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
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 23 (special issue): 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 14 (6):428.

1994

11) 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
12) 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
13) 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
14) 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

15) M Meskini, L Beati, A Benslimane, D Raoult (1995). Seroepidemiology of rickettsial infections in Morocco. European Journal of Epidemiology 11: 655-660. Abstract
16) 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
17) L Beati, D. Raoult (1995). Quand penser à une rickettsiose en France. La Gazette Médicale Tome 102: 8-12.

1996

18) 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
19) 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
20) 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

21) 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
22) 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
23) 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

24) 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
25) 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

26) 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
27) 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
28) 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.
29) 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
30) P Villaseca, C Padilla, G Ventura, F Samalvides, H Yañez, L Chevarrîa, B Ellis, L Rotz, J Leake, L Beati (1999). 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, 15:1-2.

2001

31) 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
32) 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

33) 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
34) 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

35) 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
36) 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

37) 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
38) 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

39) 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

40) AA Guglielmone, L Beati, DM Barros-Battesti, MB Labruna, S Nava, JM Venzal, AJ Mangold, MPJ. Szabó, JR Martins, D Gonzàlez-Acuña, A. Estrada-Peña (2006). Ticks (Ixodidae) on humans in South America. Experimental and Applied Acarology 40: 83-100.

2007

41) 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

42) L Beati, JE Keirans, LA Durden, 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.
43) 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.
44) S Epis, D Sassera, T Beninati, N Lo, L Beati, J Piesman,L Rinaldi, K McCoy, A Torina, L Sacchi, C Bandi(2008). Midichloria midochlorii bacteria are widespread in hard ticks (Ixodidae) and reside in the mitochondria of phylogenetically diverse tick species. Parasitology 135: 485-494.
45) LA Durden, S Merker, L Beati (2008). The tick fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae and Argasidae). Exeperimental and Applied Acarology 45: 85-110.

2009

46) DM Barros-Battesti, RM Hernández, KM Famadas, VC Onofrio,L Beati, AA Guglielmone (2009). The ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Cuba. Systematic and Applied Acarology 14: 101-128.
47) MB Labruna, VC Onofrio, L Beati, M Arzua, P Bertola, AF Ribeiro, DM Barros-Battesti (2009). Redescription of the female, description of the male, and several records of Amblyomma parkeri (Acari: Ixodidae), a South American tick species. Experimental and Applied Acarology 49: 243-260.

2010

48) LA Jones, LW Cohnstaedt, L Beati, R Leon, LE Munstermann (2010). New records of Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Ecuador. Proceeedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112: 47-53.
49) PJ Kelly, H Lucas, L Beati, C Yowell, S Mahan, J Dame (2010). Survey for Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma variegatum and domestic ruminants on eight Caribbean islands. Journal of Parasitology 96:1086-1088.
50) LA Durden, L Beati (2010). Moths attracted to mercury vapor lights in French Guiana. Southern Lepidopterists' News 32: 156-161.

2011

51) ME Eremeeva, ML Zambrano, L Anaya, L Beati, S Karpathy, MM Santos-Silva, B Salceda, D Macbeth, H Olguin, GA Dasch, C Alpuche Aranda (2011). Rickettsia rickettsii in Rhipicephalus ticks, Mexicali, Mexico. The Journal of Medical Entomology 48: 418-421.
52) P Kelly, H Lucas, C Yowell, L Beati , J Dame, J Urdaz-Rodriguez, S Mahan (2011). Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum and domestic ruminants in the Caribbean. The Journal of Medical Entomology 48: 485-488.
53) LW Cohnstaedt, L Beati, AG Caceres, C Ferro, LE Munstermann (2011). Phylogenetics of the phlebotomine sand fly group Verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae: Lutzomyia) The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 84(6): 913-922.
54) MM Santos-Silva, L Beati , AS Santos, R De Sousa, MS Núncio, P Melo, M Santos-Reis, C Fonseca, P Formosinho, C Vilela, F Bacellar (2011). 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 55: 85-121.
55)LB Regassa, FE French, KM Stewart, AC Murphy, HL Jandhyam, L Beati (2011). A Costa Rican bacterial Spiroplasma biodiversity survey in tabanid flies reveals new serogroups and extends United States ranges. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 3: 338-344.

