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2020

Journal Article

Precise annotation of human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque and mouse mitochondrial genomes leads to insight into mitochondrial transcription in mammals

Jin, Xiufeng, Cheng, Zhi, Wang, Bo, Yau, Tung On, Chen, Ze, Barker, Stephen C., Chen, Defu, Bu, Wenjun, Sun, Daqing and Gao, Shan (2020). Precise annotation of human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque and mouse mitochondrial genomes leads to insight into mitochondrial transcription in mammals. RNA Biology, 17 (3), 395-402. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1709746

Precise annotation of human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque and mouse mitochondrial genomes leads to insight into mitochondrial transcription in mammals

2019

Journal Article

Survey of cases of tick‐paralysis and the presence of the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus , and the southern paralysis tick, Ixodes cornuatus , in the Greater Melbourne Area

Barker, D. and Barker, S.C. (2019). Survey of cases of tick‐paralysis and the presence of the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus , and the southern paralysis tick, Ixodes cornuatus , in the Greater Melbourne Area. Australian Veterinary Journal, 98 (1-2) avj.12883, 2-10. doi: 10.1111/avj.12883

Survey of cases of tick‐paralysis and the presence of the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus , and the southern paralysis tick, Ixodes cornuatus , in the Greater Melbourne Area

2019

Journal Article

A transcriptome-based phylogenetic study of hard ticks (Ixodidae)

Charrier, N. Pierre, Hermouet, Axelle, Hervet, Caroline, Agoulon, Albert, Barker, Stephen C., Heylen, Dieter, Toty, Céline, McCoy, Karen D., Plantard, Olivier and Rispe, Claude (2019). A transcriptome-based phylogenetic study of hard ticks (Ixodidae). Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 12923, 12923. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49641-9

A transcriptome-based phylogenetic study of hard ticks (Ixodidae)

2019

Journal Article

Killing clothes lice by holding infested clothes away from hosts for 10 Days to control Louseborne Relapsing Fever, Bahir Dah, Ethiopia

Barker, Stephen C. and Barker, Dayana (2019). Killing clothes lice by holding infested clothes away from hosts for 10 Days to control Louseborne Relapsing Fever, Bahir Dah, Ethiopia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25 (2), 304-310. doi: 10.3201/eid2502.181226

Killing clothes lice by holding infested clothes away from hosts for 10 Days to control Louseborne Relapsing Fever, Bahir Dah, Ethiopia

2019

Journal Article

Potential spatial distribution of the newly introduced long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in North America

Raghavan, R. K., Barker, S. C., Cobos, M. E., Barker, D., Teo, E. J. M., Foley, D. H., Nakao, R., Lawrence, K., Heath, A. C. G. and Peterson, A. T. (2019). Potential spatial distribution of the newly introduced long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in North America. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 498, 498. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37205-2

Potential spatial distribution of the newly introduced long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in North America

2018

Journal Article

Rickettsia fournieri sp. nov., a novel spotted fever group rickettsia from Argas lagenoplastis ticks in Australia

Diop, Awa, Barker, Stephen C., Eberhard, Mey, Barker, Dayana, Nguyen, Thi Tien , Di Pinto, Fabrizio, Raoldt, Didier and Mediannikov, Oleg (2018). Rickettsia fournieri sp. nov., a novel spotted fever group rickettsia from Argas lagenoplastis ticks in Australia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 68 (12) 003057, 3781-3784. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003057

Rickettsia fournieri sp. nov., a novel spotted fever group rickettsia from Argas lagenoplastis ticks in Australia

2018

Journal Article

Ticks in Australia: endemics; exotics; which ticks bite humans?

Barker, Stephen C. and Barker, Dayana (2018). Ticks in Australia: endemics; exotics; which ticks bite humans?. Microbiology Australia, 39 (4), 194-199. doi: 10.1071/MA18062

Ticks in Australia: endemics; exotics; which ticks bite humans?

