2024
Ruivo, M.; Kovács, N.Z.; Schötta, A.; Stelzer, T.; Hermann, L.; Mündler, V.; Bergthaler, A.; Reiter, M.; Wijnveld, M.: Optimising Transformation Efficiency in Borrelia: Unravelling the Role of the Restriction-Modification System of Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 11343, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252111343.
2022
Schötta, A.-M.; Stelzer, T.; Stanek, G.; Stockinger, H.; Wijnveld, M. Bacteria and protozoa with pathogenic potential in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Viennese recreational areas. Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-022-02046-7.
Strobl, J.; Mündler, V.; Müller, S.; Gindl, A.; Berent, S.; Schötta, A.M.; Kleissl, L.; Staud, C.; Redl, A.; Unterluggauer, L.; et al. Tick feeding modulates the human skin immune landscape to facilitate tick-borne pathogen transmission. J. Clin. Invest. 2022, 132, https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI161188.
Gindl, A.; Schötta, A.M.; Berent, S.; Markowicz, M.; Stockinger, H.; Thalhammer, F.; Stary, G.; Strobl, J. Persistent Lyme disease with cutaneous Borrelia biofilm formation. Br. J. Dermatol. 2022, 186, 1041–1043, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.20977.
2021
Wijnveld, M.; Schötta, A.; Stelzer, T.; Duscher, G.; Leschnik, M.; Stockinger, H.; Lindgren, P.; Stanek, G. Novel Protozoans in Austria Revealed through the Use of Dogs as Sentinels for Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1392, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071392.
Markowicz, M.; Schötta, A.-M.; Höss, D.; Kundi, M.; Schray, C.; Stockinger, H.; Stanek, G. Infections with Tickborne Pathogens after Tick Bite, Austria, 2015–2018. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2021, 27, 1048–1056, https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.203366.
Markowicz, M.; Schötta, A.M.; Penatzer, F.; Matscheko, C.; Stanek, G.; Stockinger, H.; Riedler, J. Isolation of francisella tularensis from skin ulcer after a tick bite, austria, 2020. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 9–12, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071407.
2020
Tobudic, S.; Burgmann, H.; Stanek, G.; Winkler, S.; Schötta, A.; Obermüller, M.; Markowicz, M.; Lagler, H. Human Borrelia miyamotoi Infection, Austria. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2020, 26, 2201–2204, https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.191501.
Apostolovic, D.; Mihailovic, J.; Commins, S.P.; Wijnveld, M.; Kazimirova, M.; Starkhammar, M.; Stockinger, H.; Platts‐Mills, T.A.E.; Cirkovic Velickovic, T.; Hamsten, C.; et al. Allergenomics of the tick Ixodes ricinus reveals important α-Gal–carrying IgE-binding proteins in red meat allergy. Allergy Eur. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 2020, 75, 217–220, https://doi.org/10.1111/all.13978.
Markowicz, M.; Schötta, A.-M.; Wijnveld, M.; Stanek, G. Lyme Borreliosis with Scalp Eschar Mimicking Rickettsial Infection, Austria. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2020, 26, 2193–2195, https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.191256.
Schötta, A.-M.; Wijnveld, M.; Höss, D.; Stanek, G.; Stockinger, H.; Markowicz, M. Identification and Characterization of “Candidatus Rickettsia Thierseensis”, a Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Species Detected in Austria. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 1670, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111670.
Hornok, S.; Sándor, A.D.; Földvári, G.; Ionică, A.M.; Silaghi, C.; Takács, N.; Schötta, A.; Wijnveld, M. First broad-range molecular screening of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) kaiseri, with special emphasis on piroplasms. Acta Vet. Hung. 2020, 68, 30–33, https://doi.org/10.1556/004.2020.00003.
Reiter, M.; Stelzer, T.; Schötta, A.M.; Markowicz, M.; Leschnik, M.; Harsch, A.; Reiß, E.; Kneusel, R.E.; Stockinger, H.; Stanek, G. Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase Identified as Non-Reliable Serological Marker for Borrelia miyamotoi Disease. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 1846, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8121846.
2019
Ullah, H.; Kontschán, J.; Takács, N.; Wijnveld, M.; Schötta, A.; Boldogh, S.A.; Sándor, A.D.; Szekeres, S.; Görföl, T.; Rasheed, S.B.; et al. A new Rickettsia honei-related genotype, two novel soft tick haplotypes and first records of three mite species associated with bats in Pakistan. Syst. Appl. Acarol. 2019, 24, 2106–2118, https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.11.6.
2018
Olivieri, E.; Wijnveld, M.; Bonga, M.; Berger, L.; Manfredi, M.T.; Veronesi, F.; Jongejan, F. Transmission of Rickettsia raoultii and Rickettsia massiliae DNA by Dermacentor reticulatus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) ticks during artificial feeding. Parasit. Vectors 2018, 11, 494, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3075-2.
Markowicz, M.; Schötta, A.M.; Kundi, M.; Bogovič, P.; Ogrinc, K.; Strle, F.; Stanek, G. CXCL13 concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis and other neurological disorders determined by Luminex and ELISA. Ticks Tick. Borne. Dis. 2018, 9, 1137–1142, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.04.008.
Duscher, G.G.; Hodžić, A.; Hufnagl, P.; Wille-Piazzai, W.; Schötta, A.M.; Markowicz, M.A.; Estrada-Peña, A.; Stanek, G.; Allerberger, F. Adult Hyalomma marginatum tick positive for Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Austria, October 2018. Eurosurveillance 2018, 23, 1–3, https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.48.1800595.