2012

56) LW Cohnstaedt, AG Caceres, L Beati, LE Munstermann (2012). The population structure of Lutzomyia verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae), a Bartonella bacilliformis and Leishmania peruviana vector in Peru.The Journal of Medical Entomology 49:77-84.
57) L Beati, J Patel, H Lucas-Williams, H Adakal, EG Kanduma, E Tembo-Mwase, R Krecek, JW Mertins, JT Alfred, S Kelly, P Kelly (2012). Phylogeography and demographic history of Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius) (Acari: Ixodidae), the tropical bont tick. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 12: 514-525. (online).
58) TD Burger, R Shao, L Beati, H Miller, S. Barker (2012). Phylogenetic analysis of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) using mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes indicates that the genus Amblyomma is polyphyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 45-55.
59) LA Durden, L Beati (2012). Lepidoptera recorded in the Val Piora (Canton Ticino, Switzerland). Summers 2009-2011. Bollettino della Società ticinese di Scienze naturali 100: 121-125.

2013

60) MB Blanco, MA Elfawal, LA Durden, L Beati, G Xu, LR Godfrey, SM Rich (2013). 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 99:11-18 (online: dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-3183.1).
61) M Dietrich, L Beati, E Elquero, T Boulinier, K McCoy (2013). Body size and shape evolution in host races of the tick Ixodes uriae. The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (2):: 323-334. (online: DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02021.x).
62) L Beati, S Nava, EJ Burkman, D Barros-Battesti, MB Labruna, AA Guglielmone, AG Cáceres, C Guzmán-Cornejo, R Léon, LA Durden, JLH Faccini (2013). Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology13: 267 (link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/267)

2014

63) N Mukherjee, L Beati, M Sellers, L Burton, S Adamson, R Robbins, F Moore, S Karim (2014) Importation of exotic ticks and tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsia into the United States by migrating songbirds. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5(2): 127-134.
64) YP Springer, L Eisen, L Beati, AM James, RJ Eisen (2014). Spatial distribution of counties in the continental United States with records of occurrence of Amblyomma americanum (L.). Journal of Medical Entomology 51 (2):342-351.
65) S Nava, L Beati, MB Labruna, AG Cáceres, AJ Mangold, AA Guglielmone (2014). 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 5 (3):252-276.
66) C Lubelczyk; EH Lacombe, SP Elias, L Beati, PW Rand (2014). Parasitism of mustelids by ixodid ticks (Acari:Ixodidae), Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5 (4): 432-435.
67) S Nava, L Beati, J Dunlop, AA Guglielmone (2014). Reestablishment of Amblyomma tenellum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5 (6): 620-623.

2015

68) S Nava, A Estrada-Peña, T Petney, L Beati, MB Labruna, MPJ Szabó, JM Venzal, M Mastropaolo, AJ Mangold, AA Guglielmone (2015). The taxonomic status of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) Veterinary Parasitology 28 (1-2): 2-8
69) LA Durden, CR Knapp, L Beati, S Dold (2015). Reptile-associated ticks from Dominica and the Bahamas with notes on hyperparasitic erythrhraeid mites. The Journal of Parasitology 101 (1): 24-27.
70)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 (2015) Variation in the microbiota of Ixodes ticks with regard to geography, species, and sex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81: 6200-6209.

