Lorenza Beati Ziegler

  • Professor and Curator of U.S. National Tick Collection, Biology
  • Institute for Coastal Plain Science

    United States

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1992 …2024

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About

I have been at Georgia southern University since 2004. I am professor in the Biology Department and Curator of the U.S. National Tick Collection. My research centers on tick systematics, with emphasis on morpholgical and molecular taxonomy, evolution, phylogeography, and population genetics. I am sometimes also involved in the study of tick ecology and tick-borne diseases. Having a medical degree, I am also involved in research on micro-organisms carried by arthropod vectors. My primary mission is to do research, but I have taught undergraduate and graduate classes. 

Publications

  1. L. Beati, N. Teysseire, D. Raoult. Kinetics of specific antibodies in mediterranean spotted fever determined by western blotting and microimmunofluorescence. Acta virologica, 1992, 36: 62-66.
  2. M. Drancourt, L. Beati, I. Tarasevich, D. Raoult. Astrakhan fever rickettsia is identical to Israel tick typhus rickettsia, a genotype of the R. conorii complex. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1992, 165: 1167-1168.
  3. L. Beati, J.-P. Finidori, B. Gilot, D. Raoult. Comparison of serologic typing, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein analysis, and genetic restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for identification of rickettsiae: characterization of two new rickettsial strains. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1992, 30: 1922-1930.
  4. P.J. Kelly, L.A. Matthewman, L. Beati, D. Raoult, P.R. Mason, M. Deary, R. Makombe. African tick-bite fever: a new spotted fever group rickettsiosis under an old name. Lancet, 1992, 340: 982-983.
  5. L. Beati, J.-P. Finidori, D. Raoult. First isolation of Rickettsia slovaca from Dermacentor marginatus in France. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1993, 48: 257-268.
  6. L. Beati, O. Peter, W. Burgdorfer, A. Aeschlimann, D. Raoult. Confirmation that Rickettsia helvetica (sp.nov.) is a distinct species of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1993, 43: 521-526.
  7. L. Beati, D. Raoult. Rickettsia massiliae (sp. nov.), a new spotted fever group rickettsia. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1993, 43: 839-840.
  8. L. Beati, D. Raoult (1993). Conduite à tenir lors d’une piqûre de tique. Infectiologie du Practicien 12: 302-307.
  9. L. Beati, D. Raoult (1993). Nouvelles rickettsies du groupe boutonneux en France et dans le monde. Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses (special issue), 1993, 23 : 491-498.
  10. J Beytout, D Raoult, M Cambon, H Laveran, L Beati, H Laurichesse, O Aumaitre, S Hary (1993). Découverte d'un foyer de fièvre boutonneuse en Auvergne: intérêt de la démarche épidémio-clinique. La Revue de Médecine Interne,1993, 14 (6):428.
  11. P.J. Kelly, L. Beati, L.A. Matthewman, P.R. Mason, D. Raoult. A new pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsia from Africa. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygene, 1994, 97: 129-137.
  12. L. Beati, P. Kelly, P.R. Mason, D. Raoult. Species-specific BALB/C mouse antibodies to rickettsiae studied by western blotting. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 1994, 119: 339-344.
  13. L. Beati, P.-F. Humair, A. Aeschlimann, D. Raoult. Identification of rickettsial organisms isolated from Dermacentor marginatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Switzerland. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1994, 51: 138-148.
  14. M. Eremeeva, L. Beati, V.A. Makarova, N.F. Fetisova, I.V. Tarasevich, N.M. Balayeva, D. Raoult. Astrakhan fever rickettsiae: antigenic and genotypic analysis of isolates obtained from human and Rhipicephalus pumilio ticks. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1994, 51: 697-706.
