Metagenomic 16S rRNA gene sequencing survey of Borrelia species in Irish samples of Ixodes ricinus ticks
John S. Lambert , Michael John Cook, John Eoin Healy, Ross Murtagh, Gordana Avramovic, Sin Hang Lee
Molecular survey of neglected bacterial pathogens reveals an abundant diversity of species and genotypes in ticks collected from animal hosts across Romania.
Andersson MO, Tolf C, Tamba P, Stefanache M, Radbea G, Frangoulidis D, Tomaso H, Waldenström J, Dobler G, Chitimia-Dobler L
Hyperparasitism and Non-Nidicolous Mating by Male Ixodes angustus Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)
Surveillance of British ticks: An overview of species records, host associations, and new records of Ixodes ricinusdistribution
Benjamin Cull, Maaike E. Pietzsch, Kayleigh M. Hansford, Emma L. Gillingham, Jolyon M. Medlock
Prevalence and distribution of Borrelia and Babesia species in ticks feeding
on dogs in the U.K.
Abdullah S, Helps C, Tasker S, Newbury H, Wall R
Prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: Babesia and Borrelia species in ticks infesting cats of Great Britain
Davies S, Abdullah S, Helps C, Tasker S, Newbury H, Wall R.
Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from four sites in the UK.
Layzell SJ, Bailey D, Peacey M, Nuttall PA.
Transmission of Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing fever group spirochetes in relation to duration of attachment by Ixodes scapularis nymphs
Nicole E.Breuner, Marc C.Dolan, Adam J.Replogle. ChristopherSexton, AndriasHojgaard, Karen A.Boegler, Rebecca J.Clark, LarsEisen.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and Toxoplasma gondii in Ixodes ricinus (Acari, Ixodida) ticks collected from Slowinski National Park (Northern Poland)
Marek Asman, Magdalena Nowak-Chmura, Krzysztof Solarz, Ewa Szilman, Magdalena Semla and Bartłomiej Zyśk
Lyme borreliae prevalence and genospecies distribution in ticks removed from humans.
Waindok P, Schicht S, Fingerle V, Strube C
Effects of conservation management of landscapes and vertebrate communities on Lyme borreliosis risk in the United Kingdom.
Millins C, Gilbert L, Medlock J, Hansford K, Thompson DB, Biek R
Use of Mass-Participation Outdoor Events to Assess Human Exposure to Tickborne Pathogens
Ticks and Tick-borne
Annetta Zintl Sara Moutailler, Peter Stuart, Linda Paredis, Justine Dutraive, Estelle Gonzalez, Jack O’Connor, Elodie Devillers, Barbara Good, Colm OMuireagain, Theo De Waal, Fergal Morris and Jeremy Gray
ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION Escherichia Coli AND Klebsiella Pneumonia FROM TICKS Hyalomma SPP.KOCH, 1844FROM SHEEP IN BASRAH CITY
Mohanad .F.A.Al-Amura and Moaed .H.Almyahii
Presence of zoonotic agents in engorged ticks and hedgehog faeces fromErinaceus europaeus in (sub) urban areas
Aleksandra I Krawczyk, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Wilma Jacobs-Reitsma, Lucas M Wijnands, El Bouw,Setareh Jahfari, Angela H A M van Hoek, Joke W B van der Giessen, Jeroen H Roelfsema, Michiel Kroes, Jenny Kleve, Yolanda Dullemont, Hein Sprong,and Arnout de Bruin
Vectors as Epidemiological Sentinels: Patterns of Within-TickBorrelia burgdorferi Diversity
Katharine S. Walter , Giovanna Carpi, Benjamin R. Evans, Adalgisa Caccone, Maria A. Diuk-Wasse
Published: July 14, 2016
Ticks infesting domestic dogs in the UK: a large-scale surveillance programme
Swaid Abdullah, Chris Helps, Severine Tasker, Hannah Newbury and Richard Wall
Co-infection of Ticks: The Rule Rather Than the Exception
Claire Valiente Moro ,Elise Vaumourin ,Lorraine Michelet ,Florence Hélène Tran ,Elodie Devillers , Jean-François Cosson ,Patrick Gasqui ,Van Tran Van ,Patrick Mavingui ,Gwenaël Vourc’h ,Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
Lyme borreliosis: a review of data on transmission time after tick attachment
2015 Cook MJ1.
Tick abundances in South London parks and the potential risk for Lyme borreliosis to the general public.