2016

71) AD Loftis, PJ Kelly, CD Paddock, K Blount, JW Johnson, ER Gleim, MJ Yabsley, ML Levin, L Beati (2016). Panola MOuntain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum from the Inted States and Amblyomma variegatum from the Caribbean and Africa. Journal of Medical Entomology 53(3):696-698 (doi: 10:1093/jme/tjv240)
72) P Lado, S Nava, MB Labruna, MPJ Szabo, LA Durden, S Bermudez, M Montagna, AC Sánchez Quirós, L Beati (2016) Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae): phylogeography and systematic considerations. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 7 (5):817-827.
73) 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, M H 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 and MJ Yabsley (2016). Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere 7(5):e01271. 10.1002/ecs2.1271
74) S Nava, M Gerardi, MPJ Szabó, M Mastropaolo, TF Martins, MB Labruna, L Beati, A Estrada-Peña, AA Guglielmone (2016). 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, 7 (6): 1168-1179

2017

75) JD Oliver, SW Bennet, L Beati, LC Bartholomay (2017). Range expansion and increasing Borrelia burgdorferi infection of the tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Iowa, 1990–2013. Journal of Medical Entomology 1-8. (doi: 10.1093/jme/tjx121)
76) S Hornok, AD Sándor, R Beck, R Farkas, Lorenza 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 (2017). 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 10 (1) (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 (2017). 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 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). c8 (4)(DOI10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.09.013)(Obituary)

2018

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 (2018). Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806): Neotype designation, morphological re-description of all parasitic stages and molecular characterization. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 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 (2018). 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 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 (2018). The Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) group of ticks: phenotypic plasticity or incipient speciation?Parasites & Vectors11:610. (doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3186-9)

2019

82) L Beati and H Klompen (2019). Phylogeography of Ticks (Acari: Ixodida). Annual Reviews of Entomology 64(1). DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043027
83) AM Egizi, RG Robbins, L Beati, S Nava, CR Evans, J Occi, DM Fonseca (2019). A pictorial key to differentiate the recently detected exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari, Ixodidae) from native congeners in North America. Zookeys 818:117-128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.818.30448
84) J Delgado-de la Mora, S Sánchez-Montes, JD Licona-Enríquez, D Delagdo-de la Mora, CD Paddock, L Beati, P Colunga-Salas, C Guzmán-Cornejo, ML Zambrano, SE Karpathy, AM López-Pérez, G Álvarez-Hernández (2019). Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group, Mexico. EID 25: 836-838.
85) T De Meeûs, CT Chan, JM Ludwig, JI Tsao, J Patel, J Bhagatwala, L Beati (2019). 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 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/622373

2020

86) A Lehane, C Parise, C Evans, L Beati, WL Nicholson, RJ Eisen (2020). Reported county-level distribution of the American dog tick (Acari: Ixodidae) in the contiguous United States. Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 131-155. doi:10.1093/jme/tjz119.
87) MN Saracho Bottero, J M Venzal, E L Tarragona, C S Thompson, A J Mangold, L Beati, A A Guglielmone, S Nava. (2020). The Ixodes ricinus complex (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Southern Cone of America: Ixodes pararicinus, Ixodes aragaoi, and Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis. Parasitology Research 119: 43-54.
88) ME Eremeeva, D Capps, C Logan McBride, AJ Williams-Newkirk, GA Dasch, JS Salzer, L Beati, LA Durden (2020). Detection of Rickettsia asembonensis in fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae, Ceratophyllidae) collected in five counties in Georgia, United States.Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 1246-1253. doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa029
89) NSG Tucker, ENI Weeks, L Beati, PE Kaufman (2020) 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 (in press) doi: 10.1111/mve.12479
90) S Han, GJ Hickling, NH Ogden, HS Ginsberg, V Kobbekaduwa, EL Rulison, L Beati, JI Tsao (2020) 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 (in press) available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101556)

2021

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 12, 101572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101572
92) HS Ginsberg, GJ Hickling, R Burke, NH Ogden, L Beati, RA LeBrun2, IM Arsnoe, R Gerhold, S Han, K Jackson, L Maestas, T Moody, G Pang, B Ross, EL Rulison, JI Tsao (2021). 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. PLoSBiol 19 (1): e3001066 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001066)
93) KJ Ledger, L Beati, SM Wisely (2021). Survey of ticks and tick-borne rickettsial and protozoan pathogens in Eswatini Pathogens 10, 1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10081043