  15. M. Meskini, L. Beati, A. Benslimane, D. Raoult. Seroepidemiology of rickettsial infections in Morocco. European Journal of Epidemiology, 1995, 11: 655-660.
  16. L. Beati, P.J. Kelly, L.A. Matthewman, P.R. Mason, D. Raoult. Prevalence of rickettsia-like organisms and spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) from Zimbabwe. Journal of Medical Entomology, 1995, 32, 787-792.
  17. L. Beati, D. Raoult . Quand penser à une rickettsiose en France. La Gazette Médicale, 1995, 102: 8-12.
  18. P.J. Kelly, N. Masanvi, H.F. Cadman, S.M. Mahan, L. Beati, D. Raoult. Serosurvey for Cowdria ruminantium, Coxiella burnetii, and spotted fever group rickettsiae in ostriches (Struthio camelus) from Zimbabwe. Avian Diseases , 1996; 40: 448-452.
  19. P.J. Kelly, L. Beati, P.R. Mason, L.A. Matthewman, V. Roux, D. Raoult. Rickettsia africae sp. nov., the etiological agent of African tick-bite fever. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology , 1996, 46: 611-614.
  20. L. Beati, V. Roux, A. Ortuno, J. Castella, F. Segura Porta, D. Raoult. Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated from Catalan Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1996, 34: 2688-2694.
  21. W. Xu, L. Beati, D. Raoult. Characterization of an application of monoclonal antibodies against Rickettsia africae, a newly recognized species of spotted fever group rickettsia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1997; 35: 64-70.
  22. L. Beati, M. Meskini, B. Thiers, D. Raoult. Rickettsia aeschlimannii sp. nov., a new spotted fever group rickettsia associated with Hyalomma marginatum ticks. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1997; 47:548-554.
  23. C. Delaye, L. Beati, A. Aeschlimann, F. Renaud, T. de Meeus. Population genetic structure of Ixodes ricinus in Switzerland from allozymic data: no evidence of divergence between nearby sites. International Journal of Parasitology, 1997; 27: 769-773.
  24. P. Parola, L. Beati, P. Brouqui, D. Raoult. Ehrlichial DNA amplified from Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in France. Journal of Medical Entomology, 1998; 35:180-183.
  25. P. Parola, L. Beati, M. Cambon, D. Raoult. First isolation of Rickettsia helvetica from Ixodes ricinus ticks in France. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 1998; 17:95-100.
  26. B.A. Ellis, R. L. Regnery , L. Beati, F. Bacellar, M. Rood, G.G. Glass, E. Marston, TG Ksiazek, D. Jones, J.E. Childs. Rats of the genus Rattus are reservoir hosts for pathogenic Bartonella: an Old World origin for a New World disease? Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999; 180: 220-224.
  27. B.A. Ellis, L.D. Rotz, J.A.D. Leake, F. Samalvides, J. Bernable, J. Ventura, C. Padilla, P. Villaseca, L. Beati, R. L. Regnery, J.E. Childs, J.G. Olson, C. Carrillo. An acute outbreak of acute bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1999; 61: 344-349.
  28. L. Beati, P.J. Kelly, P.R. Mason, D. Raoult. Experimental infection of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) with three spotted fever group rickettsiae. South African Journal of Science, 1999; 95: 448-449.
  29. F. Bacellar, L. Beati, A. Franca, J. Pocas, R. Regnery, A. Filipe. Israeli spotted fever rickettsia (Rickettsia conorii complex) associated with human disease in Portugal. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999; 5:835-6.
  30. P. Villaseca, C. Padilla, G. Ventura, F. Samalvides, H. Yañez, L. Chevarrîa, B. Ellis, L. Rotz, J. Leake, L. Beati. Importancia de la Lutzomyia peruensis en la transmisión de la enfermedad de Carrión en el Valle Sagrado de los Incas. Urubamba-Cusco, Perú. Revista de Medicine Experimentál, 1999; 15:1-2.
  31. L. Beati , J. Keirans, Analysis of the systematic relationships among ticks of the genera Rhipicephalus and Boophilus based on mitochondrial 12S ribosomal DNA gene sequences and morphological characters. Journal of Parasitology; 2001, 87:32-48.
