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A Borrelia afzelii Infection Increases Larval Tick Burden on Myodes glareolus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and Nymphal Body Weight of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae).

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

A case of meningoencephalitis by the relapsing fever spirochaete Borrelia miyamotoi in Europe

scientific article published on August 2013

A clear and present danger: tick-borne diseases in Europe

scientific article

A comparative test of ixodid tick identification by a network of European researchers

scientific article

A large survey of Croatian wild mammals for Giardia duodenalis reveals a low prevalence and limited zoonotic potential

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

A lifelong study of a pack Rhodesian ridgeback dogs reveals subclinical and clinical tick-borne Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections with possible reinfection or persistence.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

A prospective study among patients presenting at the general practitioner with a tick bite or erythema migrans in The Netherlands

scientific article

A real-time assemblage-specific PCR assay for the detection of Giardia duodenalis assemblages A, B and E in fecal samples.

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

ABC lipid transporters: extruders, flippases, or flopless activators?

scientific article

ANTIDotE: anti-tick vaccines to prevent tick-borne diseases in Europe

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

Aberrant receptor-mediated endocytosis of Schistosoma mansoni glycoproteins on host lipoproteins

scientific article (publication date: August 2006)

Ability to cause erythema migrans differs between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates

scientific article published on 22 January 2013

Absence of zoonotic Bartonella species in questing ticks: first detection of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Rickettsia felis in cat fleas in the Netherlands

scientific article

Acarological Risk of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Infections Across Space and Time in The Netherlands

scientific article

Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Are the specialized bird ticks, Ixodes arboricola and I. frontalis, competent vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato?

scientific article published on 5 December 2013

Assembly and Comparison of Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis Genomes

scientific article published in 2022

Assessing bat droppings and predatory bird pellets for vector-borne bacteria: molecular evidence of bat-associated Neorickettsia sp. in Europe

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

Association of the Golgi UDP-galactose transporter with UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase allows UDP-galactose import in the endoplasmic reticulum

scientific article

Bead-based suspension array for detection and identification of tick-borne Borrelia species.

scientific article published in April 2014

Behavioural responses of Ixodes ricinus nymphs to carbon dioxide and rodent odour

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Blood feeding on large grazers affects the transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by Ixodes ricinus

scientific article published on 10 August 2014

Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient, Western Europe

scholarly article by Dieuwertje Hoornstra et al published September 2018 in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Borrelia miyamotoi and Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes ricinus Ticks, Romania.

scientific article published on March 2016

Borrelia miyamotoi and Co-Infection with Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus Ticks and Rodents from Slovakia

scientific article

Borrelia miyamotoi in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks in England

scientific article published on 14 July 2014

Borrelia miyamotoi in vectors and hosts in The Netherlands

scientific article

Borrelia miyamotoi infection leads to cross-reactive antibodies to the C6 peptide in mice and men

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Borrelia miyamotoi: a widespread tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Bridging of cryptic Borrelia cycles in European songbirds.

scientific article published on 2 February 2017

Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in natural rodent and tick communities in Southern Hungary

scientific article

Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in urban hedgehogs

scientific article published on March 2014

Cascading effects of predator activity on tick-borne disease risk.

scientific article published in July 2017

Circulation of four Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in Europe

scientific article

Circumstantial evidence for an increase in the total number and activity of Borrelia-infected Ixodes ricinus in the Netherlands

scientific article published on 17 December 2012

Climate change and public health policy: translating the science

scientific article

Clinical outbreak of babesiosis caused by Babesia capreoli in captive reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in the Netherlands

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Co-infection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Rickettsia species in ticks and in an erythema migrans patient

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Co-infections and transmission dynamics in a tick-borne bacterium community exposed to songbirds

scientific article

Continuing increase of tick bites and Lyme disease between 1994 and 2009.

scientific article published on 16 October 2014

Control of Lyme borreliosis and other Ixodes ricinus-borne diseases

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Cost-effectiveness of a potential anti-tick vaccine with combined protection against Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis in Slovenia

scientific article published on 30 August 2018

Counterattacking the tick bite: towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission

article

Cytosolic glucosylceramide regulates endolysosomal function in Niemann-Pick type C disease

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Deer presence rather than abundance determines the population density of the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus, in Dutch forests

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Dermacentor reticulatus: a vector on the rise.

scientific article

Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp., Coxiella burnetii and Rickettsia spp. in questing ticks from a recreational park, Portugal

article

Detection of Dermacentor marginatus and a possible Rickettsia slovaca case in the United Kingdom - the risk of the visiting traveller.