2018

Journal Article

Two new genera of hard ticks, Robertsicus n. gen. and Archaeocroton n. gen., and the solution to the mystery of Hoogstraal's and Kaufman's "primitive" tick from the Carpathian Mountains

Barker, Stephen C. and Burger, Thomas D. (2018). Two new genera of hard ticks, Robertsicus n. gen. and Archaeocroton n. gen., and the solution to the mystery of Hoogstraal's and Kaufman's "primitive" tick from the Carpathian Mountains. Zootaxa, 4500 (4), 543-552. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.4

Two new genera of hard ticks, Robertsicus n. gen. and Archaeocroton n. gen., and the solution to the mystery of Hoogstraal's and Kaufman's "primitive" tick from the Carpathian Mountains

2018

Journal Article

Discovery of a novel iflavirus sequence in the eastern paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus

O'Brien, Caitlin A., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Deliyannis, Georgia, Allen, Andy, Lew-Tabor, Ala, Rodriguez-Valle, Manuel, Barker, Dayana, Barker, Stephen C. and Hall, Roy A. (2018). Discovery of a novel iflavirus sequence in the eastern paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus. Archives of Virology, 163 (9), 1-7. doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-3868-9

Discovery of a novel iflavirus sequence in the eastern paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus

2017

Journal Article

The mitochondrial genome of the guanaco louse, Microthoracius praelongiceps: insights into the ancestral mitochondrial karyotype of sucking lice (Anoplura, Insecta)

Shao, Renfu, Li, Hu, Barker, Stephen C. and Song, Simon (2017). The mitochondrial genome of the guanaco louse, Microthoracius praelongiceps: insights into the ancestral mitochondrial karyotype of sucking lice (Anoplura, Insecta). Genome Biology and Evolution, 9 (2), 431-445. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evx007

The mitochondrial genome of the guanaco louse, Microthoracius praelongiceps: insights into the ancestral mitochondrial karyotype of sucking lice (Anoplura, Insecta)

2016

Journal Article

Ovicidal Efficacy of Abametapir Against Eggs of Human Head and Body Lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae).

Bowles, Vernon M., Yoon, Kyong Sup, Barker, Stephen C., Tran, Christopher, Rhodes, Christopher and Clark, Marshall J. (2016). Ovicidal Efficacy of Abametapir Against Eggs of Human Head and Body Lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae).. Journal Of Medical Entomology, 54 (1), 167-172. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw132

Ovicidal Efficacy of Abametapir Against Eggs of Human Head and Body Lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae).

2016

Journal Article

Host switching of human lice to new world monkeys in South America

Drali, Rezak, Abi-Rached, Laurent, Boutellis, Amina, Djossou, Félix, Barker, Stephen C. and Raoult, Didier (2016). Host switching of human lice to new world monkeys in South America. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 39, 225-231. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.008

Host switching of human lice to new world monkeys in South America

2016

Journal Article

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

Gulia-Nuss, Monika, Nuss, Andrew B., Meyer, Jason M., Sonenshine, Daniel E., Roe, R. Michael, Waterhouse, Robert M., Sattelle, David B., de la Fuente, Jose, Ribeiro, Jose M., Megy, Karine, Thimmapuram, Jyothi, Miller, Jason R., Walenz, Brian P., Koren, Sergey, Hostetler, Jessica B., Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Joardar, Vinita S., Hannick, Linda I., Bidwell, Shelby, Hammond, Martin P., Young, Sarah, Zeng, Qiandong, Abrudan, Jenica L., Almeida, Francisca C., Ayllon, Nieves, Bhide, Ketaki, Bissinger, Brooke W., Bonzon-Kulichenko, Elena, Buckingham, Steven D. ... Hill, Catherine A. (2016). Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease. Nature Communications, 7 (1) 10507, 10507.1-10507.13. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10507

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

2015

Journal Article

Fragmented mitochondrial genomes in two suborders of parasitic lice of eutherian mammals (Anoplura and Rhynchophthirina, Insecta)

Shao, Renfu, Barker, Stephen C., Li, Hu, Song, Simon, Poudel, Shreekanta and Su, Yuan (2015). Fragmented mitochondrial genomes in two suborders of parasitic lice of eutherian mammals (Anoplura and Rhynchophthirina, Insecta). Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 17389, 17389.1-17389.11. doi: 10.1038/srep17389