  32. G. A. Scoles, M. Papero, L. Beati, D. Fish. A novel relapsing fever group Borrelia transmitted by Ixodes scapularis ticks in the Northeastern United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2001; 1: 21-34.
  33. T. de Meeûs, L. Beati. C. Delaye, A. Aeschlimann, F. Renaud. Sex-biased genetic structure in the vector of Lyme disease, Ixodes ricinus. Evolution, 2002, 56:1802-1807.
  34. A.L. Caceres, L. Beati, J. Keirans. First evidence of the occurrence of Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann, 1899 in Peru. Revista peruana de Biologia, 2002, 9: 116-117.
  35. M. Derdáková, L. Beati, B. Pet'ko , M. Stanko, D Fish. Intra-specific genetic variability of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes in Ixodes ricinus ticks from the Czech Republic established by PCR-SSCP analysis of the rrlB-rrfA ribosomal intergenic spacer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2003, 69: 509-516.
  36. M. Arzua, M. A. Navarro da Silva, K. M. Famadas, L. Beati, D. M. Barros-Battesti. Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772) and Ixodes auritulus Neumann 1904 (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds in Southern Brazil, with notes on their ecology. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2003, 31: 283-296.
  37. L. Beati, A. G. Caceres, E. A. B. Galati, J. A. Lee, L. E. Munstermann. Systematic relationships of Lutzomyia sand flies (Diptera; Psychodidae) based on the analysis of 12S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequences. International Journal for Parasitology, 2004, 34: 225-234.
  38. A.M. Pretorius, L. Beati, R. Birtles. The diversity of bartonellae associated with small mammals inhabiting Free State Province, South Africa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2004, 54: 1959-1967.
  39. M.G. Morshed, J.D. Scott, K. Fernando, L. Beati, D.F. Mazerolle, G. Geddes & L.A. Durden. Migratory songbirds disperse ticks across Canada, and first isolation of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from the avian tick, Ixodes auritulus. Journal of Parasitology, 2005, 91:780-790.
  40. A.A. Guglielmone, L. Beati, D.M. Barros-Battesti, M.B. Labruna, S. Nava, J.M. Venzal, A.J. Mangold, M.P.J. Szabó, J.R. Martins, D. González-Acuña and A. Estrada-Peña. Ticks (Ixodidae) on humans in South America. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2006, 40: 83-100.
  41. S. Nava, M. Lareschi, C. Rebollo, C. Benítez Usher, L. Beati, R.G. Robbins, L.A. Durden, A.J. Mangold, A. A. Guglielmone. The ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Paraguay. Annals of Tropical Medecine and Parasitology, 2007, 101 (3): 255-270.
  42. L. Beati, J. E. Keirans, L. A. Durden, and M. D. Opiang. Bothriocroton oudemansi (Neumann, 1910) comb. nov. (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae), an ectoparasite of the long-beaked echidna in Papua New Guinea: redescription of the male and first description of the female and nymph. Systematic Parasitology, 2008, 69:185–200
  43. V.C. Onofrio, D. M. Barros-Battesti, S. Marques, J. L. H. Faccini, M.B. Labruna, L. Beati. Redescription of Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) based on light and scanning electron microscopy. Systematic Parasitology, 2008, 69:137-164.
  44. S. Epis, D. Sassera, T. Beninati, N. Lo, L. Beati, J. Piesman, L. Rinaldi, KD McCoy, A. Torina, L. Sacchi , E. Clementi, M. Genchi, S. Magnino, C. Bandi. Midichloria mitochondrii is widespread in hard ticks (Ixodidae) and resides in the mitochondria of phylogenetically diverse species. Parasitology, 2008, 21:1-10.
  45. L.A. Durden, S. Merker, L. Beati. The tick fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae and Argasidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2008, 45: 85-110.
  46. D.M. Barros-Battesti, R.M. Hernández, K.M. Famadas , V.C. Onofrio, L. Beati , A.A. Guglielmone. The ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Cuba. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2009, 14: 101–128.
