a laboratory colony. Frontiers in immunology, 10, 1996. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2019.01996

1. Kim D, Maldonado-Ruiz P., Zurek, L., and Park, Y. (2017). Water absorption through salivary gland type I acini in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis. PeerJ5:e3984