Publicaties
The effects of sampling method and vegetation type on the estimated abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks in forests Universiteit Gent
First molecular evidence of potentially zoonotic Babesia microti and Babesia sp EU1 in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Belgium Universiteit Gent
Pathogen communities of songbird-derived ticks in Europes low countries Universiteit Antwerpen
A transcriptome-based phylogenetic study of hard ticks (Ixodidae) Universiteit Antwerpen Universiteit Hasselt
Experimental study of micro-habitat selection by ixodid ticks feeding on avian hosts Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Antwerpen Universiteit Hasselt
Mechanisms of on-host habitat selection of parasites are important to the understanding of host-parasite interactions and evolution. To this end, it is important to separate the factors driving parasite micro habitat selection from those resulting from host anti-parasite behaviour. We experimentally investigated whether tick infestation patterns on songbirds are the result of an active choice by the ticks themselves, or the outcome of ...
Differential diagnosis of three common Ixodes spp. ticks infesting songbirds of Western Europe Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Antwerpen
The three most common Ixodes spp. ticks found on songbirds in Western Europe are Ixodes frontalis, I. arboricola and I. ricinus. As the latter species is a generalist, it shares several avian hosts with the two strictly ornithophilic species. Infestations of the three species can overlap in time and space, implying that tick-borne pathogens maintained by the ornithophilic ticks and their hosts could be bridged by I. ricinus to non-avian ...