Fragmented mitochondrial genomes in two suborders of parasitic lice of eutherian mammals (Anoplura and Rhynchophthirina, Insecta)

2015

Journal Article

The mitochondrial genome of the chimpanzee louse, Pediculus schaeffi: insights into the process of mitochondrial genome fragmentation in the blood-sucking lice of great apes

Herd, Kate E., Barker, Stephen C. and Shao, Renfu (2015). The mitochondrial genome of the chimpanzee louse, Pediculus schaeffi: insights into the process of mitochondrial genome fragmentation in the blood-sucking lice of great apes. BMC Genomics, 16 (661) 661, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1843-3

The mitochondrial genome of the chimpanzee louse, Pediculus schaeffi: insights into the process of mitochondrial genome fragmentation in the blood-sucking lice of great apes

2014

Journal Article

SNPs in entire mitochondrial genome sequences (≈15.4 kb) and cox1 sequences (≈486 bp) resolve body and head lice from doubly infected people from Ethiopia, China, Nepal, and Iran but not France

Xiong, H., Campelo, D., Boutellis, A., Raoult, D., Alem, M., Ali, J., Bilcha, K., Shao, R., Pollack, R. J. and Barker, S. C. (2014). SNPs in entire mitochondrial genome sequences (≈15.4 kb) and cox1 sequences (≈486 bp) resolve body and head lice from doubly infected people from Ethiopia, China, Nepal, and Iran but not France. Journal of Medical Entomology, 51 (6), 1199-1207. doi: 10.1603/ME14001

SNPs in entire mitochondrial genome sequences (≈15.4 kb) and cox1 sequences (≈486 bp) resolve body and head lice from doubly infected people from Ethiopia, China, Nepal, and Iran but not France

2014

Journal Article

A list of the 70 species of Australian ticks; diagnostic guides to and species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes cornuatus (southern paralysis tick) and Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick); and consideration of the place

Barker, Stephen C., Walker, Alan R. and Campelo, Dayana (2014). A list of the 70 species of Australian ticks; diagnostic guides to and species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes cornuatus (southern paralysis tick) and Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick); and consideration of the place. International Journal for Parasitology, 44 (12), 941-953. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.08.008

A list of the 70 species of Australian ticks; diagnostic guides to and species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes cornuatus (southern paralysis tick) and Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick); and consideration of the place

2014

Journal Article

Fragmented mitochondrial genomes are present in both major clades of the blood-sucking lice (suborder Anoplura): evidence from two Hoplopleura rodent lice (family Hoplopleuridae)

Dong, Wen-Ge, Song, Simon, Guo, Xian-Guo, Jin, Dao-Chao, Yang, Qianqian, Barker, Stephen C. and Shao, Renfu (2014). Fragmented mitochondrial genomes are present in both major clades of the blood-sucking lice (suborder Anoplura): evidence from two Hoplopleura rodent lice (family Hoplopleuridae). BMC Genomics, 15 (1) 751, 751.1-751.13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-751

Fragmented mitochondrial genomes are present in both major clades of the blood-sucking lice (suborder Anoplura): evidence from two Hoplopleura rodent lice (family Hoplopleuridae)

2014

Journal Article

Second-generation sequencing of entire mitochondrial coding-regions (~15.4kb) holds promise for study of the phylogeny and taxonomy of human body lice and head lice

Xiong, H., Campelo, D., Pollack, R. J., Raoult, D., Shao, R., Alem, M., Ali, J., Bilcha, K. and Barker, S. C. (2014). Second-generation sequencing of entire mitochondrial coding-regions (~15.4kb) holds promise for study of the phylogeny and taxonomy of human body lice and head lice. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 28 (S1), 40-50. doi: 10.1111/mve.12076

Second-generation sequencing of entire mitochondrial coding-regions (~15.4kb) holds promise for study of the phylogeny and taxonomy of human body lice and head lice

2014

Journal Article

Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genome sequences indicates that the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, contains a cryptic species

Burger, Thomas D., Shao, Renfu and Barker, Stephen C. (2014). Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genome sequences indicates that the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, contains a cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 76 (1), 241-253. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.017

Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genome sequences indicates that the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, contains a cryptic species