2022

94) Y Tian, PE Kaufman, CE Taylor, L Beati, and CC Lord (2022). Variable effects of temperature and relative humidity on Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. (Acari: Ixodidae) development. Environmental Entomology 51(4):848-858. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvac027.
95) LH Backus, JE Foley, GB Hobbs, Y Bai, L Beati (2022). A new species of tick, Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis (Acari: Ixodidae), from the Amargosa Valley of California. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 13 (6): 102020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102020

2023

96) E Tarragona, P Lado, L Beati, A Mangold, A Guglielmone, S Nava (2023). Do parapatric populations of the ticks Amblyomma tonelliae Nava, Beati & Labruna, 2014 and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Acari: Ixodidae) hybridize?" Medical and Veterinary Entomology 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 (2023). 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 3: 356-372. https://doi.org/10.24349/bvem-4h49
98)LA Durden and L Beati (2023). Obituary. James Edward Keirans (1935-2023). Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 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 (2023). Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899. Zootaxa, 5361 (1): 053–073. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5361.1.2

2024

100) LA Durden, L Beati, SE Greiman, AV Abramov (2024). 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, 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 (2024) 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: tjae023, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae023
102) AM López-Pérez, L Backus, L Beati, H Klompen, F Rubino, J Foley. Novel Rickettsia and host records for argasid ticks, including Alveonasus cooleyi, on wild mammals in Baja California, Mexico. Experimental and Applied Acarolology 93: 459–472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-024-00935-2
103) 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 14, 19834. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69768-8
104) N Canino, C Torhorst, S Botero-Cañola, L Beati, KC O'Hara, A James, SM Wisely (2024). Development of a rapid and reliable surveillance method for Ornithodoros turicata americanus in gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows in the southeastern United States. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 1–12. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12764
105) S Botero-Canola, C Torhorst, N Canino, L Beati, KC O’ Hara, AM James, SM Wisely. Integrating systematic sur-veys with historical data to model the distribution of Ornithodoros turicata americanus, a vector of epidemiological concern in North America. Ecology and Evolution, 2024, 14 (11): e70547.
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. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2024, 14:1472598. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1472598
107) L Beati. Georgia Southern University al Centro di Biologia Alpina di Piora. In: R. Peduzzi (ed), Piora nel cuore delle scienze alpine. 2024, Documenta Centro Biologia Alpina, Edizioni Centro Biologia Alpina, Piora. pp.85-87.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1998

105) 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.
106) 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.
107) 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.

2006

108) 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).

2013

109) LA Durden, L Beati (2013). Modern Tick Systematics. In: Biology of Ticks (2nd edition); D.E. Sonenshine and R.M. Roe (eds) Oxford University Press in New York City, New York, USA

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).

2008

6th Congress of European Asssociation of Acarologists (EURAAC), Montpellier, France (July 20-25)
50) D Sassera, S Epis, E. Ferri, L Beati , M Casiraghi. Loot4dbd, a novel bioinformatic tool to evaluate barcoding markers: application to ixodid ticks (oral).
51) L Beati, D Barros-Battesti, AA Guglielmone, MB Labruna, C Guzman-Cornejo, AG Cáceres, R León, JH Faccini, EJ Blackford. Phylogeography of Amblyomma cajennense, the Cayenne tick (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae) (poster).

17th Congress of the International Organization of Mycoplasmology meeting (July 6-11) 52) H. Jandhyam, CR Bates, TE Young, L Beati, G.E. Gasparich, F.E. French, and L.B. Regassa. Global Spiroplasma biodiversity in a single host family (poster).

