Felix D Guerrero
Tick and Biting Fly Research
Research Physiologist (Insects)
Phone: (830) 792-0327
Fax: (830) 792-0302
2700 FREDERICKSBURG RD
KERRVILLE, TX, 78028-9184
Perez De Leon, A.A., Pete, T.D., Auclair, A.N., Messenger, M.T., Guerrero, F., Schuster, G., Miller, R. 2012. Integrated strategy for sustainable cattle fever tick eradication in U.S.A. is required to mitigate the impact of global change. Frontiers in Systems Biology. 3:195.
Li, A.Y., Miller, R., Pound, J.M., Guerrero, F., Temeyer, K.B., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2012. The US experience of eradicating and preventing re-infestation with cattle fever ticks. Workshop Proceedings. 4th International Bayer Cattle Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, June 3, 2012 (4-19).
Guerrero, F., Miller, R., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2012. Anti-cattle tick vaccines: Many candidate antigens, but will a commercially viable product emerge? International Journal for Parasitology. 42(5):421-427.
Bellgard, M.I., Moolhuijzen, P.M., Guerrero, F., Schibeci, D., Rodriguez-Valle, M., Peterson, D.G., Dowd, S.E., Barrero, R., Hunter, A., Miller, R., Lew-Tabor, A. 2012. CattleTickBase: An integrated Internet-based bioinformatics resource for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. International Journal for Parasitology. 42:161-169.
Moolhuijzen, P., Lew-Tabor, A., Morgan, J.T., Rodriguez Valle, M., Peterson, D.G., Dowd, S.E., Guerrero, F., Bellgard, M., Appels, R. 2011. The complexity of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus genome characterised through detailed analysis of two BAC clones. BMC Genomics. 4:Article 254.
Aguilar-Tipacamu, G., Rosario-Cruz, R., Miller, R., Guerrero, F., Rodriguez-Vivas, R.I., Garcia-Vazquez, Z. 2011. Phenotype changes inherited by crossing pyrethroid susceptible and resistant genotypes from the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 54(3):301-311.
Andreotti, R., Guerrero, F., Soares, M.A., Barros, J.C., Miller, R., Perez De Leon, A.A. 2011. Acaricide resistance of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria. 20(2):127-133.
Andreotti, R., Perez De Leon, A.A., Dowd, S.E., Guerrero, F., Bendele, K.G., Scoles, G.A. 2011. Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing. BMC Microbiology. 11:article 6.
Andreotti, R., Perez De Leon, A.A., Dowd, S.E., Guerrero, F., Bendele, K.G., Scoles, G.A. 2011. Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing. Acarology International Congress Proceedings. 6:11.
Moolhuijzen, P., Guerrero, F., Bellgard, M. 2011. Rhipicephalus microplus strain Deutsch, whole genome shotgun sequencing project Version 2. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Moolhuijzen, P., Guerrero, F., Bellgard, M., Schibeci, D., Hunter, A., Barrero, R., Rodriguez-Valle, M., Lew-Tabor, A. 2011. Rhipicephalus microplus strain Deutsch, 10 BAC clone sequences. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Guerrero, F., Moolhuijzen, P., Peterson, D.G., Bidwell, S., Caler, E., Appels, R., Bellgard, M., Nene, V.M., Djikeng, A. 2010. Reassociation kinetics analysis-based approach for partial genome sequencing of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 11:Article 374).
Inman, J.M., Caler, E., Guerrero, F. 2010. Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus strain Deutsch, whole genome shotgun sequencing project first submission of genome sequence. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Guerrero, F., Wang, J. 2010. Functional comparison of three transformer gene introns regulating conditional female lethality. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Foil, L.D., Guerrero, F., Bendele, K.G. 2010. Detection of target site resistance to pyrethroids and organophosphates in the horn fly using multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Medical Entomology. 47(5):855-861.
Inman, J.M., Caler, E., Guerrero, F. 2010. Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus strain Deutsch, 5 BAC clone sequencing, including two encoding Cytochrome P450s and one encoding CzEst9 carboxylesterase. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Rodriguez, V.M., Lew-Tabor, A., Gondro, C., Moolhuijzen, P., Vance, M., Guerrero, F., Bellgard, M., Jorgensen, W. 2010. Comparative microarray analysis of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus expression profiles of larvae pre-attachment and feeding adult female stages on Bos indicus and B. taurus cattle. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 11:Article 437.
