Vector-associated pathogens

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 transmit various pathogens. In Europe the role of mosquitoes in… Read More »Monitoring of alien mosquitoes in Western Austria (Tyrol, Austria, 2018)

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 the spread and establishment of alien mosquito species such as… Read More »Monitoring of alien mosquitoes of the genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Austria

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 Apicomplexa, order Piroplasmida) are mainly transmitted by Ixodid ticks in… Read More »Guidelines for the Detection of Babesia and Theileria Parasites

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 The genus Anaplasma (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) comprises obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria… Read More »Guidelines for the Direct Detection of Anaplasma spp. in Diagnosis and Epidemiological Studies

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 to help researchers intending to perform “from field to laboratory”… Read More »Practical Guidelines for Studies on Sandfly-Borne Phleboviruses: Part I: Important Points to Consider Ante Field Work

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 considered a powerful method to unveil relationships within bacterial populations… Read More »Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia afzelii: Population structure and differential pathogenicity

Georg Gerhard Duscher1, Monika Wetscher2, Raphaela Baumgartner3, Gernot Walder3 Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2015 Jun;6(4):489-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.03.018. Epub 2015 Apr 11. Abstract A large majority of Austrian citizens are aware of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), consequently reflected by a high vaccination rate of 85%. In return,… Read More »Roe deer sera used for TBE surveillance in Austria

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 from North, East, and South Tyrol. In the Tyrols, the… Read More »Human seroprevalence against Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in two comparable regions of the eastern Alps is not correlated to vector infection rates

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 Ixodes ricinus ticks was reported from various European countries, however,… Read More »Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and its co-circulation with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus ticks across ecologically different habitats of Central Europe

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) antibodies to Tahyna virus (TAHV) and Inkoo virus (INKV) were… Read More »Investigations on California serogroup orthobunyaviruses in the Tyrols: first description of Tahyna virus in the Alps