Sixth International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP6), Buenos Aires, Argentina (September 21-26).
53) L Beati. Taxonomic relationships among subgnera of the genus Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 based on molecular data (poster).
54) L Beati, J Tsao, K Defilippis, K Burke. Selection of microsatellite markers for the evaluation of temporal genetic variability of Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821 in the Northeastern United States (oral).
55) M Santos-Silva, L Beati, C Vilela, F Bacellar. Re-evaluation of the systemaic status of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in Portugal (poster).
56) C Guzmán-Cornejo, G Parra-Olea, L Beati, R Paredes Leon, JB Morales-Malacara. Ticks of amphibians and reptiles from Mexico - Molecular analysis of Amblyomma species (poster).

6th International Symposium on Phlebotomine sandflies (ISOPS6); Lima, Peru (October 27-31)
57) L Beati, S Mock, LA Jones, LE Munstermann. The phylogeny of sand flies of the genus Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) (oral).

2009

Georgia Entomological Society Meeting, Hiawassee, GA (April 1-3)
58) E Burkman, L Beati. Phylogeographic study of a New World tick, Amblyomma cajennense Fabricius 1787 (Acari: Ixodidae), based on mitochondrial gene sequences (oral, awarded 2nd price in the graduate student competition).

23rd Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology, Hilton Head, SC (August 15-18)
59) ME Eremeeva, ML Zambrano, L Beati, GA Dasch, SE Karpathy, H Olguín, L Anaya, B García, CM Alpuche Aranda. Genetic analysis of Rickettsia rickettsii and Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille from Mexicali, Mexico (Abstract #90)

Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN (December 13-16)
60) L Beati, J Patel, PJ Kelly, T Krecek. Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae), an African tick in the Caribbean: preliminary phylogeographic data (oral)

2010

18th Congress of the International Organization of Mycoplasmology, Chianciano, Italy (July 11-16)
61) LB Regassa, FE French, H Janhyam, L Beati, D Hoang. Spiroplasma biodiversity.

24th Meeting of the American Society for Rckettiology (Stevenson, WA - July 31_August 3)
62) AD Loftis, PJ Kelly, CD PAddock, KW Blount, l Beati (abstrct # 123). Detection of the Panola Mountain Ehrlichia sp. in Amblyomma maculatum from the USA and Amblyomma variegatum from the Caribbean and Africa.

XIII International Congress of Acarology, Recife, Brazil (August 23-27)
63) L Beati. Amblyomma cajennense: a case of not too cryptic speciation (invited speaker)
64) M Montagna, D Pistone, E Ferri, L Beati, D Sassera, M Casiraghi, S Epis, C Bandi. Tick barcoding: viable option?(oral)
65) L Beati. Advances in tick phylogenetics (oral)
66) C Chan, J Bhagatwala, J Patel, JI Tsao, L Beati. Microsatellite markers in Ixodes scapularis: preliminary data (oral)

42nd Annual Conference of the Society for vector Ecology, Raleigh, NC (September 23-26)
67) L Beati.Lyme disease in the Southern United States (invited speaker)

58th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (San Diego, CA – December 12-15)
68) Griffin N, Dickson J, Durden L, Beati L. Genetic structure of Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) and host association (poster).

2011

Georgia Entomological Society, Cordele, GA
69) CT Chan, H Walker, L Beati. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA in Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821 (Acari: Ixodidae), the black-legged tick (poster).