Rothwell, J.T., Morgan, J., James, P., Brown, G., Guerrero, F., Jorgensen, W. 2011. Mechanism of resistance to synthetic pyrethroids in buffalo flies in south-east Queensland. Australian Veterinary Journal. 89(3):70-72.
Bastos, R., Ueti, M.W., Guerrero, F., Knowles Jr, D.P., Scoles, G.A. 2009. Silencing of a putative immunophilin gene in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus increases the infection rate of Babesia bovis in larval progeny. BioMed Central (BMC) Vectors and Parasites. 2(1):57.
Bastos, R.G., Ueti, M.W., Guerrero, F., Knowles Jr, D.P., Scoles, G.A. 2009. Silencing of a putative immunophilin gene in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus increases the infection rate of Babesia bovis in larval progeny. Parasites & Vectors. 2:article 57.
Rosario Cruz, R., Guerrero, F., Miller, R., Rodriguez-Vivas, R.I., Tijerina, M., Dominguez-Garcia, D.I., Hernandez-Ortiz, R., Cornel, A.J., Mcabee, R.D., Alonso-Diaz, M.A. 2009. Molecular survey of pyrethroid resistance mechanisms in Mexican field populations of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Parasitology Research. 105:1145-1153.
Guerrero, F., Dowd, S.E., Djikeng, A., Wiley, G., Macmil, S., Saldivar, L., Najar, F., Roe, B.A. 2009. A database of expressed genes from the new world screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Medical Entomology.46(5):1109-1116
Kurscheid, S., Lew-Tabor, A.E., Rodriguez Valle, M., Bruyeres, A.G., Doogan, V.J., Munderloh, U.G., Guerrero, F., Barrero, R.A., Bellard, M.I. 2009. Evidence of a tick RNAi pathway by comparative genomics and reverse genetics screen of targets with known loss-of-function phenotypes in Drosophila. BioMed Central (BMC) Molecular Biology. 10:Article 26.
Guerrero, F., Dowd, S.E. 2010. Tick G protein-coupled receptors as targets for development of new acaricides. In: LaMann, G.V. Veterinary Parasitology. New York, NY: Nova Biomedical Press, Inc. p. 241-250.
Hill, C.A., Guerrero, F.D., Van Zee, J.P., Geraci, N.S., Walling, J.G., Stuart, J.J. 2009. The position of repetitive DNA sequence in the southern cattle tick genome permits chromosome identification. Chromosome Research. 17:77-89.
Guerrero, F., Saldivar, L., Dowd, S.E., Djikeng, A., Wiley, G., Macmil, S., Najar, F., Roe, B.A. 2008. 454 pyrosequencing project on expressed genes from the New World Screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Assession number SRA001820.5
Guerrero, F., Scoles, G.A., Saldivar, L., Brayton, K.A. 2008. Microarray analysis of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus gene expression associated with Babesia bovis infection. In Proceedings of the VI Internacional Seminar of Animal Parasitology, September 3-5, 2008, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 2008 CDROM.
Saldivar, L., Guerrero, F., Nene, V.M., Scoles, G.A. 2009. Expressed gene sequences from larval genes over-expressed upon Babesia bovis infection of Rhipecephalus (Boophilus) microplus. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Assession numbers FG579553-FG579858.
Saldivar, L., Guerrero, F., Nene, V.M. 2009. Expressed gene sequences from the New World Screwworm, Cochiliomyia hominivorax. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Assession numbers FG282693-FG291953 (Egg) and FG291954-FG301340 (Larvae).
Saldivar, L., Guerrero, F.D., Nene, V.M., Bendele, K.G., Scoles, G.A. 2009. Expressed gene sequences from adult ovary and adult female gut genes over-expressed upon Babesia bovis infection of Rhipcephalus (Boophilus) microplus. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nhm.nih.gov. Accession numbers FG305399-FG309475 (Gut)and FG301341-FG305398 (Ovary).
Guerrero, F., Dowd, S.E., Nene, V.M., Foil, L.D. 2008. Expressed cDNAs from embryonic and larval stages of the horn fly (Diptera: Muscidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 45(4):686-692
Guerrero, F., Nene, V.M. 2008. Gene structure and expression of a pyrethroid-metabolizing esterase, CzEst9, from a pyrethroid resistant Mexican population of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 45(4):677-685.
