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The ACARUS Laboratory

Research Interests

Research

  1. Disease entities caused by arthropod-transmitted pathogens in companion animals.
  2. a) Wildlife reservoirs – their roles in transmission of tick-borne pathogens
    b) Effects of pathogen carriage on wildlife health.  
  3. Surveys into the prevalence of arthropod-borne diseases in companion animals.  Surveys conducted in the UK and Denmark and many other parts of the world.  
  4. Prevalence of pathogens in ticks recovered from companion animals.
    Collections of ticks from UK, Belgium and Brazil have been analysed for the presence of tick-borne pathogens
  5. Angiostrongylus vasorum; heartworm infection in the UK; prevalence and diagnostic methods.

 

Publications

  1. Jefferies R, Shaw SE, Willesen J, Viney ME, Morgan ER. Elucidating the spread  of the emerging canid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum between Palaearctic and Nearctic ecozones. Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Feb 6.

  2. Jefferies R, Morgan ER, Shaw SE. A SYBR green real-time PCR assay for the detection of the nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum in definitive and intermediate hosts. Vet Parasitol. 2009 Dec 3;166(1-2):112-8.

  3. Morgan ER, Jefferies R, Krajewski M, Ward P, Shaw SE. Canine pulmonary angiostrongylosis: the influence of climate on parasite distribution. Parasitol Int. 2009 Dec;58(4):406-10.

  4. Shaw SE, Langton DA, Hillman TJ. Canine leishmaniosis in the United Kingdom: a zoonotic disease waiting for a vector?

    Vet Parasitol. 2009 Aug 26;163(4):281-5

  5. Marié JL, Shaw SE, Langton DA, Bourry O, Gomez J, Davoust B. Sub-clinical infection of dogs from the Ivory Coast and Gabon with Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia species. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 May 18.

  6. Robinson MT, Hillman T, Langton DA, Shaw SE. Bartonella clarridgeiae in a cat in the UK. Vet Rec. 2009 Jan 10;164(2):58-9.

  7. Jefferies R, Shaw SE, Viney ME, Morgan ER. Angiostrongylus vasorum from South America and Europe represent distinct lineages.Parasitology. 2009 Jan;136(1):107-15.

  8. Shaw SE, Hillman T, Wray J. Unusual case of canine leishmaniosis in the UK.Vet Rec. 2008 Aug 30;163(9):283.

  9. Shaw SE, Langton DA, Hillman TJ. Canine leishmaniosis in the UK. Vet Rec. 2008 Aug 23;163(8):253-4.

  10. Hawley JR, Shaw SE, Lappin MR. Prevalence of Rickettsia felis DNA in the blood of cats and their fleas in the United States.J Feline Med Surg. 2007 Jun;9(3):258-62.>

  11. Yamasaki M, Inokuma H, Sugimoto C, Shaw SE, Aktas M, Yabsley MJ, Yamato O, Maede Y. Comparison and phylogenetic analysis of the heat shock protein 70 gene of Babesia parasites from dogs. Vet Parasitol. 2007 Apr 30;145(3-4):217-27.

  12. Holm LP, Kerr MG, Trees AJ, McGarry JW, Munro ER, Shaw SE. Fatal babesiosis in an untravelled British dog. Vet Rec. 2006 Aug 5;159(6):179-80

  13. Bauer O, Baneth G, Eshkol T, Shaw SE, Harrus S. Polygenic detection of Rickettsia felis in cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from Israel. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Mar;74(3):444-8.

  14. Shaw SE, Binns SH, Birtles RJ, Day MJ, Smithson R, Kenny MJ. Molecular evidence of tick-transmitted infections in dogs and cats in the United Kingdom. Vet Rec. 2005 Nov 19;157(21):645-8.

  15. Morgan ER, Shaw SE, Brennan SF, De Waal TD, Jones BR, Mulcahy G. Angiostrongylus vasorum: a real heartbreaker. Trends Parasitol. 2005 Feb;21(2):49-51. Review.

  16. Kenny MJ, Shaw SE, Beugnet F, Tasker S. Demonstration of two distinct hemotropic mycoplasmas in French dogs. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Nov;42(11):5397-9.

  17. Shaw SE, Kenny MJ, Tasker S, Birtles RJ. Pathogen carriage by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) in the United Kingdom.Vet Microbiol. 2004 Sep 8;102(3-4):183-8.

  18. Kenny MJ, Shaw SE, Hillyard PD, Forbes AB. Ectoparasite and haemoparasite risks associated with imported exotic reptiles. Vet Rec. 2004 Apr 3;154(14):434-5.

  19. Baneth G, Kenny MJ, Tasker S, Anug Y, Shkap V, Levy A, Shaw SE. Infection with a proposed new subspecies of Babesia canis, Babesia canis subsp. presentii, in domestic cats. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jan;42(1):99-105.

  20. Kenny MJ, Birtles RJ, Day MJ, Shaw SE. Rickettsia felis in the United Kingdom.Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Aug;9(8):1023-4

  21. Tasker S, Helps CR, Day MJ, Harbour DA, Shaw SE, Harrus S, Baneth G, Lobetti RG, Malik R, Beaufils JP, Belford CR, Gruffydd-Jones TJ. Phylogenetic analysis of hemoplasma species: an international study. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Aug;41(8):3877-80

  22. Shaw SE. [Interview with Susan E. Shaw at Chateau Veterinair. Dangers of traveling with pets through Europe. Interview by F. J. W. C. van Herten].Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 2003 Apr 15;128(8):251-3.

  23. Shaw SE, Lerga AI, Williams S, Beugnet F, Birtles RJ, Day MJ, Kenny MJ. Review of exotic infectious diseases in small animals entering the United Kingdom from abroad diagnosed by PCR. Vet Rec. 2003 Feb 8;152(6):176-7.

  24. Birtles RJ, Laycock G, Kenny MJ, Shaw SE, Day MJ. Prevalence of Bartonella species causing bacteraemia in domesticated and companion animals in the United Kingdom. Vet Rec. 2002 Aug 24;151(8):225-9.

  25. Baneth G, Shaw SE. Chemotherapy of canine leishmaniosis. Vet Parasitol. 2002 Jul 2;106(4):315-24. Review.

  26. Shaw SE, Birtles RJ, Day MJ.Arthropod-transmitted infectious diseases of cats. J Feline Med Surg. 2001 Dec;3(4):193-209. Review.

  27. Shaw SE, Day MJ, Birtles RJ, Breitschwerdt EB. Tick-borne infectious diseases of dogs. Trends Parasitol. 2001 Feb;17(2):74-80. Review.

  28. Wall R, Shaw SE, Penaliggon J. The prevalence of flea species on cats and dogs in Ireland. Med Vet Entomol. 1997 Oct;11(4):404-6