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Seventh International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP7), Zaragoza, Spain (August 28-Sept 3)
72) M Dietrich, L Beati, E Elguero, T Boulinier, KD McCoy. Body shape evolution in host races of the seabird tick Ixodes uriae.(oral)
73) S Dold, L Beati, H Klompen. A preliminary phylogeny of Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodida) inferredfrom 18s rRNA and 12s rRNA (oral).
74) L Beati, S Nava, M Labruna, C Guzman-Cornejo, D Barros-Battesti, A Caceres, E Burkman. Reassessing the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennese (Fabricius, 1787): combining morphological, molecular, and ecobiological data. (oral)
75) L Beati; C Chan, J Bhagadwala, J Patel, J Tsao. Population genetics of Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821. (oral)
76) G Hickling, L Beati, R Burke, H Ginsberg, N Ogden, J Tsao. North vs. South differences in Ixodes scapularis abundance and host selection contribute to the geographic pattern of Lyme disease cases in the eastern U.S. (oral)
77) T Burger, R Shao, H Miller, L Beati, S Barker. The mitochondrial genomes of two “primitive” ticks, Amblyomma sphenodonti and Amblyomma elephense, and a new understanding of the systematic relationships among the Metastriata. (oral)
78) V Onofrio, D Barros-Battesti, L Beati. New records of Ixodes species (acari: ixodidae) in the Neotropical region.

The 59th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (Reno, NV – November 13-16, 2011)
79) J Patel, J Bhagatwala, C Chan, J Tsao, L Beati. Temporal genetic variability in Ixodes scapularis (Acari, Ixodidae) collected in Connecticut between 2001 and 2004. (poster).
80) C Chan, H Walker, L Beati. Genetic structure of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) throughout its distribution area based on mitochondrial gene markers. (poster).

2012

The 76th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Entomological Society (Statesboro, GA - 4-6 April 2012)
81) C Chan, H Walker, L Beati. Population structure of Ixodes scapularis, the Lyme disease vector: combining mitochondrial gene sequence and microsatellite analyses.(oral)
82) J Patel, J Bhagatwala, L Beati. Seasonal genetic diversity of Ixodes scapularis collected at a single site.(poster)
83) C Chan, H Walker, J Patel, J Bhagatwala, L Burton, L Beati. Characterization of novel microsatellite markers in Ixodes scapularis, the vector of Lyme disease.(poster)
84) J Dickson, A Benn, L Beati. Assortative mating in Ixodes scapularis? (poster)
85) FJ Williams, L Beati, LA Durden. Louse-host specificity: the odd case of Neotrichodectes mephiditis. (poster)

The International Congress of Entomology (Daegu, Korea 19-25 August 2012)
86) S Karim, N. Mukherjee, M. Sellers, L. Burton, S. Adamson, R. G Robbins, L Beati, F. Moore. Dissemination of exotic tick and tick-borne infectious agents by migratory birds in the United States of America and abroad (oral).

The 60th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (Knoxville, TN – 11-14 November 2012)
87) N Mukherjee, M Sellers, L Burton, SW Adamson, L Beati, F Moore,S Karim. Diversity of microbial communities identified in exotic ticks imported in U.S.A. by migrating songbirds. (poster)
88) L Beati. Ixodes scapularis: does tick population genetics influence relationships with hosts and environment? (invited speaker)
89) L Beati. The U.S. National Tick Collection: past, present, and future. (invited speaker)

2013

The International Jena Symposium on Tick-Borne Diseases (Weimar, Germany - March21-23)
90) L Beati. Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821: multilocus population genetics (invited speaker)
91) H Klompen, L Beati, LA Durden. The genus Amblyomma: recent progresses in our understanding of its evolutionary history. (oral)

The 77th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Entomological Society (Amicalola Falls, GA - 4-6 April 2012)
92) L Beati The tick genus Amblyomma following its phylogeography through evolutionary times (preliminary data)

The 98th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (Minneapolis, MN – August 4-9)
93) J Tsao, L Beati, R Burke, H Ginsberg, G Hickling, N Ogden. Eco-epidemiology of a complex system: unraveling the link between Lyme disease and biodiversity (oral)

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis, Boston MA. August 2013
94) H Ginsberg, E Rulison, G Pang, R Burke, L Beati, GJ Hickling, J Tsao Contribution of tick phenology to geographical gradients in Lyme Borreliosis in eastern and central North America
95) J Tsao, L Beati, R Burke, H Ginsberg, GJ Hickling, and N Ogden. Gradients in blacklegged tick abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi infection prevalence are correlated with the distribution of Lyme borreliosis throughout the eastern U.S.

