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Mycobacterium microti: More Diverse than Previously Thought by Smith, N.H, Crawshaw, T, Parry, J, Birtles, R.J

“…Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex of bacteria. This species was originally identified as a pathogen of small rodents…”
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Relative Importance of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes trianguliceps as Vectors for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) Populations by Bown, K.J, Lambin, X, Telford, G.R, Ogden, N.H, Telfer, S, Woldehiwet, Z, Birtles, R.J

“…The importance of Ixodes ricinus in the transmission of tick-borne pathogens is well recognized in the United Kingdom and across Europe. However, the role of…”
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Bartonella species as a cause of infective endocarditis in the UK by CHALONER, G. L., HARRISON, T. G., BIRTLES, R. J.

“…Bartonella spp. are increasingly implicated in infectious endocarditis cases in the UK. Herein, we attempted to quantify their role in this syndrome and…”
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Pathogen carriage by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) in the United Kingdom by Shaw, S.E., Kenny, M.J., Tasker, S., Birtles, R.J.

“…The carriage of Bartonella, Rickettsia felis and haemoplasma species was investigated in cat fleas ( Ctenocephalides felis) collected from 121 cats and dogs in…”
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Molecular characterization of haemoparasites infecting bats (Microchiroptera) in Cornwall, UK by Concannon, R, Wynn-Owen, K, Simpson, V R, Birtles, R J

“…The presence of haemoparasites from the Order Piroplasmida and the genera Bartonella and Trypanosoma was assessed in the blood of 60 bats, belonging to 7…”
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Characterization of the Natural Population of Bartonella henselae by Multilocus Sequence Typing by IREDELL, J, BLANCKENBERG, D, ARVAND, M, GRAULING, S, FEIL, E. J, BIRTLES, R. J

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Isolation of a Novel Campylobacter jejuni Clone Associated with the Bank Vole, Myodes glareolus by Williams, N.J, Jones, T.R, Leatherbarrow, H.J, Birtles, R.J, Lahuerta-Marin, A, Bennett, M, Winstanley, C

“…Campylobacter jejuni can be isolated from different animal hosts. Various studies have used multilocus sequence typing to look for associations between…”
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Outbreak of epidemic typhus associated with trench fever in Burundi by Raoult, D, Ndihokubwayo, JB, Tissot-Dupont, H, Roux, V, Faugere, B, Abegbinni, R, Birtles, RJ

“…After a 12-year absence, epidemic typhus has re-emerged among the displaced population of Burundi. Following the outbreak of civil war in 1993, over 760 000…”
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Guidelines for the diagnosis of tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe by Brouqui, P., Bacellar, F., Baranton, G., Birtles, R.J., Bjoërsdorff, A., Blanco, J.R., Caruso, G., Cinco, M., Fournier, P.E., Francavilla, E., Jensenius, M., Kazar, J., Laferl, H., Lakos, A., Lotric Furlan, S., Maurin, M., Oteo, J.A., Parola, P., Perez-Eid, C., Peter, O., Postic, D., Raoult, D., Tellez, A., Tselentis, Y., Wilske, B.

“…Ticks are obligate haematophagous acarines that parasitise every class of vertebrate (including man) and have a worldwide distribution. An increasing awareness…”
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Haemoparasites of common shrews (Sorex araneus) in Northwest England by Bray, D P, Bown, K J, Stockley, P, Hurst, J L, Bennett, M, Birtles, R J

“…The presence of haemoparasites belonging to the taxa Anaplasma, Bartonella and Trypanosoma was determined among 76 common shrews (Sorex araneus) from Northwest…”
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Multilocus sequence typing of human and canine C. upsaliensis isolates by Parsons, B.N., Porter, C.J., Stavisky, J.H., Williams, N.J., Birtles, R.J., Miller, W.G., Hart, C.A., Gaskell, R.M., Dawson, S.

“…Risk of Campylobacter infection in humans has been associated with many sources, including dogs. C. upsaliensis is the most common species found in canines,…”
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Groupings of highly similar major surface protein (p44)-encoding paralogues: a potential index of genetic diversity amongst isolates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Casey, A. N. J, Birtles, R. J, Radford, A. D, Bown, K. J, French, N. P, Woldehiwet, Z, Ogden, N. H

“…1 Department of Veterinary Preclinical Science, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill and Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZJ, UK 2 Department of Veterinary…”
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Chlamydia-like obligate parasite of free-living amoebae by Birtles, R J, Rowbotham, T J, Storey, C, Marrie, T J, Raoult, D

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Longitudinal monitoring of the dynamics of infections due to Bartonella species in UK woodland rodents by BIRTLES, R. J., HAZEL, S. M., BENNETT, M., BOWN, K., RAOULT, D., BEGON, M.

“…Blood samples were repeatedly collected from 12 sympatric woodland rodents over a 12-month period and DNA extracts from each were incorporated into a…”
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'Candidatus Odyssella thessalonicensis' gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligate intracellular parasite of Acanthamoeba species by Birtles, RJ, Rowbotham, TJ, Michel, R, Pitcher, DG, Lascola, B, Alexiou-Daniel, S, Raoult, D

“…RJ Birtles, TJ Rowbotham, R Michel, DG Pitcher, B Lascola, S Alexiou-Daniel and D Raoult Unite des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRESA 6020, Faculte de Medecine, 27…”
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Review of exotic infectious diseases in small animals entering the United Kingdom from abroad diagnosed by PCR by Shaw, S. E., Lerga, A. I., Williams, S., Beugnet, F., Birtles, R. J., Day, M. J., Kenny, M. J.

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Massilia timonae gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from Blood of an Immunocompromised Patient with Cerebellar Lesions by SCOLA, B. L, BIRTLES, R. J, MALLET, M.-N, RAOULT, D

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Molecular evidence of tick-transmitted infections in dogs and cats in the United Kingdom by Shaw, S. E., Binns, S. H., Birtles, R. J., Day, M. J., Smithson, R. C., Kenny, M. J.

“…PCR analysis was used to determine the prevalence of tick-transmitted infections in 120 systemically ill dogs and 60 cats recruited over a period of three…”
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Tyzzer's disease in a Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Scotland by Simpson, V. R., Hargreaves, J., Birtles, R. J., Marsden, H., Williams, D. L.

“…A Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) cub found in weak condition on the Isle of Harris, Scotland, developed bilateral corneal oedema 16 days after being admitted to…”
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Prevalence of Bartonella species causing bacteraemia in domesticated and companion animals in the United Kingdom by Birtles, R. J., Laycock, G., Day, M. J., Kenny, M. J., Shaw, S. E.

“…Between October 1999 and February 2000, 691 blood samples examined routinely for either haematological or virological assessment were screened by culture for…”
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