Lorenza Beati
Georgia Southern University
92 Papers
431 Citations
Lorenza Beati is an academic researcher from Georgia Southern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ixodidae & Tick. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 80 publications. Previous affiliations of Lorenza Beati include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & Southern University and A&M College.
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Papers
Analysis of the systematic relationships among ticks of the genera rhipicephalus and boophilus (acari: ixodidae) based on mitochondrial 12s ribosomal dna gene sequences and morphological characters
Lorenza Beati,James E. Keirans +1 more
TL;DR: A portion of mitochondrial 12S rDNA sequences and 63 morphological characters of 36 hard-tick species belonging to 7 genera were analyzed to determine the phylogenetic relationships among groups and species of Rhipicephalus and between the genera Rhip icephalu and Boophilus.
Ticks (Ixodidae) on humans in South America
Alberto A. Guglielmone,Lorenza Beati,Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti,Marcelo Bahia Labruna,Santiago Nava,José M. Venzal,Atilio Jose Mangold,Matias Pablo Juan Szabó,João Ricardo Martins,Daniel González-Acuña,Agustín Estrada-Peña +10 more
TL;DR: Twenty eight species of Ixodidae have been found on man in South America and ticks of the genus Ixodes do not appear to be major players in transmitting diseases to human.
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 reinstatement of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844, and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae)
Santiago Nava,Lorenza Beati,Marcelo Bahia Labruna,Abraham G. Cáceres,Atilio J. Mangold,Alberto A. Guglielmone +5 more
TL;DR: This study provides descriptions and redescriptions, scanning electron microscopic and stereomicroscopic images, updated synonymies, information on geographical distributions, and host associations for each of the 6 species.
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Rats of the Genus Rattus are Reservoir Hosts for Pathogenic Bartonella Species: An Old World Origin for a New World Disease?
Barbara A. Ellis,Russell L. Regnery,Lorenza Beati,Fátima Bacellar,M. Rood,G. G. Glass,Eric L. Marston,Thomas G. Ksiazek,D C Jones,James E. Childs +9 more
TL;DR: Bartonella species were isolated from the blood of 63 of 325 Rattus norvegicus and 11 of 92 Rattus rattus from 13 sites in the United States and Portugal.
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Rickettsia aeschlimannii sp. nov., a new spotted fever group rickettsia associated with Hyalomma marginatum ticks.
TL;DR: A new spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsia, strain MC16T, isolated from Hyalomma marginatum marginatum ticks collected in Morocco is proposed, found to be different from all of the recognized SFG ricksettsiae.
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