The 61st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (Austin, TX – November 9-14)
96) L. Beati, H Klompen, L Durden, D Hibbs Revisiting the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae).(Invited speaker)

2014

Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference (Statesboro, GA – March 14-16)
97) H Seabolt, L. Beati. Assessing mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequences as phylogenetic markers for the study of the systematics of Amblyomma Koch (Acari: Ixodidae).
98) J Ludwig, L. Beati. Molecular systematics of different Ixodes scapularis populations across the United States.
99) D Hibbs,L. Beati . Genetic diversity of Amblyomma maculatum and its close relatives, Amblyomma triste and Amblyomma tigrinum.

Proceedings of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. October 2014
100) R Burke, B Ross, L Beati, H Ginsberg, GJ Hickling, N Ogden, J Tsao. Raccoons and opossums across the eastern and central United States: demographic variation may affect efficacy as Lyme disease diluters.
101) B Ross, R Burke, L Beati, H Ginsberg, GJ Hickling, N Ogden, J Tsao. Evaluation of camera trapping as a method for estimating raccoon and opossum density.

The 78th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Entomological Society (Valdosta, GA- 9-11 April)
102) J. Ludwig, L. Beati. Ixodes scapularis Say 1821: comparing mitochondrial, nuclear, and microsatellite markers for the study of its genetic structure (poster)
103) H. Seabolt, L. Beati. Mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequences as an informative phylogenetic marker for systematic analysis of the subgenera of the genus Amblyomma Koch (Ixodidae) (poster)

The 12th Annual Conference – Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Diseases (Fort Collins, CO- June 1-4)
104) L. Beati, C. Chan, J. Ludwig, and the Lyme Disease Gradient Consortium. Ixodes scapularis Say 1821: the final word on its genetic structure? (poster)

10th European Congress of Entomology (York, UK – August 3-8)
105) L. Beati, C. Chan, J. Dickson, J. Ludwig, and the Lyme Disease Gradient Consortium. Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821: population genetics and phylogeographical history revisited (invited speaker)

The 62st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (Portland, OR – November 15-19)
106) J Ludwig, C Chan, I Kuczaj, L. Beati and the Lyme Disease Gradient Consortium. The genetic structure of Ixodes scapularis Say 1821 revisited. (oral presentation)

The Southeastern Microbiology Summit, Florida Branch Meeting and 100th General Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of ASM (Jacksonville, FL – September 5-7)
107) D. Capps, A.J. Williams-Newkirk, G.A. Dasch, J.S. Salzer, L. Beati, L. Durden, M. Eremeeva. Rickettsia typhi is still present in Southeastern Georgia, USA (poster).

The 114th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (Boston, MA – MAy 10-20)
108) M.E. Eremeeva, C.M. Logan, L. Beati,, L.A. Durden. Detection of flea-borne rickettsiae in south-eastern Georgia, USA. Abstract 475 (poster).

2014 Meeting of the Southeastern Society of Parasitologists (Statesboro, GA - April 9-11)
109) D. Capps, C. Logan, A.J. Williams-Newkirk, G.A. Dasch, J.S. Salzer, L. Beati, L. Durden, M.E. Eremeeva. Flea-borne rickettsiae in Georgia, USA. (oral presentation)

2015

81st Annual Meeting of the American Mosquito Control Association (New Orleans, LA - MArch 29 - April 2)
110) L. Beati. Highlights of tick biology. Research Highlights 2015; #43. (invited speaker)

90th Annual Meeting, American Society of Parasitologists (Omaha, NE - June 25-28)
111) P Lado, D Hibbs, S Nava, L Beati. Is Amblyomma parvum a complex of cryptic species? (poster)

Georgia Southern University Research Symposium (Statesboro, GA - April)
112) J Ludwig, L Beati. Genetic structure of the black legged tick, Ixodes scapularis.(poster)