  47. M.B. Labruna, V.C. Onofrio, L. Beati, M. Arzua, P. Bertola, A.F. Ribeiro, D.M. Barros-Battesti. Redescription of the female, description of the male, and several new records of Amblyomma parkeri (Acari: Ixodidae), a South American tick species.. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2009, 49: 243-260.
  48. L.A. Jones, L.W. Cohnstaedt, L. Beati, R. Terán, R. León, L.E. Munstermann. New Records of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 2010, 112:47-53.
  49. P. Kelly P, H. Lucas, L. Beati, C. Yowell, M. Suman, J. Dame. Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma variegatum and domestic ruminants on eight Caribbean Islands. Journal of Parasitology, 2010, 96: 1086-1088.
  50. L. A. Durden, L. Beati.  Moths attracted to mercury vapor lights in French Guiana. Southern Lepidopterists' News, 2010, 32: 156-161.
  51. M.E. Eremeeva, M.L. Zambrano, L. Anaya, L. Beati , S. Karpathy, B. Salceda, D. Macbeth, H. Olguin, G.A. Dasch, C. Alpuche Aranda. Rickettsia rickettsii in Rhipicephalus ticks, Mexicali, Mexico. The Journal of Medical Entomology, 2011, 48: 418-421.
  52. P. Kelly, H. Lucas, C. Yowell , L. Beati , J. Dame, J. Urdaz-Rodriguez , S. Mahan . Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum and domestic ruminants in the Caribbean. The Journal of Medical Entomology, 2011, 48: 485-488.
  53. L.W. Cohnstaedt, L. Beati, A.G. Caceres, C. Ferro, L.E. Munstermann. Phylogenetics of the phlebotomine sand fly group Verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae: Lutzomyia). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, 84: 913-922.
  54. M.M. Santos-Silva, L. Beati, A.S. Santos, R. De Sousa, M.S. Núncio, P. Melo, M. Santos-Reis, C. Fonseca, P. Formosinho, C. Vilela, F. Bacellar F. The hard-tick fauna of mainland Portugal (Acari: Ixodidae): an update on geographical distribution and known associations with hosts and pathogens. Experimental and Applied Parasitology, 2011, 55: 85-121.
  55. L.B. Regassa, F.E. French, K.M. Stewart, A.C. Murphy, H.L. Jandhyam, L. Beati. A Costa Rican bacterial Spiroplasma biodiversity survey in tabanid flies reveals new serogroups and extends United States ranges. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011, 3: 338-344.
  56. 56. W. Cohnstaedt, A.G. Caceres, L. Beati, L.E. Munstermann. The population structure of Lutzomyia verrucarum (Diptera: Psycodidae), a Bartonella bacilliformis and Leishmania peruviana vector in Peru. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2012, 49: 77-84.
  57. L. Beati, J. Patel, H. Lucas-Williams, H. Adakal, E.G. Kanduma, E. Tembo-Mwase, R. Krecek, J.W. Mertins, J.T. Alfred, S. Kelly, P. Kelly. Phylogeography and demographic history of Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius) (Acari: Ixodidae), the tropical bont tick. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2012, 12: 514-525.
  58. T.D. Burger, R. Shao, L. Beati, H. Miller, S. Barker. Phylogenetic analysis of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) using mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes indicates that the genus Amblyomma is polyphyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2012, 64: 45-55.
  59. L.A. Durden, L. Beati. Lepidoptera recorded in the Val Piora (Canton Ticino, Switzerland). Summers 2009-2011. Bollettino della Società ticinese di Scienze Naturali 2012, 100: 121-125.
  60. M.B. Blanco, M.A. Elfawal, L.A. Durden, L. Beati, G. Xu, L.R. Godfrey, S.M. Rich. Genetic diversity of ixodid ticks parasitizing eastern mouse and dwarf lemurs in Madagascar, with descriptions of the larva, nymph and male of Ixodes lemuris (Acari: Ixodidae). The Journal of Parasitology, 2013, 99: 11-18.
  61. M. Dietrich, L. Beati, E. Elguero, T. Boulinier, K. D. McCoy. Body size and shape evolution in host races of the tick Ixodes uriae. The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 108 (2): 323-334.