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Detection of pathogens in in northwestern Europe: evaluation of a high-throughput array

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

Diagnosis of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in Belgium by combining molecular and serological methods

scientific article

Direct detection and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in meat samples using magnetic capture and PCR.

scientific article published on 10 March 2010

Distinguishing Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto genotypes G1 and G3 with confidence: A practical guide

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

Diverse tick-borne microorganisms identified in free-living ungulates in Slovakia

scientific article published on 03 September 2018

Diversifying forest communities may change Lyme disease risk: extra dimension to the dilution effect in Europe

scientific article

Draft Whole-Genome Sequences of Two Western European Borrelia miyamotoi Isolates

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

scientific article

Eco-epidemiology of Borrelia miyamotoi and Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in a popular hunting and recreational forest area in Hungary

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Eco-epidemiology of Novel Bartonella Genotypes from Parasitic Flies of Insectivorous Bats

scientific article

Ecological factors that determine Ixodes ricinus tick burdens in the great tit (Parus major), an avian reservoir of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.

scientific article published on 15 April 2013

Effect of rodent density on tick and tick-borne pathogen populations: consequences for infectious disease risk

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Effects of cattle grazing on Ixodes ricinus-borne disease risk in forest areas of the Netherlands

scientific article published on 06 December 2019

Enzootic origins for clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis.

scientific article

Epidemiology of Giardiasis in Humans

scholarly article published 2011

Evaluation of Borrelia real time PCR DNA targeting OspA, FlaB and 5S-23S IGS and Borrelia 16S rRNA RT-qPCR.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Evaluation of Disease Causality of Rare Ixodes ricinus-Borne Infections in Europe

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Evaluation of a serological test for the diagnosis of Borrelia miyamotoi disease in Europe

scientific article

Exotic Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus: fact or artifact?

scientific article

Fate and function of glucosylceramide in mammalian cells

First detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus ticks from northern Italy

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

First detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in the UK.

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Flea and tick control in dogs and cats

scientific article published in May 2012

Fleas and ticks as vectors for bartonella infection (cat-scratch disease) and rickettsia infection

scientific article published in May 2013

Food-borne diseases - the challenges of 20 years ago still persist while new ones continue to emerge.

scientific article

Gangliosides play an important role in the organization of CD82-enriched microdomains

scientific article published on December 2006

Genetic evidence of interspecies introgression of mitochondrial genomes between Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella britovi under natural conditions

scientific article published on 09 October 2015

Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato detected in 16 mammal species and questing ticks from northern Europe

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Genotyping Giardia duodenalis isolates from dogs: lessons from a multilocus sequence typing study

scientific article published on 24 October 2011

Geodemographic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato using the 5S-23S rDNA spacer region

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

Getting under the birds' skin: tissue tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in naturally and experimentally infected avian hosts

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Giardia duodenalis: genetic recombination and its implications for taxonomy and molecular epidemiology

scientific article published on 21 February 2009

Global phylogeography and genetic diversity of the zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto genotype G11.

scientific article

Glycolipid transfer protein: clear structure and activity, but enigmatic function

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Glycolipid-dependent sorting of melanosomal from lysosomal membrane proteins by lumenal determinants

scientific article

Glycosphingolipids are required for sorting melanosomal proteins in the Golgi complex ⬇️

scientific article published on October 22, 2001

Guidelines for the Direct Detection of Anaplasma spp. in Diagnosis and Epidemiological Studies

scientific article published on January 2017

Hedgehogs, Squirrels, and Blackbirds as Sentinel Hosts for Active Surveillance of <i>Borrelia miyamotoi</i> and <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> Complex in Urban and Rural Environments

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

High seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi antibodies in forestry workers and individuals suspected of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Netherlands

scientific article

High-resolution phylogeography of zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto genotype G1 with an emphasis on its distribution in Turkey, Italy and Spain

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

High-throughput screening of tick-borne pathogens in Europe

scientific article

Hitch-hiking between cells on lipoprotein particles.

scientific article published on 30 January 2007

Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

How cells use simple glycosphingolipids to regulate their physiology

scholarly article published March 2007

How proteins move lipids and lipids move proteins.

scientific article

Human exposure to tickborne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, the Netherlands

scientific article published on July 2014

Hyperacidification of trans-Golgi network and endo/lysosomes in melanocytes by glucosylceramide-dependent V-ATPase activity.

scientific article

Hypothesis: Cryptosporidium genetic diversity mirrors national disease notification rate

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Identification of zoonotic genotypes of Giardia duodenalis

scientific article

Imbalanced presence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. multilocus sequence types in clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis

scientific article published on 25 April 2016

Impact of vertebrate communities on Ixodes ricinus-borne disease risk in forest areas

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Impacts of globalisation on foodborne parasites.

