Search Results - "Dietrich, Muriel"
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Leptospira and Bats: Story of an Emerging Friendship
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-11-2015)“…A growing number of recent studies have highlighted bats as a reservoir for Leptospira bacteria, pointing out the potential role of bats in the epidemiology of…”
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Bat pathogens hit the road: But which one?
Published in PLoS pathogens (09-08-2018)“…Obligate blood-feeding bats are, however, restricted to Central and South America and represent only a very small proportion of the bat species diversity…”
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The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-05-2015)“…Q fever is a highly infectious disease with a worldwide distribution. Its causative agent, the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii, infects a variety of…”
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Host specialization in ticks and transmission of tick-borne diseases: a review
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (2013)“…Determining patterns of host use, and the frequency at which these patterns change, are of key importance if we are to understand tick population dynamics, the…”
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Diversification of an emerging pathogen in a biodiversity hotspot: Leptospira in endemic small mammals of Madagascar
Published in Molecular ecology (01-06-2014)“…Biodiversity hotspots and associated endemism are ideal systems for the study of parasite diversity within host communities. Here, we investigated the…”
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Migration, Prospecting, Dispersal? What Host Movement Matters for Infectious Agent Circulation?
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (01-08-2016)“…Spatial disease ecology is emerging as a new field that requires the integration of complementary approaches to address how the distribution and movements of…”
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Viral maintenance and excretion dynamics of coronaviruses within an Egyptian rousette fruit bat maternal colony: considerations for spillover
Published in Scientific reports (22-09-2023)“…Novel coronavirus species of public health and veterinary importance have emerged in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, with bats identified as…”
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Diversity of Bartonella and Rickettsia spp. in Bats and Their Blood-Feeding Ectoparasites from South Africa and Swaziland
Published in PloS one (21-03-2016)“…In addition to several emerging viruses, bats have been reported to host multiple bacteria but their zoonotic threats remain poorly understood, especially in…”
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Seasonal shedding patterns of diverse henipavirus-related paramyxoviruses in Egyptian rousette bats
Published in Scientific reports (20-12-2021)“…Bat-borne viruses in the Henipavirus genus have been associated with zoonotic diseases of high morbidity and mortality in Asia and Australia. In Africa, the…”
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Co-Circulation and Excretion Dynamics of Diverse Rubula - and Related Viruses in Egyptian Rousette Bats from South Africa
Published in Viruses (08-01-2019)“…The Egyptian rousette bat ( ) has previously been implicated as the natural host of a zoonotic rubulavirus; however, its association with rubulaviruses has…”
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Worldwide distribution and diversity of seabird ticks: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens
Published in Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) (01-05-2011)“…The ubiquity of ticks and their importance in the transmission of pathogens involved in human and livestock diseases are reflected by the growing number of…”
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Host conservation through their parasites: molecular surveillance of vector-borne microorganisms in bats using ectoparasitic bat flies
Published in Parasite (Paris) (2020)“…Most vertebrates host a wide variety of haematophagous parasites, which may play an important role in the transmission of vector-borne microorganisms to hosts…”
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Migratory patterns of two major influenza virus host species on tropical islands
Published in Royal Society open science (04-10-2023)“…Animal migration is a major driver of infectious agent dispersal. Duck and seabird migrations, for instance, play a key role in the spatial transmission…”
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Pathogenic Leptospira spp. in bats, Madagascar and Union of the Comoros
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-10-2012)“…TO THE EDITOR: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of global distribution; incidence rates are particularly high in tropical areas (1). Leptospirosis is a major public…”
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Identification of Tenrec ecaudatus, a Wild Mammal Introduced to Mayotte Island, as a Reservoir of the Newly Identified Human Pathogenic Leptospira mayottensis
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2016)“…Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis of major concern on tropical islands. Human populations on western Indian Ocean islands are strongly affected by the…”
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Development and characterization of a multiplex panel of microsatellite markers for the Reunion free-tailed bat Mormopterus francoismoutoui
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (12-12-2019)“…The ecology and conservation status of many island-restricted bats remain largely unexplored. The free-tailed bat is a small insectivorous tropical bat,…”
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Rickettsia spp. in seabird ticks from western Indian Ocean islands, 2011-2012
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-05-2014)“…We found a diversity of Rickettsia spp. in seabird ticks from 6 tropical islands. The bacteria showed strong host specificity and sequence similarity with…”
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A population in perpetual motion: Highly dynamic roosting behavior of a tropical island endemic bat
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-02-2023)“…Although island endemic bats are a source of considerable conservation concerns, their biology remains poorly known. Here, we studied the phenology and…”
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Synchronized shift of oral, faecal and urinary microbiotas in bats and natural infection dynamics during seasonal reproduction
Published in Royal Society open science (01-05-2018)“…Seasonal reproduction is a period of extreme physiological and behavioural changes, yet we know little about how it may affect host microbial communities (i.e…”
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Seasonality of coronavirus shedding in tropical bats
Published in Royal Society open science (01-02-2022)“…Anticipating cross-species transmission of zoonotic diseases requires an understanding of pathogen infection dynamics within natural reservoir hosts. Although…”
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