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Lénaïg Halos is affiliated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on parasitology and infectious diseases.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, insect and pesticide research, as well as Bartonella species infections and vector-borne animal diseases. Other areas of their work include research on leishmaniasis and parasitic diseases research and treatment.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Vito Colella, Frédéric Beugnet, Viet-Linh Nguyen, Domenico Otranto, and Wisnu Nurcahyo, reflecting an ongoing collaboration with various experts in parasitology and infectious disease studies.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in key journals such as Parasites & Vectors, Trends in Parasitology, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance, and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Selected recent papers by Lénaïg Halos include:

  • "Zoonotic Vectorborne Pathogens and Ectoparasites of Dogs and Cats in Eastern and Southeast Asia" (2020), Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks and fleas collected from companion dogs and cats in East and Southeast Asia" (2020), Parasites & Vectors
  • "Occurrence and bacterial loads of Bartonella and haemotropic Mycoplasma species in privately owned cats and dogs and their fleas from East and Southeast Asia" (2022), Zoonoses and Public Health
  • "First record of Hepatozoon spp. in domestic cats in Greece" (2020), Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Control of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Africa through improved diagnosis and utilisation of data on acaricide resistance" (2023), Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • Parasites of domestic owned cats in Europe: Co-infestations and risk factors

    Frédéric Beugnet;Patrick Bourdeau;Karine Chalvet-Monfray;Vasile Cozma

  • Role of Hippoboscidae Flies as Potential Vectors of Bartonella spp. Infecting Wild and Domestic Ruminants

    Lénaïg Halos;Taoufik Jamal;Renaud Maillard;Renaud Maillard;Benjamin Girard

  • An innovative survey underlining the significant level of contamination by Toxoplasma gondii of ovine meat consumed in France.

    Lénaïg Halos;Anne Thébault;Dominique Aubert;Myriam Thomas

  • Determination of an efficient and reliable method for DNA extraction from ticks

    Lénaïg Halos;Taoufik Jamal;Laurence Vial;Renaud Maillard

  • Ecological Factors Characterizing the Prevalence of Bacterial Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Pastures and Woodlands

    Lénaïg Halos;Séverine Bord;Violaine Cotté;Patrick Gasqui

  • Lungworms and gastrointestinal parasites of domestic cats: a European perspective

    Alessio Giannelli;Gioia Capelli;Anja Joachim;Barbara Hinney

  • Evidence of Bartonella sp. in questing adult and nymphal Ixodes ricinus ticks from France and co-infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Babesia sp.

    Lénaïg Halos;Taoufik Jamal;Renaud Maillard;Frederic Beugnet

  • Zoonotic Vectorborne Pathogens and Ectoparasites of Dogs and Cats in Eastern and Southeast Asia.

    Vito Colella;Viet L Nguyen;Do Y Tan;Na Lu

  • Flea control failure? Myths and realities

    Lénaïg Halos;Frédéric Beugnet;Luís Cardoso;Robert Farkas

  • Bartonella chomelii sp. nov., isolated from French domestic cattle (Bos taurus)

    Renaud Maillard;Philippe Riegel;Francine Barrat;Corinne Bouillin

  • Efficacy of oral afoxolaner for the treatment of canine generalised demodicosis

    Frédéric Beugnet;Lénaïg Halos;Diane Larsen;Christa de Vos

  • New strategy for the survey of Toxoplasma gondii in meat for human consumption.

    Isabelle Villena;Benoit Durand;Dominique Aubert;Radu Blaga

  • Intestinal parasites and vector-borne pathogens in stray and free-roaming cats living in continental and insular Greece.

    Anastasia Diakou;Angela Di Cesare;Paolo Matteo Accettura;Luciano Barros

  • Defining the concept of 'tick repellency' in veterinary medicine.

    L. Halos;G. Baneth;F. Beugnet;A. S. Bowman

  • Occurrence of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior in domestic cats in Greece

    Anastasia Diakou;Angela Di Cesare;Luciano A. Barros;Simone Morelli

  • Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks and fleas collected from companion dogs and cats in East and Southeast Asia

    Viet-Linh Nguyen;Vito Colella;Vito Colella;Grazia Greco;Fang Fang

  • Occurrence of Dipylidium caninum in fleas from client-owned cats and dogs in Europe using a new PCR detection assay

    Frédéric Beugnet;Michel Labuschagne;Josephus Fourie;Guillot Jacques

  • Endoparasites and vector-borne pathogens in dogs from Greek islands: Pathogen distribution and zoonotic implications.

    Anastasia Diakou;Angela Di Cesare;Simone Morelli;Mariasole Colombo

  • Molecular divergences of the Ornithodoros sonrai soft tick species, a vector of human relapsing fever in West Africa.

    Laurence Vial;Patrick Durand;Céline Arnathau;Lénaïg Halos

  • Seroprevalence and factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild boar ( Sus scrofa) in a Mediterranean island.

    Céline Richomme;Eve Afonso;V. Tolon;Christian Ducrot

  • Efficacy of afoxolaner in a clinical field study in dogs naturally infested with Sarcoptes scabiei.

    Frédéric Beugnet;Christa de Vos;Julian Liebenberg;Lénaïg Halos

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederic Beugnet
Frederic Beugnet Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat University of Rennes
Jacques Guillot
Jacques Guillot École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo
Angela Di Cesare
Angela Di Cesare University of Teramo
Vito Colella
Vito Colella University of Melbourne
Bruno B Chomel
Bruno B Chomel University of California, Davis
Róbert Farkas
Róbert Farkas University of Veterinary Medicine
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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