62 . L. Beati, S. Nava, E.J. Burkman, D. Barros-Battesti, M.B. Labruna, A.A. Guglielmone , A. G. Caceres, C. Guzmán-Cornejo, R. Léon, L.A. Durden, J.L.H. Faccini. Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2013, 13:267 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/267)

  1. N. Mukherjee, L. Beati, M. Sellers, L. Burton, S. Adamson, R. Robbins, F. Moore, S. Karim. Importation of exotic ticks and tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsia into the United States by migrating songbirds. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2014, 5(2): 127-134.
  2. Y.P. Springer, L. Eisen, L. Beati, A.M. James, R.J. Eisen. Spatial distribution of counties in the continental United States with records of occurrence of Amblyomma americanum (L.). Journal of Medical Entomology, 2014, 51: 342-351.
  3. S. Nava, L. Beati, M.B. Labruna, A.G. Cáceres, A.J. Mangold, A.A. Guglielmone. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, Amblyomma tonelliae n. sp., Amblyomma interandinum n. sp. and Amblyomma patinoi n. sp., and resurrection of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844 and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2014, 5: 252-276.
  4. C. Lubelczyk, E. H. Lacombe, S. P. Elias, L. Beati, P. W. Rand, and R. P. Smith, Jr. (2011). Parasitism of mustelids by ixodid ticks (Acari:Ixodidae), Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A. Ticks and Tick-borne diseases, 2014, 5: 432-435.
  5. S. Nava, L. Beati, J. Dunlop, A.A. Guglielmone. Reestablishment of Amblyomma tenellum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2014, 5: 620-623.
  6. Nava, A. Estrada-Peña, T. Petney, L. Beati, M.B. Labruna, M.P.J. Szabó, J.M. Venzal, M. Mastropaolo, A.J. Mangold, A.A. Guglielmone. The taxonomic problems involving Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) Veterinary Parasitology, 2015, 28 (1-2): 2-869.
  7. Durden LA, Knapp CR, Beati L, Dold S. Reptile-associated ticks from Dominica and the Bahamas with notes on hyperparasitic erythrhraeid mites. The Journal of Parasitology, 2015, 101 (1): 24-27.
  8. W Van Treuren, L Ponnusamy, RJ Brinkerhoff, A Gonzalez, CM Parobek, JJ Juliano, TG Andreadis, RC Falco, L Beati Ziegler, N Hathaway, C Keeler, M Emch, JA Bailey, RM Roe, CS Apperson, R Knight, SR Meshnick Variation in the microbiota of Ixodes ticks with regard to geography, species, and sex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2015, 81: 6200-6209.
  9. YP Springer, D Hoekman, PTJ Johnson, PA Duffy, RA Hufft, DT Barnett, BF Allan, BR Amman, CM Barker, R Barrera, CB. Beard, L Beati, M Begon, MS Blackmore, WE Bradshaw, D Brisson, CH Calisher, JE Childs, MA Diuk-Wasser, RJ Douglass, RJ Eisen, DH Foley, JE Foley, HD Gaff, SL Gardner, HS Ginsberg, GE Glass, SA Hamer, MH Hayden, B Hjelle, CM Holzapfel, SA Juliano, LD Kramer, AJ Kuenzi, SL LaDeau, TP Livdahl, JN Mills, CG Moore, S Morand, RS Nasci, NH Ogden, RS Ostfeld, RR Parmenter, J Piesman, WK Reisen, HM Savage, DE Sonenshine, A Swei, MJ Yabsley. Continental scale surveillance of infectious agents: Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for NEON. Ecosphere, 2016, 7 (5): e01271.10.1002/ecs2.1271.
  10. AD Loftis, PJ Kelly, CD Paddock, K Blount, JW Johnson, ER Gleim, MJ Yabsley, ML Levin, L Beati. Panola Mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum from the Inted States and Amblyomma variegatum from the Caribbean and Africa. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2016: 53(3), 696-698, doi: 10:1093/jme/tjv240
  11. P Lado, S Nava, MB Labruna, MPJ Szabo, LA Durden, S Bermudez, M Montagna, AC Sánchez Quirós, L Beati. Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae): phylogeography and systematic considerations. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2016, 7 (5): 817-827.
  12. S Nava, MPJ Szabó, M Gerardi, M Mastropaolo, TF Martins, MB Labruna, A Estrada-Peña, L Beati, AA Guglielmone. Different lines of evidence used to delimit species in ticks: a study of the South American populations of Amblyomma parvum (Acari: Ixodidae). Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2016, 7 (6): 1168-1179.

