Vector-associated pathogens

Monitoring of alien mosquitoes in Western Austria (Tyrol, Austria, 2018)

Hans-Peter Fuehrer1, Ellen Schoener1, Stefanie Weiler2, Bita Shahi Barogh1, Carina Zittra13, Gernot Walder24 2020 Jun 23;14(6):e0008433. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008433. eCollection 2020 Jun. Abstract Mosquitoes are of major importance to human and animal health due to their ability to…

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Monitoring of alien mosquitoes of the genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Austria

Ellen Schoener1, Carina Zittra1, Stefan Weiss2, Gernot Walder34, Bita Shahi Barogh1, Stefanie Weiler4, Hans-Peter Fuehrer5 Parasitol Res . 2019 May;118(5):1633-1638. doi: 10.1007/s00436-019-06287-w. Epub 2019 Mar 16. Abstract Systematic, continuous mosquito surveillance is considered the most reliable tool to predict…

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Practical Guidelines for Studies on Sandfly-Borne Phleboviruses: Part I: Important Points to Consider Ante Field Work

Nazli Ayhan1, Amal Baklouti1, Jorian Prudhomme2, Gernot Walder3, Fatima Amaro4, Bulent Alten5, Sara Moutailler6, Koray Ergunay7, Remi N Charrel1, Hartwig Huemer8 Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2017 Jan;17(1):73-80.  doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.1957. Abstract The purpose of this review is to provide practical information…

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Guidelines for the Detection of Babesia and Theileria Parasites

Laetitia Lempereur1, Relja Beck2, Isabel Fonseca3, Cátia Marques3, Ana Duarte3, Marcos Santos3, Sara Zúquete3, Jacinto Gomes4, Gernot Walder5, Ana Domingos6, Sandra Antunes6, Gad Baneth7, Cornelia Silaghi8, Patricia Holman9, Annetta Zintl10 Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2017 Jan;17(1):51-65. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.1955. Abstract The genera Babesia and Theileria (phylum…

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

Cornelia Silaghi1, Ana Sofia Santos2, Jacinto Gomes3, Iva Christova4, Ioana Adriana Matei5, Gernot Walder6, Ana Domingos7, Lesley Bell-Sakyi8, Hein Sprong9, Friederike D von Loewenich10, José A Oteo11, José de la Fuente1213, J Stephen Dumler1415 Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis . 2017 Jan;17(1):12-22. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.1960. Abstract…

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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia afzelii: Population structure and differential pathogenicity

Sabrina Jungnick1, Gabriele Margos2, Melissa Rieger1, Eldina Dzaferovic1, Stephen J Bent3, Evelyn Overzier4, Cornelia Silaghi4, Gernot Walder5, Franziska Wex6, Johannes Koloczek7, Andreas Sing7, Volker Fingerle1 Int J Med Microbiol. 2015 Oct;305(7):673-81.  doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2015.08.017. Epub 2015 Aug 21. Abstract MultiLocus sequence typing (MLST) is…

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Human seroprevalence against Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in two comparable regions of the eastern Alps is not correlated to vector infection rates

S T Sonnleitner1, G Margos2, F Wex3, J Simeoni4, R Zelger5, E Schmutzhard6, C Lass-Flörl3, G Walder7 Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Apr;6(3):221-7.  doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.12.006. Epub 2015 Feb 7. AbstractSeroprevalences were determined by testing sera of 1607 blood donors…

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Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and its co-circulation with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus ticks across ecologically different habitats of Central Europe

Markéta Derdáková1, Radovan Václav, Lucia Pangrácova-Blaňárová, Diana Selyemová, Juraj Koči, Gernot Walder, Eva Špitalská Parasit Vectors. 2014 Apr 2;7:160. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-160. Abstract Background: Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis is a newly emerging tick-borne bacterium from the family Anaplasmataceae. Its presence in…

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Investigations on California serogroup orthobunyaviruses in the Tyrols: first description of Tahyna virus in the Alps

Sissy Therese Sonnleitner1, Jan Lundström, Raphaela Baumgartner, Josef Simeoni, Harald Schennach, Roland Zelger, Angelika Prader, Erich Schmutzhard, Norbert Nowotny, Gernot Walder Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis; . 2014 Apr;14(4):272-7.  doi: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1360. Epub 2014 Apr 1. Abstract Seroprevalence rates for immunoglobulin G (IgG)…

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