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).