75) JD Oliver, SW Bennet, L Beati, LC Bartholomay . Range expansion and increasing Borrelia burgdorferi infection of the tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Iowa, 1990–2013. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2017, 54: 1727-1734: doi:10.1093/jme/tjx121

76) S Hornok, AD Sándor, R Beck, R Farkas, L Beati, J Kontschán, N Takács, G Földvári1, C Silaghi, E Meyer-Kayser, A Hodžić, S Tomanović, S Abdullah, R Wall, A Estrada-Peña, GG Duscher, O Plantard. Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females. Parasites & Vectors, 2017, 10 (545): doi 10.1186/s13071-017-2424-x.

77) MAJ Allerdice, L Beati, H Yaglom, RR Lash, J Delgado de la Mora, JD Licona, D Delgado de la Mora, CD Paddock. Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) detected in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) group collected from multiple locations in southern Arizona. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2017, 54 (6): 1-5 (doi: 10.1093/jme/tjx138)

78) L Gern, L Beati. A charismatic figure has left us: A tribute to Professor André Aeschlimann (1929–2016). Ticks Tick-Borne Diseases : doi 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.09.013 (Obituary)

79) S Nava, L Beati, JM Venzal, MB Labruna, MP Szabó, TN Petney, MN Saracho-Bottero, EL Tarragona, F Dantas-Torres, MM Santos-Silva, AJ Mangold, AA Guglielmone, A Estrada-Peña . Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806): Neotype designation, morphological re-description of all parasitic stages and molecular characterization. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2018, 9 (6): 1573-1585. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.08.001

80) N Ogden, GC Pang, HS Ginsberg, GJ Hickling, R Burke, L Beati, JI Tsao. Evidence for geographic variation in life-cycle processes affecting phenology of the Lyme Disease vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2018, 55 (6): 1386-1401. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjy104

81) P Lado, S Nava, L Mendoza-Uribe, AG Caceres, J Delgado-de la Mora, JD Licona-Enriquez, D Delgado-de la Mora, MB Labruna, LA Durden, MEJ Allerdice, CD Paddock, MPJ Szabó, JM Venzal, AA Guglielmone, L

Beati. The Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) group of ticks: phenotypic plasticity or incipient speciation? Parasites & Vectors, 2018, 11:610. (doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3186-9)

82) L Beati, H Klompen. Phylogeography of ticks (Acari: Ixodida). Annual Review of Entomology, 2019, doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043027.

83) AM Egizi, RG Robbins, L Beati, S Nava, CR Evans, J Occi, DM Fonseca. A pictorial key to differentiate the recently detected exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari, Ixodidae) from native congeners in North America. Zookeys, 2019, 818:117-128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.818.30448

84) T De Meeûs, CT Chan, JM Ludwig, JI Tsao, J Patel, J Bhagatwala, L Beati. Deceptive combined effects of short allele dominance and stuttering: an example with Ixodes scapularis, the main vector of Lyme disease in the U.S.A. Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology, 2019,  doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/622373.

