Publication list
1992
- 1) L Beati, N Teysseire, D Raoult (1992). Kinetics of specific antibodies in mediterranean spotted fever determined by western blotting and microimmunofluorescence. Acta virologica 36: 62-66.
- 2) M Drancourt, L Beati, I Tarasevich, D Raoult (1992). Astrakhan fever rickettsia is identical to Israel tick typhus rickettsia, a genotype of the R. conorii complex. Journal of Infectious Diseases 165: 1167-1168.
- 3) L Beati, J-P Finidori, B Gilot, D Raoult (1992). 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 30: 1922-1930. Full Text
- 4) PJ Kelly, LA Matthewman, L Beati, D Raoult, PR Mason, M Deary, R Makombe (1992). African tick-bite fever: a new spotted fever group rickettsiosis under an old name. Lancet 340: 982-983. Full Text
1993
- 5) L Beati, J-P Finidori, D Raoult (1993). First isolation of Rickettsia slovaca from Dermacentor marginatus in France. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 48: 257-268. Abstract
- 6) L Beati, O Péter, W Burgdorfer, A Aeschlimann, D Raoult (1993). Confirmation that Rickettsia helvetica (sp.nov.) is a distinct species of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 43: 521-526. Abstract
- 7) L Beati, D Raoult (1993). Rickettsia massiliae (sp. nov.), a new spotted fever group rickettsia. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 43: 839-840. Abstract
1994
- 8) PJ Kelly, L Beati, LA Matthewman, PR Mason, D Raoult (1994). A new pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsia from Africa. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygene 97: 129-137. Abstract
- 9) L Beati, P Kelly, PR Mason, D Raoult (1994). Species-specific BALB/C mouse antibodies to rickettsiae studied by western blotting. FEMS Microbiology Letters 119: 339-344. Abstract
- 10) L Beati, P-F Humair, A Aeschlimann, D Raoult (1994). Identification of rickettsial organisms isolated from Dermacentor marginatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Switzerland. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 51: 138-148. Abstract
- 11) M Eremeeva, L Beati, VA Makarova, NF Fetisova, IV Tarasevich, NM Balayeva, D Raoult (1994). Astrakhan fever rickettsiae: antigenic and genotypic analysis of isolates obtained from human and Rhipicephalus pumilio ticks. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 51: 697-706. Abstract
1995
- 12) M Meskini, L Beati, A Benslimane, D Raoult (1995). Seroepidemiology of rickettsial infections in Morocco. European Journal of Epidemiology 11: 655-660. Abstract
- 13) L Beati, PJ Kelly, LA Matthewman, PR Mason, D Raoult (1995). Prevalence of rickettsia-like organisms and spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) from Zimbabwe. Journal of Medical Entomology 32: 787-792. Abstract
1996
- 14) PJ Kelly, N Masanvi, HF Cadman, SM Mahan, L Beati, D Raoult (1996). Serosurvey for Cowdria ruminantium, Coxiella burnetii, and spotted fever group rickettsiae in ostriches (Struthio camelus) from Zimbabwe. Avian Diseases 40: 448-452. Abstract
- 15) PJ Kelly, L Beati, PR Mason, LA Matthewman, V Roux, D Raoult (1996). Rickettsia africae sp. nov., the etiological agent of African tick-bite fever. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 46: 611-614. Abstract
- 16) L Beati, V Roux, A Ortuño, J Castella, F Segura Porta, D. Raoult (1996). Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated from Catalan Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 34: 2688-2694. Full Text
1997
- 17) W Xu, L Beati, D Raoult (1997). Characterization of an application of monoclonal antibodies against Rickettsia africae, a newly recognized species of spotted fever group rickettsia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 35: 64-70. Full Text
- 18) L Beati, M Meskini, B Thiers, D Raoult (1997). Rickettsia aeschlimannii sp. nov., a new spotted fever group rickettsia associated with Hyalomma marginatum ticks. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47: 548-554. Abstract
- 19) C Delaye, L Beati, A Aeschlimann, F Renaud, T de Meeûs (1997). Population genetic structure of Ixodes ricinus in Switzerland from allozymic data: no evidence of divergence between nearby sites. International Journal of Parasitology 27: 769-773. Full Text
