Ticks and tick-borne-diseases have serious public health implications, and screening feasible protein candidates for vaccines development is identified to be an effective alternative to control of tick infestations. In current study, we focused on cloning the full-length gene encoding a heat shock cognate protein 70 (Hsc70), a molecular chaperone of critical functional roles belonging to heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family, in salivary glands of Haemaphysalis flava, namely Hf-Hsc70, and analyzing the expression of Hf-Hsc70 in different life ph...