… Here Sarah Randolph, Lise Gern and Pat Nuttall show that a much wider range of natural
hosts than was previously recognized may contribute significantly to the transmission of tick-…

… in experimental studies of saliva-activated transmission in which the virus has been shown
to exploit the pharmacological properties of its vector’s saliva as described by Nuttall & …

Existing knowledge on reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was collated and
reviewed and several species, particularly birds, were identified as reservoir competent. At the …

High-affinity histamine-binding proteins (HBPs) were discovered in the saliva of Rhipicephalus
appendiculatus ticks. Their ability to outcompete histamine receptors indicates that they …

The genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was assessed in a focus of Lyme
borreliosis in southern Britain dominated by game birds. Ticks, rodents, and pheasants were …

The sensitivity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato to animal sera was analyzed. Complement-mediated
borreliacidal effects were observed with particular combinations of host serum …

… may relate to the observation that bank df Å 35, P õ 0.001). No other terms were found to be
voles, … The antibody prevand Nuttall, 1989). These published results are comparable to those …

Background Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne infection caused by
a virus (CCHFV) from the Bunyaviridae family. Domestic and wild vertebrates are …

Intensive farming has contributed to the serious declines in abundance and geographic
range suffered by several bumblebee species in Europe and North America. Recent UK agri-…

Most of the data on oral infections of ticks with tick-borne encephalitis virus have been
derived from experiments using animals infected by syringe inoculation. To mimic the natural …