85) J Delgado-de la Mora , S Sánchez-Montes, JD Licona-Enríquez, D Delgado-de la Mora, CD Paddock , L Beati, P Colunga-Salas, C Guzmán-Cornejo, ML Zambrano, SE Karpathy, AM López-Pérez, G Álvarez-Hernández. Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group, Mexico. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25(4): 836-838.

86) M N Saracho-Bottero, J M Venzal, E L Tarragona, C S Thompson, A J Mangold, L Beati, A A Guglielmone, S Nava. The Ixodes ricinus complex (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Southern Cone of America: Ixodes pararicinus, Ixodes aragaoi, and Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis. Parasitology Research, 2020, 119 (1): 43-54.

87) A Lehane, C Parise, C Evans, L Beati, WL Nicholson, RJ Eisen. Reported county-level distribution of the American dog tick (Acari: Ixodidae0 in the contiguous United States. Journal of medical Entomology, 2020, 57: 131-155. doi:10.1093/jme/tjz119.

88) ME Eremeeva, D Capps, C Logan, AJ Williams-Newkirk, GA Dasch, JS Salzer, L Beati, LA Durden. Detection of Rickettsia asembonensis in fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae, Ceratophyllidae) collected in five counties in Georgia, U.S.A. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2020, 57: 1246-1253. doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa029.

89) NSG Tucker, ENI Weeks, L Beati, PE Kaufman. Prevalence and distribution of pathogen infection and permethrin resistance in tropical and temperate populations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. collected worldwide. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2020, 12. doi: 10.1111/mve.12479.

90) S Han, GJ Hickling, NH Ogden, HS Ginsberg, V Kobbekaduwa, EL Rulison, L Beati, JI Tsao. Seasonality of acarological risk of exposure to Borrelia miyamotoi from questing life stages of Ixodes scapularis collected from Wisconsin and Massachusetts, USA. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2021, Volume 12, Issue 1, 101556, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101556.

91) MN Saracho Bottero, L Beati, J M Venzal, L Guardia, CS Thompson, AJ Mangold, AA Guglielmone, S Nava (2021). Ixodes silvanus n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), a new member of the subgenus Trichotoixodes Reznik, 1961 from northwestern Argentina. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2021, 12, 101572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101572

92) Ginsberg HS, Hickling GJ, Burke RL, Ogden NH, Beati L, LeBrun RA, et al. Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host- seeking behavior, and tick density. PLoS Biology, 2021, 19(1): e3001066. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pbio.3001066.

93) KJ Ledger, L Beati, SM Wisely. Survey of ticks and tick-borne rickettsial and protozoan pathogens in Eswatini Pathogens, 2021, 10, 1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10081043

94) Y Tian, PE Kaufman, CE Taylor, L Beati, and CC Lord. Variable effects of temperature and relative humidity on Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. (Acari: Ixodidae) development. Environmental Entomology , 2022, 51(4):848-858 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac027.

95) LH Backus, JE Foley, GB Hobbs, Y Bai, L Beati. A new species of tick, Ixodes (Ixodesmojavensis (Acari: Ixodidae), from the Amargosa Valley of California. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2022, 13(6):102020. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102020

96) E Tarragona, P Lado, L Beati, A Mangold, A Guglielmone, S Nava. Do parapatric populations of the ticks Amblyomma tonelliae Nava, Beati & Labruna, 2014 and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Acari: Ixodidae) hybridize?" Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2023, 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12642

97) R Velez, T De Meeûs, L Beati, H Younsi, E Zhioua, S Antunes, A Domingos, D Ataíde Sampaio, D Carpinteiro, L Moerbeck, A Estrada-Peña, MM Santos-Silva, AS Santos. Development and testing of microsatellite loci for the study of population genetics of Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 and Ixodes inopinatus Estrada-Peña, Nava & Petney, 2014 (Acari: Ixodidae) in the western Mediterranean region. Acarologia, 2023, 3: 356-372. https://doi.org/10.24349/bvem-4h49.