scientific article published on 17 October 2013

Inefficient co-feeding transmission of Borrelia afzelii in two common European songbirds

scientific article published on 05 January 2017

Infection prevalence and ecotypes of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in moose Alces alces, red deer Cervus elaphus, roe deer Capreolus capreolus and Ixodes ricinus ticks from Norway

scholarly article published by Atle Mysterud in 2019

Ixodes ricinus ticks are reservoir hosts for Rickettsia helvetica and potentially carry flea-borne Rickettsia species

scientific article published on 04 September 2009

Lack of evidence for the presence of leprosy bacilli in red squirrels from North-West Europe

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Larvae of Ixodes ricinus transmit Borrelia afzelii and B. miyamotoi to vertebrate hosts

scientific article published on 20 February 2016

Lipid Translocation from the Cytosolic Leaflet of the Plasma Membrane to the Cell Surface by MultidrugTransporters

Lipoprotein particles are required for Hedgehog and Wingless signalling

scientific article

Low probability of a dilution effect for Lyme borreliosis in Belgian forests

article

Making Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Work: New Opportunities From the SDG Perspectives

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Mammalian Wnt3a is released on lipoprotein particles

scientific article

Melting pot of tick-borne zoonoses: the European hedgehog contributes to the maintenance of various tick-borne diseases in natural cycles urban and suburban areas

scientific article published on 07 March 2017

Membrane lipids and vesicular traffic.

scientific article published in August 2004

Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Humans with Tick Bites and Erythema Migrans, in the Netherlands

scientific article

Molecular analysis of Baylisascaris columnaris revealed mitochondrial and nuclear polymorphisms

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Molecular characterization of human Cryptosporidium spp. isolates after an unusual increase in late summer 2012

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

Molecular diagnostics of Rickettsia africae infection in travelers returning from South Africa to The Netherlands

scientific article published on 25 August 2011

Multi-trophic interactions driving the transmission cycle of Borrelia afzelii between Ixodes ricinus and rodents: a review

scientific article

Multiple detection of pathogens in ticks: development of a high throughput real time PCR chip used as a new epidemiologic investigative tool.

scientific article

Neglected vector-borne zoonoses in Europe: Into the wild.

scientific article published on 25 December 2017

Neoehrlichiosis: an emerging tick-borne zoonosis caused by Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Nested coevolutionary networks shape the ecological relationships of ticks, hosts, and the Lyme disease bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) complex

scientific article

New foci of Haemaphysalis punctata and Dermacentor reticulatus in the Netherlands

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Occurrence of Rickettsia spp., Hantaviridae, Bartonella spp. and Leptospira spp. in European Moles (Talpa europaea) from the Netherlands ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 December 2022

Parasite Load and Site-Specific Parasite Pressure as Determinants of Immune Indices in Two Sympatric Rodent Species

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Parasites of vectors--Ixodiphagus hookeri and its Wolbachia symbionts in ticks in The Netherlands

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Pathogen communities of songbird-derived ticks in Europe's low countries

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Persistent detection of Babesia EU1 and Babesia microti in Ixodes ricinus in the Netherlands during a 5-year surveillance: 2003-2007.

scientific article

Pitfalls in Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogens Research, Some Recommendations and a Call for Data Sharing

scientific article published in 2021

Population-based analyses of Giardia duodenalis is consistent with the clonal assemblage structure

scientific article

Pre- and post-Golgi translocation of glucosylceramide in glycosphingolipid synthesis.

scientific article

Predicting the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite, using a structural equation model

scientific article

Predicting tick presence by environmental risk mapping

scientific article

Presence of Roe Deer Affects the Occurrence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ecotypes in Questing Ixodes ricinus in Different Habitat Types of Central Europe

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Presence of zoonotic agents in engorged ticks and hedgehog faeces from Erinaceus europaeus in (sub) urban areas

scientific article published on 9 April 2015

Prevalence and determinants of persistent symptoms after treatment for Lyme borreliosis: study protocol for an observational, prospective cohort study (LymeProspect)

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

Prevalence and diversity of human pathogenic rickettsiae in urban versus rural habitats, Hungary

scientific article published on 28 November 2015

Prevalence and molecular typing of Giardia spp. in captive mammals at the zoo of Zagreb, Croatia.

scientific article published on 20 October 2010

Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in ticks after a large outbreak of Q fever.

scientific article published on 28 June 2011

Prevalence of Neoehrlichia mikurensis in ticks and rodents from North-west Europe

scientific article

Prevalence of pathogens in ticks collected from humans through citizen science in Belgium

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

Prevalence of tick-borne viruses in Ixodes ricinus assessed by high-throughput real-time PCR

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Probability of Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi Transmission from Ticks to Humans

scientific article published in December 2015

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Bartonella washoensis in a Human European Patient and Its Detection in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris)

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Protein-sphingolipid interactions within cellular membranes

scientific article

Rabaptin-5alpha/rabaptin-4 serves as a linker between rab4 and gamma(1)-adaptin in membrane recycling from endosomes

scientific article

Reintroduction of E. granulosus by import of cows in the Netherlands

scientific article published in November 2008

Response to Galán-Puchades and Fuentes: Taenia asiatica: neglected--but not forgotten--and almost certainly being quietly globalised

article

Response to Sequence data management for scientific purposes.

