Richard J Birtles

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Top papers

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1 Ecological fitness and strategies of adaptation of Bartonella species to their hosts and vectors. Vet Res 2009 2.02
2 Delineating Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in coexisting, discrete enzootic cycles. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 1.40
3 Rickettsia mongolotimonae infection in South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis 2004 1.36
4 Rickettsia aeschlimannii: A new pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsia, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 1.32
5 Association of unique, isolated treponemes with bovine digital dermatitis lesions. J Clin Microbiol 2009 1.26
6 Diversity of bartonellae associated with small mammals inhabiting Free State province, South Africa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 1.11
7 Legionella drancourtii sp. nov., a strictly intracellular amoebal pathogen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 1.09
8 Multi-locus sequence analysis reveals profound genetic diversity among isolates of the human pathogen Bartonella bacilliformis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011 1.06
9 Investigation of human haemotropic Mycoplasma infections using a novel generic haemoplasma qPCR assay on blood samples and blood smears. J Med Microbiol 2010 1.05
10 Genomic variations define divergence of water/wildlife-associated Campylobacter jejuni niche specialists from common clonal complexes. Environ Microbiol 2011 1.04
11 High-resolution genetic fingerprinting of European strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by use of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis. J Clin Microbiol 2007 1.04
12 Dynamic transmission of numerous Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes among lambs in an infected sheep flock in an area of anaplasmosis endemicity. J Clin Microbiol 2008 1.02
13 Molecular epidemiology of feline and human Bartonella henselae isolates. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 1.01
14 Fatal borreliosis in bat caused by relapsing fever spirochete, United Kingdom. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 1.00
15 Characterization of novel bovine gastrointestinal tract Treponema isolates and comparison with bovine digital dermatitis treponemes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010 0.97
16 Bartonella quintana infections in captive monkeys, China. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 0.94
17 Rapid diversification by recombination in Bartonella grahamii from wild rodents in Asia contrasts with low levels of genomic divergence in Northern Europe and America. Mol Ecol 2010 0.94
18 Host and environmental reservoirs of infection for bovine digital dermatitis treponemes. Vet Microbiol 2011 0.94
19 The common shrew (Sorex araneus): a neglected host of tick-borne infections? Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2011 0.94
20 Treponema pedis sp. nov., a spirochaete isolated from bovine digital dermatitis lesions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009 0.92
21 Rickettsia felis in the United Kingdom. Emerg Infect Dis 2003 0.91
22 Characterization of the cryptic plasmid pBGR1 from Bartonella grahamii and construction of a versatile Escherichia coli-Bartonella spp. shuttle cloning vector. Plasmid 2003 0.86
23 An immunocompromised murine model of chronic Bartonella infection. Am J Pathol 2010 0.85
24 Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus populations across central Britain. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 0.83
25 Update on spotted fever group Rickettsiae in South Africa. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2004 0.83
26 Bartonella henselae in African lion, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis 2004 0.82
27 Strategies of exploitation of mammalian reservoirs by Bartonella species. Vet Res 2012 0.82
28 The Salmonella pathogenicity island 2-encoded type III secretion system is essential for the survival of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in free-living amoebae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009 0.82
29 First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in rodents in Finland. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2014 0.80
30 Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease. J Clin Microbiol 2011 0.78
31 Ixodes ricinus is not an epidemiologically relevant vector of Bartonella species in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus). Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2012 0.76
32 Use of Mass-Participation Outdoor Events to Assess Human Exposure to Tickborne Pathogens. Emerg Infect Dis 2017 0.75
33 Expression of p44 variant-specific antibodies in sheep persistently infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Vet Microbiol 2013 0.75
34 Histological and serological evidence of disease among invasive, non-native stoats Mustela erminea. Vet J 2007 0.75