Richard J Birtles
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Recent Articles
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Tufa T, Margos G, Fingerle V, Hartberger C, Poppert S, Birtles R, et al.
Pathogens
. 2023 Nov;
12(11).
PMID: 38003765
Human lice, , can transmit various pathogens, including , , and . Xenosurveillance is an epidemiological approach to assessing human infection risks performed by screening vectors of infectious disease agents....
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Plahe G, Hall J, Johnson D, Gilbert L, Birtles R
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Sep;
29(10):2173-2175.
PMID: 37735806
We detected Borrelia bavariensis in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected near 2 towns in the United Kingdom. Human B. bavariensis infections have not been reported previously in the country, underscoring the...
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Khan S, Ahmed H, Afzal M, Khan M, Birtles R, Oliver J
Int J Environ Res Public Health
. 2022 Mar;
19(5).
PMID: 35270717
Ticks are ectoparasites that transmit a variety of pathogens that cause many diseases in livestock which can result in skin damage, weight loss, anemia, reduced production of meat and milk,...
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Mamman A, Lorusso V, Adam B, Dogo G, Bown K, Birtles R
Parasit Vectors
. 2021 Jul;
14(1):353.
PMID: 34225770
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Ackers-Johnson G, Kibombo D, Kusiima B, Nsubuga M, Kigozi E, Kajumbula H, et al.
Microbiology (Reading)
. 2021 May;
167(5).
PMID: 34032566
Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is particularly challenging in low-resource settings such as Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH) in Western Uganda. Specific knowledge of local AMR epidemiology is required to...
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Mamman A, Lorusso V, Adam B, Dogo G, Bown K, Birtles R
Parasit Vectors
. 2021 May;
14(1):242.
PMID: 33962649
Background: Ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) represent a significant economic burden to cattle farming in sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. However, in the northern part of this country, where the largest...
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Al-Neama R, Bown K, Blake D, Birtles R
Parasitology
. 2021 Feb;
148(5):623-629.
PMID: 33541446
Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria species is a well-recognized disease of livestock. Enteric Eimeria infections are common, but disease usually only manifests when infection intensity is abnormally high. Campylobacter species are...
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Logan J, Hall J, Chalker V, OConnell B, Birtles R
Access Microbiol
. 2020 Sep;
1(10):e000064.
PMID: 32974498
Introduction: species are increasingly recognized as agents of culture-negative endocarditis. However, to date, almost all human cases have been associated with two members of the genus, and infections are zoonotic,...
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Gillingham E, Hall J, Birtles R, Bown K, Medlock J, Smith R, et al.
Zoonoses Public Health
. 2020 Mar;
67(5):591-599.
PMID: 32159295
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a tick-borne disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. In Europe, it is predominately transmitted by the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus. Compared with other European...
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Goertz S, De Menezes A, Birtles R, Fenn J, Lowe A, MacColl A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Sep;
14(9):e0222501.
PMID: 31557179
The composition of the mammalian gut microbiota can be influenced by a multitude of environmental variables such as diet and infections. Studies investigating the effect of these variables on gut...