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Risk factors associated with sustained circulation of six zoonotic arboviruses: a systematic review for selection of surveillance sites in non-endemic areas

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Road-killed mammals provide insight into tick-borne bacterial pathogen communities within urban habitats

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

Role of mustelids in the life-cycle of ixodid ticks and transmission cycles of four tick-borne pathogens

article

Role of sand lizards in the ecology of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in the Netherlands

scientific article

Screening of bat faeces for arthropod-borne apicomplexan protozoa: Babesia canis and Besnoitia besnoiti-like sequences from Chiroptera

scientific article

Selective and diagnostic labelling of serine hydrolases with reactive phosphonate inhibitors

scientific article published on 17 December 2007

Sensitivity of a point of care tick-test for the development of Lyme borreliosis

scientific article

Serological and molecular evidence for spotted fever group Rickettsia and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato co-infections in The Netherlands

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Small risk of developing symptomatic tick-borne diseases following a tick bite in The Netherlands

scientific article

Songbirds as general transmitters but selective amplifiers of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genotypes in Ixodes rinicus ticks

scientific article

Spatiotemporal dynamics of emerging pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus

scientific article

Spotted fever group rickettsiae in Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis punctata ticks in the UK

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Spotted fever rickettsiae in wild-living rodents from south-western Poland

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

Tekenbeet: dilemma’s in de huisartsenpraktijk

Temporal-Spatial Variation in Questing Tick Activity in the Netherlands: The Effect of Climatic and Habitat Factors

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

The Genetic Diversity of Rickettsiella Symbionts in Ixodes ricinus Throughout Europe

scientific article published in 2021

The HUMTICK study: protocol for a prospective cohort study on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and the disease and cost burden of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

The Presence of Borrelia miyamotoi, A Relapsing Fever Spirochaete, in Questing Ixodes ricinus in Belgium and in The Netherlands.

scientific article published on 12 September 2014

The blood-brain barrier transmigrating single domain antibody: mechanisms of transport and antigenic epitopes in human brain endothelial cells

scientific article published in November 2005

The diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for Lyme borreliosis in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

The effect of forest structural complexity on tick-borne pathogens in questing ticks and small mammals

scientific article published in June 2024

The genetic diversity of Borrelia afzelii is not maintained by the diversity of the rodent hosts

scientific article published on 06 August 2018

The lifetime of UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase is controlled by a distinct endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) regulated by sigma-1 receptor chaperones

scientific article

The scale affects our view on the identification and distribution of microbial communities in ticks

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

The way we view cellular (glyco)sphingolipids.

scientific article published on November 2007

Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Antibodies in Roe Deer, the Netherlands

scientific article published in 2019

Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Ticks and Roe Deer, the Netherlands

scientific article

Tick-borne pathogen - reversed and conventional discovery of disease

scientific article

Tick-borne pathogens in Finland: comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Ticks and Borrelia in urban and peri-urban green space habitats in a city in southern England.

scientific article published on 21 December 2016

Ticks and tick-borne diseases in the city: Role of landscape connectivity and green space characteristics in a metropolitan area

scientific article published on 16 March 2019

Towards an integrated approach in surveillance of vector-borne diseases in Europe

scientific article

Transmission dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in a bird tick community

scientific article published on 23 December 2012

Transport of (glyco)sphingolipids in and between cellular membranes; multidrug transporters and lateral domains

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Transstadial transmission of Borrelia turcica in Hyalomma aegyptium ticks

scientific article

Tripartite Interactions among Ixodiphagus hookeri, Ixodes ricinus and Deer: Differential Interference with Transmission Cycles of Tick-Borne Pathogens

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase is a class I integral membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum.

scientific article published in October 1998

Variable Major Proteins as Targets for Specific Antibodies against Borrelia miyamotoi

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Vector-borne disease intelligence: strategies to deal with disease burden and threats

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Vertical transmission of Bartonella schoenbuchensis in Lipoptena cervi

scientific article

Virulence of recurrent infestations with Borrelia-infected ticks in a Borrelia-amplifying bird

scientific article

Year-to-year variation in the density of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of the rodent-associated human pathogens Borrelia afzelii and B. miyamotoi in different forest types.

scientific article published on 26 August 2017

Zoonoses from ticks and fleas in dogs and cats

scientific article published in January 2013

[8] Analysis of galactolipids and UDP-galactose: Ceramide galactosyltransferase

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

[Combatting Lyme disease]

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

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