1998
- 20) P Parola, L Beati, P Brouqui, D Raoult (1998). Ehrlichial DNA amplified from Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in France. Journal of Medical Entomology 35:180-183. Abstract
- 21) P Parola, L Beati, M Cambon, D Raoult (1998). First isolation of Rickettsia helvetica from Ixodes ricinus ticks in France. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 17: 95-100. Abstract
1999
- 22) BA Ellis, RL Regnery , L Beati, F Bacellar, M Rood, GG Glass, E Marston, TG Ksiazek, D Jones, JE Childs (1999). Rats of the genus Rattus are reservoir hosts for pathogenic Bartonella: an Old world origin for a New World disease? Journal of Infectious Diseases 180: 220-224. Full Text
- 23) BA Ellis, LD Rotz, JAD Leake, F Samalvides, J Bernable, J Ventura, C Padilla, P Villaseca, L Beati, RL Regnery, JE Childs, JG Olson, C Carrillo (1999). An acute outbreak of acute bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61: 344-349. Full Text
- 24) L Beati, PJ Kelly, PR Mason, D Raoult (1999). Experimental infection of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) with three spotted fever group rickettsiae. South African Journal of Science 95: 448-449.
- 25) F Bacellar, L Beati, A Franca, J Pocas, R Regnery, A Filipe (1999). Israeli spotted fever rickettsia (Rickettsia conorii complex) associated with human disease in Portugal. Emerging Infectious Diseases 5: 835-6. Full Text
2001
- 26) L Beati, J Keirans (2001). 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 87: 32-48. Full Text
- 27) GA Scoles, M Papero, L Beati, D Fish (2001). A novel relapsing fever group Borrelia transmitted by Ixodes scapularis ticks in the Northeastern United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 1: 21-34. Abstract
2002
- 28) T de Meeûs, L Beati, C Delaye, A Aeschlimann, F Renaud (2002). Sex-biased genetic structure in the vector of Lyme disease, Ixodes ricinus. Evolution 56: 1802-1807. Full Text
- 29) AL Cáceres, L Beati, J Keirans (2002). First evidence of the occurrence of Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann, 1899 in Peru. Revista peruana de Biologia 9: 116-117.
2003
- 30) M Derdáková, L Beati, B Pet'ko, M Stanko, D Fish (2003). 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 69: 509-516. Full Text
- 31) M Arzua, MA Navarro da Silva, KM Famadas, L Beati, DM Barros-Battesti (2003). 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 31: 283-296. Abstract
2004
- 32) L Beati, AG Cáceres, JA Lee, LE Munstermann (2004). Systematic relationships of Lutzomyia sand flies (Diptera; Psychodidae) of Peru and Colombia based on the analysis of 12S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequences. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 225-234. Full Text
- 33) AM Pretorius, L Beati, R Birtles (2004). The diversity of bartonellae associated with small mammals inhabiting Free State Province, South Africa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54: 1959-1967. Abstract
2005
- 34) MG Morshed, JD Scott, K Fernando, LA Durden, L Beati, DF Mazerolle, G Geddes (2005). First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from the avian tick, Ixodes auritulus (Acari: Ixoddiae) collected in British Columbia: novel spirochete and tick relationships with migratory songbirds in Canada Journal of Parasitology 91: 780-790.
2006
- 35) AA Guglielmone, L Beati, DM Barros-Battesti, MB Labruna, S Nava, JM Venzal, AJ Mangold, MPJ. Szabó, JR Martins, D Gonzàlez-Acuña and A. Estrada-Peña (2006). Ticks (Ixodidae) on humans in South America. Experimental and Applied Acarology 40: 83-100.
2007
- 36) S Nava, M Lareschi, C Rebollo, C Benìtez Usher, L Beati, RG Robbins, LA Durden, AJ Mangold, AA Guglielmone (2007). The ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Paraguay. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 101: 255-270.
2008
- 37) L Beati, JE Keirans, LA Durden, and MD Opiang (2008). 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 69:185-200.