The ecology of tick-borne diseases
Miriam Pfäffle, Nina Littwin, Senta V. Muders, Trevor N. Petney
Isolation and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi strains from Ixodes ricinus ticks in the southern England.
Sorouri R, Ramazani A, Karami A, Ranjbar R, Guy EC
Bioimpacts. 2015;5(2):71-8. doi: 10.15171/bi.2015.08. Epub 2015 Apr 4
An Invasive Mammal (the Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis) Commonly Hosts Diverse and Atypical Genotypes of the Zoonotic Pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato.
Millins C, Magierecka A, Gilbert L, Edoff A, Brereton A, Kilbride E, Denwood M, Birtles R, Biek R.Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Jul;81(13):4236-45. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00109-15. Epub 2015 Apr 17
First arrived takes all: inhibitory priority effects dominate competition between co-infecting Borrelia burgdorferi strains.
Devevey G, Dang T, Graves CJ, Murray S, Brisson D.
BMC Microbiol. 2015 Mar 7;15:61. doi: 10.1186/s12866-015-0381-0
Transferred interbacterial antagonism genes augment eukaryotic innate immune function.
The Heterogeneity, Distribution, and Environmental Associations of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, the Agent of Lyme Borreliosis, in Scotland.
Lyme borreliosis in southern United Kingdom and a case for a new syndrome, chronic arthropod-borne neuropathy.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2014 Jun;5(4):392-400. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.006. Epub 2014 Apr6
Coinfection of tick cell lines has variable effects on replication of intracellular bacterial and viral pathogens.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2014 Jun;5(4):415-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.010. Epub 2014 Mar 29
Prevalence of Borrelia infection in ticks from wildlife in south-west England
Lyme disease following a dog bite–was there a tick?
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Owen D.BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Aug 17;2011. pii: bcr0220113833. doi: 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3833Jameson LJ, Medlock JM.Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Apr;11(4):403-12. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0079. Epub 2010 Sep 17Vollmer SA, Bormane A, Dinnis RE, Seelig F, Dobson AD, Aanensen DM, James MC, Donaghy M, Randolph SE, Feil EJ, Kurtenbach K, Margos G.
Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jan;13(1):184-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02319.x. Epub 2010 Aug 16
First report of lyme disease spirochetes in ticks from Romania (Sibiu County).
Coipan EC, Vladimirescu AF.Exp Appl Acarol. 2010 Oct;52(2):193-7. doi: 10.1007/s10493-010-9353-0. Epub 2010 Mar 16
Klaus Kurtenbach–a tribute to his life.
Margos G, Fish D.Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2010 Mar;1(1):69-72. No abstract available
Altitudinal patterns of tick and host abundance: a potential role for climate change in regulating tick-borne diseases?
Gilbert L.Oecologia. 2010 Jan;162(1):217-25. doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1430-x. Epub 2009 Aug 15
Self-limiting fourth and sixth cranial nerve palsy after Lyme disease.
Sharma V, Biswas S.J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2010 Mar-Apr;47(2):114-6. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20090616-17
A new Borrelia species defined by multilocus sequence analysis of housekeeping genes.
Margos G, Vollmer SA, Cornet M, Garnier M, Fingerle V, Wilske B, Bormane A, Vitorino L, Collares-Pereira M, Drancourt M, Kurtenbach K.Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Aug;75(16):5410-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00116-09. Epub 2009 Jun 19
Tick-borne disease systems emerge from the shadows: the beauty lies in molecular detail, the message in epidemiology.
Randolph SE.Parasitology. 2009 Oct;136(12):1403-13. doi: 10.1017/S0031182009005782. Epub 2009 Apr 14. Review
Recognition and management of common ectoparasitic diseases in travelers.
Davis RF, Johnston GA, Sladden MJ.Am J Clin Dermatol. 2009;10(1):1-8. doi: 10.2165/0128071-200910010-00001. Review
Tick-borne encephalitis virus, ticks and humans: short-term and long-term dynamics.
Randolph SE.Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct;21(5):462-7. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32830ce74b. Review
Ticks (Ixodes ricinus).
Thompson C.J Vis Commun Med. 2008 Mar;31(1):22-3. doi: 10.1080/17453050802064510. No abstract available
MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Margos G, Gatewood AG, Aanensen DM, Hanincová K, Terekhova D, Vollmer SA, Cornet M, Piesman J, Donaghy M, Bormane A, Hurn MA, Feil EJ, Fish D, Casjens S, Wormser GP, Schwartz I, Kurtenbach K.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jun 24;105(25):8730-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800323105. Epub 2008 Jun 23
Analysis of the distribution of the tick Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari: Ixodidae) in a nature reserve of western Germany using Geographic Information Systems.
