Dr. Cornelia Silaghi: Veterinarian: DVM on the epidemiology and genetic diversity of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes ricinus; similar work on rickettsial agents in fleas; since 2008 scientific staff member at the Institute, working on ticks and tick-borne diseases with a special focus on risk analysis for domestic animals and humans and the use of bioinformatic tools for the characterisation of vector-borne pathogens.
Bibliography:
- Gilles, J., Just, F. T., Silaghi, C., Pradel, I., Lengauer, H., Hellmann, K., Pfister, K., 2008. Rickettsia felis in fleas, France [letter]. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 14, 684-686.
- Silaghi, C., Gilles, J., Höhle, M., Fingerle, V., Just, F. T., Pfister, K., 2008. Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in Ixodes ricinus, Bavaria, Germany. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 14, 972-974.
- Gilles, J., Just, F. T., Silaghi, C., Pradel, I., Friche Passos, L. M., Lengauer, H., Hellmann, K., Pfister, K., 2008. Rickettsia felis in fleas, Germany. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 14, 1294-1296
- Silaghi, C., Gilles, J., Höhle, M., Pradel, I., Fingerle, V., Just, F. T., Pfister, K., 2008. Prevalence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Southern Germany. J. Med. Entomol. 45, 948-955
- Gilles, J., Silaghi, C., Just, F. T., Pradel, I., Pfister, K., 2009. PCR detection of Rickettsia felis-like organism in Archaeopsylla erinacei (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) from Bavaria, Germany. J. Med. Entomol. 46, 703-707
- Hamel, D., Silaghi, C., Knaus, M., Visser, M., Kusi, I., Rapti, D., Rehbein, S., Pfister, K., 2009. Detection of Babesia canis subspecies and other arthropod-borne diseases in dogs from Tirana, Albania. Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 121 Suppl. 3, 42-45
- Kohn, B., Silaghi, C., Galke, D., Arndt, G., Pfister, K., 2010. Infections with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in dogs in Germany. Res Vet Sci 2010 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print]
- Silaghi, C., Scheuerle, M.C., Friche Passos. L.M., Thiel C., Pfister K., 2011. PCR detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in goat flocks in an area endemic for tick-borne fever in Switzerland. Parasite 18, 57-62.
- Silaghi, C., Hamel, D., Thiel, C., Pfister, K., Friche Passos, L. M., Rehbein, S., 2010. Genetic variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in wild caprine and cervid ungulates from the Alps in Tyrol, Austria. Vec Borne Zoonotic Dis 11(4):355-62.
- Silaghi, C., Hamel, D., Thiel, C., Pfister, K., Pfeffer, M., 2011. Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Ticks, Germany. Emerg Inf Dis Vol. 17, 5, 890-892