- 38) VC Onofrio, DM Barros-Battesti, S Marques, JLH Faccini, MB Labruna, L Beati (2008). Redescription of Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) based on light and scanning electron microscopy. Systematic Parasitology 69: 137-164.
- 39) S Epis, D Sassera, T Beninati, N Lo, L Beati, J Piesman, L Rinaldi, K McCoy, A Torina, L Sacchi, C Bandi. Midichlorian bacteria are widespread in hard ticks (Ixodidae) and reside in the mitochondria of phylogenetically diverse tick species. Parasitology 135: 485-494.
- 40) LA Durden, S Merker, L Beati. The tick fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae and Argasidae). Exeperimental and Applied Acarology (in press).
Book chapters
- 1) L Beati, D Raoult. Mediterranean spotted fever and other spotted fever group rickettsiae. In: Zoonoses (S.R. Palmer, Lord Soulsby, D.J.H. Simpson eds) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1998.
- 2) DJ Sexton, EB Breitschwerdt, L Beati, D Raoult. Epidemic and murine typhus. In: Zoonoses (S.R. Palmer, Lord Soulsby, D.J.H. Simpson eds) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1998.
- 3) L Beati, D Raoult, DJ Sexton, EB Breitschwerdt. Scrub typhus. In: Zoonoses (S.R. Palmer, Lord Soulsby, D.J.H. Simpson eds) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1998.
- 4) DM Barros-Battesti, KM Famadas, FA Nieri-Bastos, L Beati. Glossario de terminologias. In: Carrapatos de importància mèdico-veterinària da Região Neotropical: um guia ilustrado para identifição de espècies. DM Barros-Battesti, M Arzua, and GH Bechara (eds.), Vox/ICTTD-3/Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil, 2006, 223pp. (ISBN:85-99909-01-0).
Participation in conferences and meetings
1990
- IV International Symposium on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases, Piestany, Czechoslovakia
1) L Beati, N Teysseire, D Raoult. Kinetics of specific antibodies in Mediterranean spotted fever determined by western blotting. Its use in seroepidemiology (poster)
1991
- XIème Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie Anti-Infectieuse, Paris, France
2) L Beati, J-P Finidori, B Gilot, D Raoult. Nouvelles souches de rickettsies isolées de Rhipicephalus turanicus et Dermacentor sp. dans le Sud de la France (poster)
1992
- Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology and Rickettsial Diseases, Hamilton, MT
3) L Beati, M Eremeeva, N Balayeva, V Ignatovich, D Raoult. Some news about the geographical distribution of Rickettsia slovaca (oral presentation)
4) L Beati, M Eremeeva, XJ Yu, H Tissot Dupont, D Raoult. Rickettsia massiliae (sp. nov.)(poster)
1993
- VIth European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Sevilla, Spain
5) L Beati, PJ Kelly, D Raoult. Rickettsioses in Africa (oral presentation)
- Rencontres de Clermont-Ferrand sur la Surveillance et Contrôle des Maladies Transmissibles, Clermont-Ferrand, France
6) L Beati, D Raoult. Nouvelles rickettsies en France et dans le monde (oral presentation)
1994
- VIII European Meeting of the Society for Vector Ecology, Barcelone, Spain
7) L Beati, V Roux, A Ortuño, F Segura Porta, D Raoult. Characterization of six spotted fever group rickettsial strains isolated from Catalan Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks (invited speaker)
8) J Castellá, A Ortuño, L Beati. Potential vectors of rickettsial agents in Girona (Catalonia)(poster)
1995
- IInd International Conference on Tick-Borne Pathogens at the Host-Vector Interface, Kruger Park, South Africa
9) L Beati, V Roux, PJ Kelly, D Raoult. Association between ticks and spotted fever group rickettsiae: an expanding field of research. African and European observations (oral presentation)
1997
- XIIIth Sesqui-Annual Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology, Seven Springs, Champion, PA
10) L Beati, F Renaud, D Raoult. Hard tick species and spotted fever group rickettsiae. Testing the hypothesis of coevolution. European and African observations (poster)
11) L Beati, RL Regnery. Characterizationb of subunits of the F1-ATP synthase gene of Rickettsia prowazekii (oral presentation)
1999
- Ist International Conference on Bartonella as Emerging Pathogens, Tübingen, Germany
12) L Beati, BA Ellis, M Rood, S Eldaieef, RL Regnery. Eco-epidemiology of rat Bartonellae. Naturally occurring relationships between Rattus norvegicus, Xenopsylla cheopis and Bartonellae (oral presentation).
