All Outputs (4)

Genomic Characterisation of Novel Veterinary Pathogens: Anaplasma & Bartonella species (2025)
Thesis

Background: Bartonella sp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Ap) are vector-borne
bacterial pathogens with significant veterinary and public health implications. While
Bartonella species persist in the bloodstream of various mammals causing long term... Read More about Genomic Characterisation of Novel Veterinary Pathogens: Anaplasma & Bartonella species.

The Association of Urban Greenspace Characteristics with Tick Densities and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in Scotland (2025)
Thesis

Ticks are an ecosystem disservice in urban greenspaces, with the potential to transmit diseases. The characteristics of an urban greenspace can impact the hazard of ticks and tick-borne pathogens both within a greenspace and in the surrounding area.... Read More about The Association of Urban Greenspace Characteristics with Tick Densities and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in Scotland.

Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and epidemiology of borrelial infections in Cumbria
Thesis
Hall, J. (in press). Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and epidemiology of borrelial infections in Cumbria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) is the causative agent of the tick-borne zoonotic disease Lyme borreliosis (LB), of which around 2-3000 cases are reported annually in the UK. This project took a “One Health” approach to studying Borrelia burgd... Read More about Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and epidemiology of borrelial infections in Cumbria.

Badgers (Meles meles) as reservoirs of vector-borne infections in the UK
Thesis

In recent years, there has been an increased incidence and changing distribution of a number of vector-borne diseases, and the temperate regions are not an exception. Whilst Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) are known to host a wide range of pathogens,... Read More about Badgers (Meles meles) as reservoirs of vector-borne infections in the UK.