Saldivar, L., Guerrero, F., Bendele, K.G., Brayton, K.A., Scoles, G.A. 2008. Microarray analysis of expressed genes from Rhipcephalus (Boophilus) microplus larvae, adult ovary, and adult female gut associated with Babesia bovis infection. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. GEO Submissions Series Record Number GSE10816, Sample Numbers GSM273028-273051.
Guerrero, F., Wang, M., Nene, V.M., Dowd, S.E., Saldivar, L. 2008. Est-based gene indices for the cattle fever tick, the horn fly, and the screwworm fly. Developments in Biologicals. 132:115-120.
Guerrero, F., Dowd, S.E. 2008. Expressed gene sequences from egg and larval stages of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Assession numbers FD449556-FD457982 (Egg) and FD457982-FD466257 (Larvae)
Saldivar, L., Guerrero, F., Brayton, K.A. 2008. Microarray analysis of gene expression in acaricide-exposed Rhipcephalus (Boophilus) microplus larvae. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. GEO Submissions Series Record Number GSE10171, Sample Numbers GSM257121-257140.
Guerrero, F. 2008. Serial analysis of gene expression in Rhipcephalus (Boophilus) microplus following organophosphate treatment of larvae from organophosphate resistant and susceptible strains. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Avbailable: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. GEO Submissions Series Record Number GSE10109 and Sample Numbers GSM255662 (OP Susceptible Munoz OP-treated), GSM255664 (OP Susceptible Munoz untreated), GSM255665 (OP Resistant San Roman OP-treated), and GSM 255666 (OP Resistant San Roman untreated).
Li, A.Y., Davey, R.B., Miller, R., Guerrero, F., George, J.E. 2008. Genetics and mechanisms of permethrin resistance in the Santa Luiza strain of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 45(3):427-438.
Guerrero, F., Saldivar, L., Bendele, K.G., Scoles, G.A. 2008. Serial analysis of gene expression associated with Babesoa bovis infection of Rhipecephalus (Boophilus) microplus. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. GEO Submissions Series Record Number GSE9880.
Wang, M., Guerrero, F., Pertea, G., Nene, V. 2007. Global comparative analysis of ESTs from the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. BMC Genomics 8:368.
Rachinsky, A., Guerrero, F.D., Scoles, G.A. 2007. Differential protein expression in ovaries of uninfected and Babesia-infected southern cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 37:1291-1308.
Van Zee, J., Geraci, N.S., Guerrero, F., Wikel, S.K., Stuart, J.J., Nene, V.M., Hill, C.A. 2007. Tick genomics: The Ixodes genome project and beyond. International Journal for Parasitology. 37:1297-1305.
Guerrero, F., Bendele, K.G., Davey, R.B., George, J.E. 2007. Detection of Babesia bigemina infection in strains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from outbreaks in South Texas. Veterinary Parasitology. 145:156-163.
Li, A.Y., Guerrero, F.D., Pruett, J.H. 2007. Involvement of esterases in diazinon resistance and biphasic effects of piperonyl butoxide on diazinon toxicity to Haematobia irritans irritans (Diptera: Muscidae). Journal of Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 87:147-155
Guerrero, F.D., Bendele, K.G., Chen, A.C., Li, A.Y., Miller, R.J., Pleasance, E., Varhol, R., Rousseau, M.-E., Nene, V.M. 2007. Serial analysis of gene expression in the southern cattle tick following acaricide treament of larvae from organophosphate resistant and susceptible strains. Insect Molecular Biology. 16(1):49-60.
Guerrero, F. 2007. Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus pyarethroid-metabolizing esterase gene structure. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Assession numbers DQ533868-DQ533870.
Guerrero, F., Barros, T. 2006. Role of kdr and esterase-mediated metabolism in pyrethroid resistant populations of Haematobia irritans irritans (Diptera: Muscidae) in Brazil. Journal of Medical Entomology. 43(5):896-901.
Guerrero, F.D., Nene, V.M., George, J.E., Barker, S.C., Willadsen, P. 2006. Sequencing a new target genome: the Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) genome project. Journal of Medical Entomology. 43(1):9-16.
Rosario-Cruz, R., Guerrero, F., Miller, R., Rodrigues-Vivas, R.I., Dominguez-Garcia, D.I., Cornel, A.J., Hernandez-Ortiz, R., George, J.E. 2005. Roles played by esterase activity and by a sodium channel mutation involved in pyrethroid resistance in populations of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from Yucatan, Mexico. Journal of Medical Entomology. 42(6):1020-1025.