- IIIrd International Conference on Tick-Borne Pathogens: Into the 21st Century High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia
13) L Beati, JE Keirans. Phylogeny of the genera Rhipicephalus and Boophilus based on mitochondrial 12SrRNA gene sequences and morphological characters (oral presentation) .
- Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (Symposium of the Acarological Society), Atlanta, GA
14) L Beati. Ticks and spotted fever group rickettsiae. New findings throughout the World (invited speaker)
2000
- 2000 joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of America, Montréal, Canada
15) GA Scoles, M Papero, L Beati, D Fish. A new species of Borrelia, near B. miyamotoi, in Ixodes scapularis ticks in the Northeastern United States (poster)
- Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Huston, TX
16) GA Scoles, M Papero, L Beati, D Fish A previously undescribed Borrelia similar to B. miyamotoi in Ixodes scapularis ticks in Northeastern United States (poster)
- 55th International NorthWestern Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man, Fort Collins, CO
17) L Beati, BA Ellis, M Rood, S Eldaief, RL Regnery. Rattus norvegicus, Xenopsylla cheopis, and Bartonella species: eco-epidemiological relationships (oral presentation)
- XXI International Congress of Entomology, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
18) L Beati, AL Cáceres, EAB Galati, RL Regnery, J Lee. Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of Peruvian Lutzomyia species based on molecular data (poster)
2001
- American Society for Microbiology, CT Vally Branch, Groton, CT
19) Y Girard, L Beati, S Tirrell, D Fish. A phylogenetic analysis of North American tick-borne flaviviruses (poster)
20) B Brei, L Beati, D Fish. Feeding interval, but not equivalent incubation period, facilitates transmission of the rickettsial agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis from Ixodes scapularis ticks to laboratory mice.
21) M Derdakova, L Beati, D Fish. Genetic variability of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains detected by PCR/SSCP in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic.
- American Society for Rickettsiology, Big Sky, MT
22) A-M Pretorius, L Beati, R Birtles. Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella species infecting South African rodents.
- XV Congreso Latino-Americano de Parasitologia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23) DM Barros-Battesti, S Marques, L Beati, D Fish. Situaçao taxonomica de Ixodes loricatus e I. didelphidis (Acari: Ixodidae) baseada no sequenciamento de genes do 12SrRNA mitochondrial (poster).
2002
- 4th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens, Banff, Alberta, Canada
24) L Beati, JE Keirans. Reassessment of the systematic relationships among Amblyomma species based on ribosomal gene sequences (oral).
25) B Brei, L Beati, D Fish. Factors specific to tick feeding enhance Anaplasma (Ehrlichia) phagocytophila transmission and facilitate the establishment of virulent bacterial forms in host blood (poster).
26) M Derdakova, L Beati, B Petko, M. Stanko, D Fish. Genospcies distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in an Ixodes ricinus population from the Czech Republic detected by PCR-SSCP (poster).
- IX International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other tick-borne diseases, New York, NY
27) M Derdakova, L Beati, B Petko, M Stanko, D Fish. Genotyping Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex by PCR-SSCP analysis (poster).
- XI International Congress of Acarology, Merida, Mexico
28) L Beati, JE Keirans, DM Barros-Battesti. The Neotropical Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae): molecular tools for the identification of immature stages (poster).
29) M Arzua , DM Barros Battesti, KM Famadas, MA Navarro da Silva, L Beati. Bioecology of Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772) and Ixodes auritulus Neumann 1904 (Acari: Ixodidae) on wild birds from the "Bosque Reinhard Maack", Curitiba, State of Parana, Southern Brazil (poster)
- 2002 ASA Symposium, Annual Meeting Enotmological Society of America, Ft-Lauderdale, FL
30) L Beati, JE Keirans. Amblyomminae. A reassessment of systematic relationships based on molecular and morphological data (invited speaker)
2003
- 58th International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man, Flagstaff, AZ
31) L Beati, J Tsao, D Fish. Microsatellite markers for the study of the genetic structure of Ixodes scapularis ticks (oral).
