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  1. Rickettsia parkeri hypothetical protein RPATATE_1266, a homolog of exopolyphosphatase/guanosine pentaphosphate phosphohydrolase, regulates tick cell apoptosis

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, August 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  2. Online Crowdsourced Data from iNaturalist Can Assist Monitoring of Invasive Mosquitoes

    Article • Insects, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  3. Development of a Recombinase-Mediated Cassette Exchange System for Gene Knockout and Expression of Non-Native Gene Sequences in Rickettsia

    Article • Vaccines, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  4. Tick Cell Culture Methods

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  5. Bacterial reprogramming of tick metabolism impacts vector fitness and susceptibility to infection

    Article • Nature Microbiology, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Sourabh Samaddar, Dr Benjamin Cull

  6. iNaturalist community observations provide valuable data on human-mosquito encounters

    Article • Journal of Vector Ecology, July 2024, Society for Vector Ecology

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  7. Mosquito diversity and abundance in English wetlands – empirical evidence to guide predictions for wetland suitability for mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

    Article • Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, June 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  8. An update on the ecology, seasonality and distribution of Culex modestus in England

    Article • Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, April 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  9. The role of autophagy in tick-endosymbiont interactions: insights from Ixodes scapularis and Rickettsia buchneri

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, January 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  10. Detection of Babesia species in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in England and Wales

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  11. Methods for the Study of Ticks, Mosquitoes, and their Transmitted Pathogens: Toward a Greater Understanding of Vector Biology and Arthropod-Microbe Interactions

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, March 2023, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  12. Impact of green space connectivity on urban tick presence, density and Borrelia infected ticks in different habitats and seasons in three cities in southern England

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  13. Passive surveillance records including nuisance or suspected invasive/non-native mosquitoes in the United Kingdom, 2005-2021

    Article • Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, February 2023, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  14. Tick Artificial Membrane Feeding for <em>Ixodes scapularis</em>

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, November 2022, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  15. Mapping and monitoring tick (Acari, Ixodida) distribution, seasonality, and host associations in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  16. Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs across twenty recreational areas in England and Wales

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  17. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the density of Borrelia burgdorferi ‐infected Ixodes ricinus ticks across a landscape: A 5‐year study in southern England

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  18. Monitoring Trends in Distribution and Seasonality of Medically Important Ticks in North America Using Online Crowdsourced Records from iNaturalist

    Article • Insects, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  19. Apoptosis and Autophagy: Current Understanding in Tick–Pathogen Interactions

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  20. The Ixodes scapularis Symbiont Rickettsia buchneri Inhibits Growth of Pathogenic Rickettsiaceae in Tick Cells: Implications for Vector Competence

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, January 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  21. Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Royal Parks of London, UK

    Article • Experimental and Applied Acarology, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  22. 17-AAG-Induced Activation of the Autophagic Pathway in Leishmania Is Associated with Parasite Death

    Article • Microorganisms, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  23. Potential for online crowdsourced biological recording data to complement surveillance for arthropod vectors

    Article • PLOS One, April 2021, PLOS

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  24. Mitochondrion-Dependent Apoptosis Is Essential for Rickettsia parkeri Infection and Replication in Vector Cells

    Article • mSystems, April 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  25. A nationwide study on Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection rates in questing Ixodes ricinus : a six‐year snapshot study in protected recreational areas in England and Wales

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  26. First report of human exposure to Hyalomma marginatum in England: Further evidence of a Hyalomma moulting event in north-western Europe?

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  27. The Unexpected Holiday Souvenir: The Public Health Risk to UK Travellers from Ticks Acquired Overseas

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  28. Ticks on the Channel Islands and implications for public health

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  29. Identification and RNAi Profile of a Novel Iflavirus Infecting Senegalese Aedes vexans arabiensis Mosquitoes

    Article • Viruses, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  30. Seasonality and anatomical location of human tick bites in the United Kingdom

    Article • Zoonoses and Public Health, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  31. The challenge of invasive mosquito vectors in the U.K. during 2016–2018: a summary of the surveillance and control of Aedes albopictus

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  32. Disease and ticks on horses

    Article • Veterinary Record, May 2019, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  33. Hyalomma rufipes on an untraveled horse: Is this the first evidence of Hyalomma nymphs successfully moulting in the United Kingdom?

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  34. Detection of pathogens in Dermacentor reticulatus in northwestern Europe: evaluation of a high-throughput array

    Article • Heliyon, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  35. Assessment of the Public Health Threats Posed by Vector-Borne Disease in the United Kingdom (UK)

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  36. The red sheep tick Haemaphysalis punctata in England

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  37. Surveillance of British ticks: An overview of species records, host associations, and new records of Ixodes ricinus distribution

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  38. Be tick aware: when and where to check cats and dogs for ticks

    Article • Veterinary Record, February 2018, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  39. Potential risk posed by the importation of ticks into the UK on animals: records from the Tick Surveillance Scheme

    Article • Veterinary Record, December 2017, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  40. The mosquito Aedes vexans in England

    Article • Veterinary Record, September 2017, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  41. Emergence of Babesia canis in southern England

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  42. Tick infestation of small mammals in an English woodland

    Article • Journal of Vector Ecology, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  43. The tick Dermacentor reticulatus in the United Kingdom

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  44. Ticks and Borrelia in urban and peri-urban green space habitats in a city in southern England

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  45. Detection of the invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus in southern England

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  46. Rhipicephalus sanguineusimportation into the UK: surveillance, risk, public health awareness and One Health response

    Article • Veterinary Record, December 2016, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  47. Expansion of the range of the West Nile virus vector in Essex

    Article • Veterinary Record, October 2016, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  48. Sampling strategies for phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Europe

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, August 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  49. Overwintering of the brown dog tick in residential properties in England – raising awareness

    Article • Veterinary Record, August 2015, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  50. An entomological review of invasive mosquitoes in Europe

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, March 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  51. Detection of Dermacentor marginatus and a possible Rickettsia slovaca case in the United Kingdom – The risk of the visiting traveller

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  52. Brown dog tick infestation of a home in England

    Article • Veterinary Record, January 2015, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  53. Glycosome turnover inLeishmania majoris mediated by autophagy

    Article • Autophagy, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  54. Importation of R sanguineus into the UK via dogs: Tickborne diseases

    Article • Veterinary Record, October 2014, BMJ

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  55. ATG5 Is Essential for ATG8-Dependent Autophagy and Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Leishmania major

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2012, PLOS

    Dr Benjamin Cull

  56. Morphological Events during the Cell Cycle of Leishmania major

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, September 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Benjamin Cull