98) LA Durden and L Beati. Obituary. James Edward Keirans (1935-2023). Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023, 102228. doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102228

99) S Nava, L Beati JM Venzal, SE Bermudez, EL Tarragona, AJ MAngold, D Gleason, M Mastropaolo, AA Guglielmone. Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899. Zootaxa, 2023, 5361 (1): 053–073. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5361.1.2

100) LA Durden, L Beati, SE Greiman, AV Abramov. A new genus and new species of sucking louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Enderleinellidae) from the particoloured flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) in Laos, and an updated identification key to enderleinellid genera. Zootaxa, 2024, 5405(4): 545-561. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5405.4.4

101) CD Paddock, ML Zambrano, JR Clover, S Ladd-Wilson, EA Dykstra, A Salamone, D Kangiser, BN Ayres, SL Shooter, SE Karpathy, AM Kjemtrup, L Beati, ML Levin, RS Lane, OE Zazueta. Rickettsia species identified in adult, host-seeking Dermacentor occidentalis (Acari: Ixodidae) from Baja California, Mexico, and Oregon and Washington, United States. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2024, tjae023, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae023

102) MFBM Galletti, JA Hecht, JR McQuiston, J Gartin, J Cochran, BH Blocher, BN Ayres, MEJ Allerdice, L Beati WL Nicholson, AN Snellgrove, CD Paddock, A Kennedy, G Molaei, P Lado, J Foley, J Goddard, JL Occi, K Padgett, E Dykstra, M Nolan, R Cortinas,S Sambado, S Fink, SR Campbell, Y Romer. Applying MALDI-TOF MS to resolve morphologic and genetic similarities between two Dermacentor tick species of public health importance. Scientific Reports, 2024, 14, 19834. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69768-8

103) A-M López-Pérez, L Backus, L Beati, JSH Klompen, J Marcek, F Rubino , J Foley (2024). Novel Rickettsia and host records for argasid ticks, including Alveonasus cooleyi, on wild mammals in Baja California, Mexico. Accepted in Experimental & Applied Acarology, 2024,  93: 459–472.

104) N Canino, C Torhorst, S Botero-Cañola, L Beati, KC O’Hara, A James, S Wisely. Development of a rapid and reliable surveillance method for Ornithodoros turicata americanus in gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows in the southeastern United States. Accepted Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2024 (Accepted for publication)

105) S Botero-Canola, C Torhorst, N Canino, L Beati, KC O’ Hara, AM James, SM Wisely (2024). Integrating systematic surveys with historical data to model the distribution of Ornithodoros turicata americanus, a vector of epidemiological concern in North America; arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.12761 (Accepted for publication)

106) S Karim, TJ Zenzal, L Beati, R Sen, A Adegoke, D Kumar, L Downs, M Keko, A Nussbaum, D Becker, FR Moore. Ticks without borders: Microbiome of immature Neotropical tick species parasitizing migratory songbirds along northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. Sec. Parasite and Host, Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1472598 (Accepted for publication)

 

 

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Education/Academic qualification

Medicine, Doctoral Thesis in Medicine, Eco-epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Corsica. Cartographic analysis of the ecological risk factors associated with the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis., University of Lausanne

Award Date: Dec 31 1990

Medicine, Swiss Federal Degree in Medicine, University of Lausanne

Award Date: Dec 31 1987

Parasitology, DEA in Parasitology, Université de Neuchâtel

Award Date: Jun 30 1985

Cellular Biology and Microbiology, PhD, 06/30/1993, Universite de Provence (Aix-Marseille I)

Disciplines

  • Evolution
  • Genetics
  • Biodiversity

Research Interests

  • Evolution
  • Molecular Taxonomy
  • American and Exotic Tick Species
  • Population Genetics
  • Morphological Taxonomy
  • Phylogeography
  • Tick-Borne Diseases
  • Tick Ecology

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