- 35th Annual Society for Vector Ecology Meeting, Coeur d'Alene, ID
32) L Beati, AG Càceres, L Munstermann. Reassessment of the systematic relationships among Lutzomyia sand flies, with emphasis on the Verrucarum species group (poster).
2004
- 7th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Valencia, Spain
33) T De Meeüs, C Delaye, A Aeschlimann, L Beati, Y Lorimier, P-F Humair, C Grunau, F Renaud . The population genetics of Ixodes ricinus and Lyme borreliosis in Switzerland (oral). .
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami, FL
34) R León, R Terán, L Beati, M Neira, F Le Pont, LE Munstermann. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Amazon basin of Ecuador: genetic variation in the subgenus Psychodopygus (poster).
- Annual Meeting Entomological Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT
35) LW Cohnstaedt, L Beati, AG Càceres, LE Munstermann. Genetic structure of Lutzomyia verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae) based on mitochondrial gene sequences (poster).
2005
- Georgia Entomological Society, Athens, GA
36) L Beati The U.S. National Tick Collection: past, present, and future (invited speaker)
- Fifth International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP5), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
37) M Derdakova, D Lencakova, L. Beati, A Stefancikova, M Stanko, L Grubhoffer, B Petko. Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and members of family Anaplasmataceae in I. ricinus ticks and reservoir hosts in Eastern Slovakia (oral).
38) L Beati, JE Keirans. The genus Aponomma. What's left? (oral)
39) JE Keirans, LA Durden, L Beati. Bothriocroton oudemansi (Neumann, 1910) comb. nov. (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of the long-beaked echidna in New Guinea. Redescription of both sexes, description of the nymph, and molecular data (poster).
- Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Ft Lauderdale, FL
40) LW Cohnstaedt, L Beati, AG Càceres, LE Munstermann. Genetic structure of Lutzomyia verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae) populations in the Ancash region of Peru (oral).
2006
- XXIV Congresso Nazionale SOIPA (Società Italiana di Parassitologia), Messina, Italy
41) D Sassera, C Bandi, L Beati, T Beninati, S Epis, J Piesman, A Torina, N Lo. Preliminary results of a PCR screening for the presence of IricES1 and related bacteria in ticks (poster)
- ICA2006 - International Congress of Acarology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
42) L Beati. Ticks and pathogens: an evolutionary perspective (invited speaker)
43) D Sassera, T Beninati, S Epis, C Bandi, L Beati, C Genchi, L Sacchi, N Lo. IricES1, a symbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus that resides in the host mitochondria (oral).
44) M Santos-Silva S, L Beati. Rhipicephalus sanguineus and R. turanicus (Ixodidae): considering their fuzzy taxonomic status (poster)
45) VC Onofrio, DM Barros-Battesti, L Beati, JLH Faccini, MB Labruna. Redescription of Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844 (Ixodidae) based on light and scanning microscopy (poster).
- Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN
46) LW Cohnstaedt, L Beati, AG Càceres, LE Munstermann. Identifying the abiotic factors influencing the distribution and migration of the cutaneous leishmaniasis vector, Lutzomyia verrucarum in Ancash, Peru (oral).
2007
- Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA
47) L Beati, D Barros-Battesti, MB Labruna, AA Guglielmone, C Guzman Cornejo, A Caceres, JL H. Faccini, R Leon, EJ Blackford. Phylogeography of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), a widespread American tick species, based on the analysis of mitochondrial gene sequences (oral).
48) LE Munstermann, L Beati, S Mock, LA Jones. Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae): a phylogenetic reassessment of taxonomic relationships based on sequence data (oral).
49) L Cohnstaedt, L Beati, A Caceres, LE Munstermann. Identifying the population structure of the principal leishmaniasis vector, Lutzomyia verrucarum, in Peru using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (oral).