79th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Entomological Society (Jekyll Island, GA - April 8-10)
113) P Lado, D Hibbs, S Nava, L Beati. Molecular systematics of Amblyomma parvum Aragao, 1908. (oral presentation)
114) J Ludwig, C Chan, I Kuczaj, L Beati. Genetic analysis of Ixodes scapularis (oral presentation)

The 63st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (Minneapolis, MN – November 15-18)
115) P Lado, D Hibbs, S Nava, L Durden, L Beati. Resolving some taxonomic conflicts within the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) (oral presentation #0176)
116) M Seabolt, L Beati, L Durden, Hans Klompen. Biogeographical patterns in the hard-tick genus Amblyomma Koch (Acari: Ixodidae). (oral presentation, #0788)

2016

Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Fort Lauderdale FL. August 2016.
117) B Ross, RB Burke, L Beati, HS Ginsberg, GJ Hickling, N Ogden, J Tsao (2016). Evaluation of camera trapping as a method for estimating raccoon and opossum densities.

American Society for Rickettsiology, Annual Conference, Big Sky, MT-2016.
118) ME Eremeeva, D Capps, AJ Williams-Newkirk, GA Dasch, L Beati, LA Durden (2016). Flea-borne Rickettsiae in Southeastern Georgia, USA (Oral presentation)

2018

The 14th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics and Infectious Diseases (6-9 November, Stiges, Spain)
119) T De Meeûs, O Manangwa , S Ravel , L Beati. New tools to detect and discriminate causes of homozygous excess and linkage disequilibrium in vectors

2019

66th Annual Meeting of the/ La reunión anual 66 de la Southwestern Association of Naturalists (11-14 April, 2019; Chihuahua, Mexico).
120) A Herrera-Mares, C Guzman-Cornejo, L Beati. Morphological and molecular delimitation of three species of the genus Amblyomma (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Mexico (oral presentation).

30th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology (8-11 June, 2019, Santa Fe, NM)
121) L Beati. Tick Biology (invited keynote speaker).

42nd Annual Georgia Mosquito Control Association Meeting (16-18 October, 2019, Cordele, GA)
122) L Beati The USNTC and a new Tick Workshop at GSU. (invited speaker)

2020

46th Annual Meeting of the West Central Mosquito & Vector Control Association (March 4-5, 2020, Grand Junction, CO)
123) L Beati. Ticks in the U.S.: what's new? (invited keynote speaker)

44th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Vector Control Association (8-10 March, 2020, Nashville, IN)
124) L Beati. Asian Longhorned Ticks. (invited speaker)
125) L Beati. Geographic variation in blacklegged ticks. (invited speaker)

2022

Tenth International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP7), Murighiol, Romania (August 29-September 2, 2022)
126) R Velez, H Younsi, E Zhioua, S Antunes, A Domingos, L Moerbeck, A Estrada-Peña, T De Meeûs, L Beati M Santos-Silva, A Santos. Update on the interbreeding experiments between European and North-African populations of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) (coauthor on poster)
127) R Velez, H Younsi, E Zhioua, S Antunes, A Domingos, L Moerbeck, A Estrada-Peña, T De Meeûs, L Beati, M Santos-Silva, A Santos. Development and testing of microsatellite loci for population genetics studies in Ixodes ricinus (coauthor on poster)

2023

Society of American Forester Meeting (Georgia Branch), Statesboro GA (April 6, 2023)
127) L Beati. The U.S. National Tick Collection: studying ticks for the past 120 years (invited speaker)

Florida Cattlemen’s Association Fall Quarterly Meeting (Marianna, FL – November 30-December 1st, 2023)
128) L Beati Ticks and tick-borne diseases in the southeastern U.S., a concern for the cattle industry (invited speaker).

2024

XVth Slovak and Chech Parasitological Days. (Tesáre -Nove Mlyny, Slovakia – May 13-17, 2024)
129) L Beati. Tick population genetics: tools and future venues (invited speaker).