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Overview

Trevor N. Petney is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Environmental Science, and Medicine, with a notable focus on Parasitology and related subfields.

The scientist's work extensively covers parasite biology, host interactions, and helminth infection and control, reflecting interests in both fundamental and applied parasitology. Key topics addressed include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Trevor N. Petney's recent published papers demonstrate a strong focus on parasitic organisms, their taxonomy, genetics, and interactions with hosts. Significant publications include:

  • "Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019", 2020, Zootaxa
  • "Foodborne zoonotic parasites of the family Opisthorchiidae", 2020, Research in Veterinary Science
  • "Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analyses of ixodid ticks infesting cattle in northeast Thailand: the discovery of Rhipicephalus microplus clade C and the rarely detected R. haemaphysaloides", 2022, Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • "Molecular identification of trematode parasites infecting the freshwater snail Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos in Thailand", 2022, Journal of Helminthology
  • "Phylogeographic genetic variation of Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in South and Southeast Asia", 2021, One Health

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Trevor N. Petney include:

  • Ross H. Andrews
  • Weerachai Saijuntha
  • Paiboon Sithithaworn
  • Narong Khuntikeo
  • Chairat Tantrawatpan

Publications by this scientist are commonly found in journals such as Recent Results in Cancer Research, Infection Genetics and Evolution, Zootaxa, Research in Veterinary Science, and Experimental and Applied Acarology.

Trevor has also contributed to academic books, notably publishing with Springer Science+Business Media. One such book is "Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini Related Cholangiocarcinoma" published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names

    Alberto A. Guglielmone;Richard G. Robbins;Dmitry A. Apanaskevich;Trevor N. Petney

  • Multiparasite communities in animals and humans: frequency, structure and pathogenic significance

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  • The ecology of tick-borne diseases.

    Miriam Pfäffle;Nina Littwin;Senta V. Muders;Trevor N. Petney

  • Opisthorchis viverrini: an underestimated parasite in world health.

    Ross H. Andrews;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Trevor N. Petney

  • The zoonotic, fish-borne liver flukes Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis felineus and Opisthorchis viverrini.

    Trevor N. Petney;Ross H. Andrews;Ross H. Andrews;Weerachai Saijuntha;Alexandra Wenz-Mücke

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806): Neotype designation, morphological re-description of all parasitic stages and molecular characterization.

    Santiago Nava;Lorenza Beati;José M. Venzal;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • The taxonomic status of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806).

    Santiago Nava;Agustín Estrada-Peña;Trevor Petney;Lorenza Beati

  • Raw attitudes, wetland cultures, life-cycles: Socio-cultural dynamics relating to Opisthorchis viverrini in the Mekong Basin

    Carl Grundy-Warr;Ross H. Andrews;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Trevor N. Petney

  • Evidence of a species complex within the food-borne trematode Opisthorchis viverrini and possible co-evolution with their first intermediate hosts.

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Sopit Wongkham;Thewarach Laha

  • An annotated checklist of the ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of Germany

    Trevor N. Petney;Miriam P. Pfäffle;Jasmin D. Skuballa

  • Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008

    Alberto A. Guglielmone;Richard G. Robbins;Dmitry A. Apanaskevich;Trevor N. Petney

  • Analysis of the population structure of Anaplasma phagocytophilum using multilocus sequence typing.

    Christian Huhn;Christina Winter;Timo Wolfsperger;Nicole Wüppenhorst

  • The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)--a suitable reservoir for variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum?

    Cornelia Silaghi;Jasmin Skuballa;Claudia Thiel;Kurt Pfister

  • Some avian and mammalian hosts of Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum (Acari: Ixodidae)

    I G Horak;K M MacIvor;T N Petney;V De Vos

  • Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019

    Alberto A. Guglielmone;Trevor N. Petney;Richard G. Robbins

  • Occurrence of different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies including B. afzelii, B. bavariensis, and B. spielmanii in hedgehogs (Erinaceus spp.) in Europe

    Jasmin Skuballa;Trevor Petney;Miriam Pfäffle;Rainer Oehme

  • European Hedgehogs as Hosts for Borrelia spp., Germany.

    Jasmin Skuballa;Rainer M. Oehme;Kathrin Hartelt;Trevor N. Petney

  • Molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) and its ticks.

    Jasmin Skuballa;Trevor Petney;Miriam Pfäffle;Horst Taraschewski

  • Comparative population dynamics of a generalist ( Ixodes ricinus ) and specialist tick ( I. hexagonus ) species from European hedgehogs

    M. Pfäffle;T. Petney;J. Skuballa;H. Taraschewski

  • Exceptionally High Prevalence of Infection of Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos with Opisthorchis viverrini Cercariae in Different Wetlands in Thailand and Lao PDR

    Nadda Kiatsopit;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Weerachai Saijuntha;Thidarut Boonmars

  • The ecology of the Bithynia first intermediate hosts of Opisthorchis viverrini.

    Trevor Petney;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Ross Andrews;Nadda Kiatsopit

  • Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia.

    Trevor N. Petney;Weerachai Saijuntha;Nathalie Boulanger;Lidia Chitimia-Dobler

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among geographical isolates of Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand and Lao PDR, and phylogenetic relationships with other trematodes.

    W. Saijuntha;P. Sithithaworn;S. Wongkham;T. Laha

Frequent Co-Authors

Paiboon Sithithaworn
Paiboon Sithithaworn Khon Kaen University
Agustín Estrada-Peña
Agustín Estrada-Peña University of Zaragoza
Alberto A. Guglielmone
Alberto A. Guglielmone National Agricultural Technology Institute
Ivan Gerard Horak
Ivan Gerard Horak University of Pretoria
Horst Taraschewski
Horst Taraschewski Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Joanne P. Webster
Joanne P. Webster Royal Veterinary College
Neil B. Chilton
Neil B. Chilton University of Saskatchewan
Alan D. Ziegler
Alan D. Ziegler National University of Singapore
Puangrat Yongvanit
Puangrat Yongvanit Khon Kaen University
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum

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