Outputs (5)

Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America (2014)
Journal Article
Vinetz, J., Minnick, M., Anderson, B., Lima, A., Battisti, J., Lawyer, P., & Birtles, R. (2014). Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7), e2919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002919

Bartonella bacilliformis is the bacterial agent of Carrión's disease and is presumed to be transmitted between humans by phlebotomine sand flies. Carrión's disease is endemic to high-altitude valleys of the South American Andes, and the first reporte... Read More about Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America.

An immunological marker of tolerance to infection in wild rodents (2014)
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Hosts are likely to respond to parasitic infections by a combination of resistance (expulsion of pathogens) and tolerance (active mitigation of pathology). Of these strategies, the basis of tolerance in animal hosts is relatively poorly understood, w... Read More about An immunological marker of tolerance to infection in wild rodents.

First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microtiin rodents in Finland (2014)
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Kallio, E., Begon, M., Birtles, R., Bown, K., Koskela, E., Mappes, T., & Watts, P. (2014). First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microtiin rodents in Finland. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 14(6), 389-393. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2013.1383

Tick-borne diseases pose an increasingly important public health problem in Europe. Rodents are the reservoir host for many tick-transmitted pathogens, including Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti, which can cause human granulocytic anapla... Read More about First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microtiin rodents in Finland.

Differential inflammatory responses of bovine foot skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes to digital dermatitis treponemes (2014)
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Evans, N., Brown, J., Scholey, R., Murray, R., Birtles, R., Hart, C., & Carter, S. (2014). Differential inflammatory responses of bovine foot skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes to digital dermatitis treponemes. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 161(1-2), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.05.005

Bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) is a serious infectious inflammatory lameness causing pain and suffering to many cattle worldwide and which has severe economic implications. This study set out to investigate relationships between the treponemes consi... Read More about Differential inflammatory responses of bovine foot skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes to digital dermatitis treponemes.

Mycobacterial infections and vole bacillus vaccines (2014)
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Colaco, C., & Birtles, R. (2014). Mycobacterial infections and vole bacillus vaccines. Veterinary Record, 174, 434. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.g2898