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Overview

Yaarit Nachum-Biala is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, focusing extensively on parasitology and infectious diseases.

The main areas of study include:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Their research topics cover a range of vector-borne and infectious disease investigations, notably:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Bartonella species infections research
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

Yaarit Nachum-Biala has contributed multiple studies published in well-recognized venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Parasitology Research
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Acta Tropica
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports

Some selected recent papers published by Yaarit Nachum-Biala are:

  • An epidemiological study in wild carnivores from Spanish Mediterranean ecosystems reveals association between Leishmania infantum, Babesia spp. and Hepatozoon spp. infection and new hosts for Hepatozoon martis, Hepatozoon canis and Sarcocystis spp., 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Leishmania infection in cats and dogs housed together in an animal shelter reveals a higher parasite load in infected dogs despite a greater seroprevalence among cats, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Bartonella kosoyi sp. nov. and Bartonella krasnovii sp. nov., two novel species closely related to the zoonotic Bartonella elizabethae, isolated from black rats and wild desert rodent-fleas, 2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Validation of a new immunofluorescence antibody test for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection in cats, 2020, Parasitology Research
  • A new piroplasmid species infecting dogs: morphological and molecular characterization and pathogeny of Babesia negevi n. sp., 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Among frequent collaborators, Yaarit Nachum-Biala has worked closely with:

  • Gad Baneth
  • Shimon Harrus
  • Ricardo Gutiérrez
  • Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa
  • Roberta Iatta

Best Publications

  • Prevalence study and risk factor analysis of selected bacterial, protozoal and viral, including vector-borne, pathogens in cats from Cyprus

    Charalampos Attipa;Kostas Papasouliotis;Laia Solano-Gallego;Gad Baneth

  • First molecular evidence of Hepatozoon canis infection in red foxes and golden jackals from Hungary.

    Róbert Farkas;Norbert Solymosi;Nóra Takács;Ákos Hornyák

  • Three different Hepatozoon species in domestic cats from southern Italy

    Alessio Giannelli;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Yaarit Nachum-Biala;Adnan Hodžić

  • Does co-infection with vector-borne pathogens play a role in clinical canine leishmaniosis?

    Marta Baxarias;Alejandra Álvarez-Fernández;Pamela Martínez-Orellana;Sara Montserrat-Sangrà

  • Morphological and molecular identification of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Nigeria, West Africa: a threat to livestock health.

    J. Kamani;D. A. Apanaskevich;R. Gutiérrez;Y. Nachum-Biala

  • An epidemiological study in wild carnivores from Spanish Mediterranean ecosystems reveals association between Leishmania infantum, Babesia spp. and Hepatozoon spp. infection and new hosts for Hepatozoon martis, Hepatozoon canis and Sarcocystis spp.

    María Ortuño;Yaarit Nachum-Biala;Ignacio García-Bocanegra;María Resa

  • First report of Anaplasma platys infection in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and molecular detection of Ehrlichia canis and Leishmania infantum in foxes from Portugal.

    Luís Cardoso;Matan Gilad;Helder C E Cortes;Yaarit Nachum-Biala

  • Canine leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica: comparative findings and serology.

    Gad Baneth;Daniel Yasur-Landau;Matan Gilad;Yaarit Nachum-Biala

  • Genetic diversity of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats from Brazil.

    Marcos Rogério André;Ricardo Gutiérrez;Priscila Ikeda;Renan Bressianini do Amaral

  • Leishmania infection in cats and dogs housed together in an animal shelter reveals a higher parasite load in infected dogs despite a greater seroprevalence among cats.

    Gad Baneth;Yaarit Nachum-Biala;Adam Zuberi;Nirit Zipori-Barki

  • First report on Babesia cf. microti infection of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Hungary

    Róbert Farkas;Nóra Takács;Ákos Hornyák;Yaarit Nachum-Biala

  • Bartonella kosoyi sp. nov. and Bartonella krasnovii sp. nov., two novel species closely related to the zoonotic Bartonella elizabethae, isolated from black rats and wild desert rodent-fleas.

    Ricardo Gutiérrez;Tali Shalit;Barak Markus;Congli Yuan

  • Molecular detection of emerging tick-borne pathogens in Vojvodina, Serbia.

    Aleksandar Potkonjak;Ricardo Gutiérrez;Sara Savić;Vuk Vračar

  • Clinical and diagnostic aspects of feline cutaneous leishmaniosis in Venezuela.

    Aruanai Kalú Rivas;Magdalena Alcover;Pamela Martínez-Orellana;Sara Montserrat-Sangrà

  • Validation of a new immunofluorescence antibody test for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection in cats.

    Roberta Iatta;Paolo Trerotoli;Laura Lucchese;Alda Natale

  • Borrelia persica infection in dogs and cats: clinical manifestations, clinicopathological findings and genetic characterization.

    Gad Baneth;Yaarit Nachum-Biala;Tamar Halperin;Yizhak Hershko

  • Molecular characterization of Theileria orientalis from cattle in Ethiopia.

    Hagos Gebrekidan;Robin B Gasser;Gad Baneth;Daniel Yasur-Landau

  • Mucocutaneous Leishmania tropica infection in a dog from a human cutaneous leishmaniasis focus

    Gad Baneth;Doni Zivotofsky;Yaarit Nachum-Biala;Daniel Yasur-Landau

  • Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from Luanda, Angola.

    Luís Cardoso;Ana Cristina Oliveira;Sara Granada;Yaarit Nachum-Biala

  • Leishmania major infection in a dog with cutaneous manifestations

    Gad Baneth;Yaarit Nachum-Biala;Maytal Shabat Simon;Ori Brenner

  • A new piroplasmid species infecting dogs: morphological and molecular characterization and pathogeny of Babesia negevi n. sp.

    Gad Baneth;Yaarit Nachum-Biala;Adam Joseph Birkenheuer;Megan Elizabeth Schreeg

  • Occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks with first identification of Borrelia miyamotoi in Vojvodina, Serbia.

    Aleksandar Potkonjak;Gabriela Kleinerman;Ricardo Gutiérrez;Sara Savić

Frequent Co-Authors

Gad Baneth
Gad Baneth Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shimon Harrus
Shimon Harrus Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Laia Solano-Gallego
Laia Solano-Gallego Autonomous University of Barcelona
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Luís Cardoso
Luís Cardoso University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Marcos Rogério André
Marcos Rogério André Sao Paulo State University
Rosangela Zacarias Machado
Rosangela Zacarias Machado Sao Paulo State University
Sándor Hornok
Sándor Hornok University of Veterinary Medicine
Róbert Farkas
Róbert Farkas University of Veterinary Medicine
Heitor Miraglia Herrera
Heitor Miraglia Herrera Dom Bosco Catholic University

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