Schwarz A, Maier WA, Kistemann T, Kampen H.Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2009 Jan;212(1):87-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.12.001. Epub 2008 Feb 11
Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosis.
Kurtenbach K, Hanincová K, Tsao JI, Margos G, Fish D, Ogden NH.Nat Rev Microbiol. 2006 Sep;4(9):660-9. Epub 2006 Aug 7. Review
Is Lyme disease always poly microbial?–The jigsaw hypothesis.
Owen DC.Med Hypotheses. 2006;67(4):860-4. Epub 2006 Jun 30
Structure-function mapping of BbCRASP-1, the key complement factor H and FHL-1 binding protein of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Cordes FS, Kraiczy P, Roversi P, Simon MM, Brade V, Jahraus O, Wallis R, Goodstadt L, Ponting CP, Skerka C, Zipfel PF, Wallich R, Lea SM.Int J Med Microbiol. 2006 May;296 Suppl 40:177-84. Epub 2006 Mar 10
Climate change and the potential for range expansion of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in Canada.
Ogden NH, Maarouf A, Barker IK, Bigras-Poulin M, Lindsay LR, Morshed MG, O’callaghan CJ, Ramay F, Waltner-Toews D, Charron DF.Int J Parasitol. 2006 Jan;36(1):63-70. Epub 2005 Oct 5
A novel fold for the factor H-binding protein BbCRASP-1 of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Cordes FS, Roversi P, Kraiczy P, Simon MM, Brade V, Jahraus O, Wallis R, Skerka C, Zipfel PF, Wallich R, Lea SM.Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 Mar;12(3):276-7. Epub 2005 Feb 13
Characterization of the B-cell inhibitory protein factor in Ixodes ricinus tick saliva: a potential role in enhanced Borrelia burgdoferi transmission.
Hannier S, Liversidge J, Sternberg JM, Bowman AS.Immunology. 2004 Nov;113(3):401-8
Evidence that climate change has caused ’emergence’ of tick-borne diseases in Europe?
Randolph SE.Int J Med Microbiol. 2004 Apr;293 Suppl 37:5-15. Review
Analysis of weather effects on variability in Lyme disease incidence in the northeastern United States.
Subak S.Exp Appl Acarol. 2002;28(1-4):249-56
Habitat-specific diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Europe, exemplified by data from Latvia.
Etti S, Hails R, Schäfer SM, De Michelis S, Sewell HS, Bormane A, Donaghy M, Kurtenbach K.Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 May;69(5):3008-10
Effects of climate on variability in Lyme disease incidence in the northeastern United States.
Subak S.Hanincová K, Schäfer SM, Etti S, Sewell HS, Taragelová V, Ziak D, Labuda M, Kurtenbach K.Parasitology. 2003 Jan;126(Pt 1):11-20
Differential survival of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in ticks that feed on birds.
Kurtenbach K, Schäfer SM, Sewell HS, Peacey M, Hoodless A, Nuttall PA, Randolph SE.Infect Immun. 2002 Oct;70(10):5893-5
The key roles of selection and migration in the ecology of Lyme borreliosis.
Kurtenbach K, De Michelis S, Sewell HS, Etti S, Schäfer SM, Holmes E, Hails R, Collares-Pereira M, Santos-Reis M, Hanincová K, Labuda M, Bormane A, Donaghy M.Int J Med Microbiol. 2002 Jun;291 Suppl 33:152-4
[Prevalence of antiborrelia antibodies in two populations: various interpretations of the same data].
Mrázek V, Bartůnĕk P, Varejka P, Janovská D, Bína R, Hulínská D.Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol. 2002 Feb;51(1):19-22. Czech
Arthropod-transmitted infectious diseases of cats.
Shaw SE, Birtles RJ, Day MJ.J Feline Med Surg. 2001 Dec;3(4):193-209. Review. No abstract available
Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato–the key role of host complement.
Kurtenbach K, De Michelis S, Etti S, Schäfer SM, Sewell HS, Brade V, Kraiczy P.Trends Microbiol. 2002 Feb;10(2):74-9. Review
Distinct combinations of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies found in individual questingticks from Europe.