Sammataro, D., Untalan, P., Guerro, F., Finley, J. The resistance of Varroa mites (Acari: Varroidae) to acaricides and the presence of esterase. 2005. Internat. J. Acarol. Vol. 31, No. 1. 67-74.
Ullmann, A.J., Lima, C.M.R., Guerrero, F.D., Piesman, J., Black IV, W.C. 2005. Genome size and organization in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis and the southern cattle tick, Boophilis microplus. Insect Molecular Biology. 14(2):217-222.
Temeyer, K.B., Pound, J.M., Miller, J.A., Chen, A.C., Pruett Jr, J.H., Guerrero, F., Davey, R.B., Untalan, P.M., Lohmeyer, K.H., Li, A.Y., Miller, R., George, J.E. 2004. Organophosphate resistance in Mexican strains of Boophilus microplus: A major threat to the U.S. cattle industry. Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists Bulletin of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 17:43-51.
Nene, V.M., Guerrero, F. 2005. Expressed genes in the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Assession numbers CK172439-CK192860 and CV435593-CV457691.
Foil, L.D., Guerrero, F., Alison, M.W., Kimball, M. 2005. Association of the kdr and superkdr sodium channel mutations with resistance to pyrethroids in Louisiana populations of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans irritans (L.). Veterinary Parasitology. 129:149-158.
Guerrero, F. 2003. New gene coding regions from the horn fly, Haematobia irritans. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Assession numbers AI304277-AI304311, AI308661, CD492272-CD492329, CF350121-CF350204
GUERRERO, F., LI, A.Y. 2003 MARCH 24-30. SOLUBLE PROTEINS INDUCED BY ORGANOPHOSPHATE EXPOSURE IN THE OP-SUSCEPTIBLE AND -RESISTANT STRAINS OF THE SOUTHERN CATTLE TICK. PRESENTATION AT THE KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA, KEYSTONE, CO.
Guerrero, F., Lysyk, T.J., Kalischuk-Tymensen, L. 2004. Expressed sequence tags and new gene coding regions from the horn fly. Southwestern Entomologist. 29(3):193-208.
LI, A.Y., GUERRERO, F., GARCIA, C.A., GEORGE, J.E. SURVEY OF RESISTANCE TO PERMETHRIN AND DIAZINON AND THE USE OF A MULTIPLEX PCR ASSAY TO DETECH RESISTANCE ALLELES IN THE HORN FLY, HAEMATOBIO IRRITANS IRRITANS (L.). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 2003. v. 40. p. 942-949.
GUERRERO, F., PRUETT JR., J.H., LI, A.Y. MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ESTERASE-MEDICATED PYRETHROID RESISTANCE IN A MEXICAN STRAIN OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI:IXODIDAE). EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY. 2002. v. 28. p. 257-264.
Guerrero, F., Pruett Jr., J.H. 2003. Status and future prospects for molecular diagnosis of acaricide resistance in Boophilus microplus. Trends in Entomology. 3:97-103.
GUERRERO, F., LI, A.Y., UNTALAN, P.M. 2003 APRIL 8-11. MEMBRANE PROTEINS INDUCED BY ORGANOPHOSPHATE EXPOSURE IN OP-SUSCEPTIBLE AND -RESISTANT STRAINS OF THE SOUTHERN CATTLE TICK. PRESENTED AT THE 78TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHWESTERN AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN (SWARM) DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS). TULSA, OKLAHOMA.
GUERRERO, F., LI, A.Y., HERNANDEZ, R. MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF PYRETHROID RESISTANCE IN MEXICAN STRAINS OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 2002. v. 39. p. 770-776.
PRUETT JR, J.H., GUERRERO, F., HERNANDEZ, R. ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF AN ESTERASE FROM A MEXICAN STRAIN OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE)
(ENTERING MODIFIED TITLE). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 2002. v. 95. p. 1001-1007.
GUERRERO, F., ALISON, JR, M.W., KAMMLAH, D.M., FOIL, L.D. USE OF THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TO INVESTIGATE THE DYNAMICS OF PYRETHROID RESISTANCE IN HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS IRRITANS (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 2002. v. 39. p. 747-754.
HERNANDEZ, R., GUERRERO, F., GEORGE, J.E., WAGNER, G.G. ALLELE FREQUENCY AND GENE EXPRESSION OF A PUTATIVE CARBOXYLESTERASE-ENCODING GENE IN A PYRETHROID RESISTANT STRAIN OF THE TICK BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. v. 32. p. 1009-1016.