Kurtenbach K, De Michelis S, Sewell HS, Etti S, Schäfer SM, Hails R, Collares-Pereira M, Santos-Reis M, Haninçová K, Labuda M, Bormane A, Donaghy M.Appl Environ Microbiol. 2001 Oct;67(10):4926-9
The shifting landscape of tick-borne zoonoses: tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis in Europe.
Randolph SE.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2001 Jul 29;356(1411):1045-56. Review
Tick bite and Lyme borreliosis risk at a recreational site in England.
Robertson JN, Gray JS, Stewart P.Nuttall PA, Paesen GC, Lawrie CH, Wang H.J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 2000 Oct;2(4):381-6. Review
Environmental information systems for the control of arthropod vectors of disease.
Thomson MC, Connor SJ.Med Vet Entomol. 2000 Sep;14(3):227-44. Review
Identification of different Borrelia burgdorferi genomic groups from Scottish ticks.
Ling CL, Joss AW, Davidson MM, Ho-Yen DO.Mol Pathol. 2000 Apr;53(2):94-8
Pathogen-tick-host interactions: Borrelia burgdorferi and TBE virus.
Nuttall PA.Zentralbl Bakteriol. 1999 Dec;289(5-7):492-505. Review
Impact of microclimate on immature tick-rodent host interactions (Acari: Ixodidae): implications for parasite transmission.
Randolph SE, Storey K.J Med Entomol. 1999 Nov;36(6):741-8
Determination of members of a Borrelia afzelii-related group isolated from Ixodes nipponensis in Korea as Borrelia valaisiana.
Masuzawa T, Fukui T, Miyake M, Oh HB, Cho MK, Chang WH, Imai Y, Yanagihara Y.Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1999 Oct;49 Pt 4:1409-15
Detection of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) in UK ticks using polymerase chain reaction.
Guy E, Tasker S, Joynson DH.Epidemiol Infect. 1998 Dec;121(3):681-3
Low rates of ehrlichiosis and Lyme borreliosis in English farmworkers.
Thomas DR, Sillis M, Coleman TJ, Kench SM, Ogden NH, Salmon RL, Morgan-Capner P, Softley P, Meadows D.Epidemiol Infect. 1998 Dec;121(3):609-14
Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in blood donors and park rangers in relation to local habitat.
Robertson JN, Gray JS, MacDonald S, Johnson H.Zentralbl Bakteriol. 1998 Oct;288(2):293-301
Interstadial and infestation level-dependent variation in the transmission efficiency of Borrelia burgdorferi from mice to Ixodes ricinus ticks.
Ogden NH, Kurtenbach K, Nuttall PA.O’Connell S, Granström M, Gray JS, Stanek G.Zentralbl Bakteriol. 1998 Mar;287(3):229-40. Review
Differential transmission of the genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by game birds and small rodents in England.
Kurtenbach K, Peacey M, Rijpkema SG, Hoodless AN, Nuttall PA, Randolph SE.Appl Environ Microbiol. 1998 Apr;64(4):1169-74
Natural Lyme disease cycles maintained via sheep by co-feeding ticks.
Ogden NH, Nuttall PA, Randolph SE.Kurtenbach K, Dizij A, Voet P, Hauser P, Simon MM.Craine NG, Nuttall PA, Marriott AC, Randolph SE.Folia Parasitol (Praha). 1997;44(2):155-60
Epidemiological surveillance for detecting typical Lyme disease.
Guy E.Lancet. 1996 Jul 20;348(9021):141-2. No abstract available
Infestation of rodents with larval Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) is an important factor in the transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in German woodlands.
Kurtenbach K, Kampen H, Dizij A, Arndt S, Seitz HM, Schaible UE, Simon MM.Rees DH, O’Connell S, Brown MM, Robertson J, Axford JS.Bennett CE.Adv Parasitol. 1995;36:343-405. Review. No abstract available
Evidence for Lyme disease in urban park workers: a potential new health hazard for city inhabitants.
Rees DH, Axford JS.Br J Rheumatol. 1994 Feb;33(2):123-8
Lyme disease in the UK: epidemiology, clinical presentations and diagnosis.
O’Connell S.J Med Microbiol. 1994 Feb;40(2):77-8. No abstract available
Analysis of intra-specific variation in the fatty acid profiles of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Livesley MA, Thompson IP, Gern L, Nuttall PA.O’Connell S.Commun Dis Rep CDR Rev. 1993 Jul 16;3(8):R111-5. Review.
