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  1. Advanced Molecular and Microscopic Diagnostics Suggest Congenital <em>Borrelia </em>transmission: A Case Report

    Article • November 2025, MDPI AG

    Nataliia Rudenko

  2. A First Look at the Relationship Between Large Herbivore-Induced Landscape Modifications and Ixodes ricinus Tick Abundance in Rewilding Sites

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, October 2024, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Nataliia Rudenko

  3. Natural selection and recombination at host-interacting lipoprotein loci drive genome diversification of Lyme disease and related bacteria

    Article • mBio, September 2024, ASM Journals

    Nataliia Rudenko

  4. Concurrent Infection of the Human Brain with Multiple Borrelia Species

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Nataliia Rudenko

  5. Pathogenicity and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • Virulence, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Nataliia Rudenko

  6. Spatial and Temporal Variability in Prevalence Rates of Members of the Borrelia burgdorferi Species Complex in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Urban, Agricultural and Sylvatic Habitats in Slovakia

    Article • Microorganisms, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Nataliia Rudenko

  7. Concurrent infection of human brain with multiple species of Lyme disease spirochetes

    Article • April 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Nataliia Rudenko

  8. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) play an important role in the propagation of tick-borne pathogens

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

    Nataliia Rudenko

  9. Genomic Confirmation of Borrelia garinii, United States

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Nataliia Rudenko

  10. Cultivation Methods of Spirochetes from <em>Borrelia burgdorferi</em> Sensu Lato Complex and Relapsing Fever <em>Borrelia</em>

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

    Nataliia Rudenko

  11. Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, September 2022, Frontiers

    Nataliia Rudenko

  12. Detection of Borrelia garinii in the USA

    Article • May 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Nataliia Rudenko

  13. Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Tick-Borne Pathogens in Czech Patients with Suspected Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Nataliia Rudenko

  14. Sexual Transmission of Lyme Borreliosis? The Question That Calls for an Answer

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Nataliia Rudenko

  15. Molecular survey on tick-borne pathogens and Leishmania infantum in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from southern Italy

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

    Nataliia Rudenko

  16. Role of Zoo-Housed Animals in the Ecology of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens—A Review

    Article • Pathogens, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Nataliia Rudenko

  17. Climate impact on Lyme borreliosis and its causative agents.

    Article • January 2021, CABI Publishing

    Nataliia Rudenko

  18. Hedgehogs, Squirrels, and Blackbirds as Sentinel Hosts for Active Surveillance of Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi Complex in Urban and Rural Environments

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Nataliia Rudenko

  19. A human secretome library screen reveals a role for Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein 1 in Lyme borreliosis

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, November 2020, PLOS

    Nataliia Rudenko

  20. Ticks, fleas and rodent-hosts analyzed for the presence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Slovakia: the first record of Borrelia miyamotoi in a Haemaphysalis inermis tick

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

    Nataliia Rudenko

  21. Management Options for Ixodes ricinus-Associated Pathogens: A Review of Prevention Strategies

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

    Nataliia Rudenko

  22. Metamorphoses of Lyme disease spirochetes: phenomenon of Borrelia persisters

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  23. A bite so sweet: the glycobiology interface of tick-host-pathogen interactions

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  24. Pleomorphism and Viability of the Lyme Disease Pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi Exposed to Physiological Stress Conditions: A Correlative Cryo-Fluorescence and Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy Study

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2017, Frontiers

    Nataliia Rudenko

  25. Tick-Pathogen Interactions and Vector Competence: Identification of Molecular Drivers for Tick-Borne Diseases

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, April 2017, Frontiers

    Christian Gortazar, Nataliia Rudenko

  26. Diagnosing Borreliosis

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, January 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Nataliia Rudenko

  27. Isolation of live Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochaetes from patients with undefined disorders and symptoms not typical for Lyme borreliosis

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 2016, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  28. A divergent spirochete strain isolated from a resident of the southeastern United States was identified by multilocus sequence typing as Borrelia bissettii.

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  29. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia garinii DNAs in patient with Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans (Flegel disease)

    Article • Folia Microbiologica, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  30. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in Amblyomma americanum ticks in the southeastern United States: the case of selective compatibility

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Nataliia Rudenko

  31. Sensitivity of Lyme Borreliosis Spirochetes to Serum Complement of Regular Zoo Animals: Potential Reservoir Competence of Some Exotic Vertebrates

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, January 2016, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Nataliia Rudenko

  32. Identification and Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Proteins Involved in Infection of the Tick Vector, Ixodes scapularis

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Nataliia Rudenko

  33. Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in South Bohemia (Czech Republic) – Spatial variability in Ixodes ricinus abundance, Borrelia burgdorferi and tick-borne encephalitis virus prevalence

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, July 2015, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  34. Invasive potential of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto ospC type L strains increases the possible disease risk to humans in the regions of their distribution

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  35. Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and tick-borne encephalitis virus in zoo animal species in the Czech Republic

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, September 2014, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  36. Identification and partial characterisation of new members of the Ixodes ricinus defensin family

    Article • Gene, May 2014, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  37. Divergence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes could be driven by the host: diversity of Borrelia strains isolated from ticks feeding on a single bird

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  38. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu StrictoospCAlleles Associated with Human Lyme Borreliosis Worldwide in Non-Human-Biting Tick Ixodes affinis and Rodent Hosts in Southeastern United States

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2012, ASM Journals

    Nataliia Rudenko

  39. The RareospCAllele L of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, Commonly Found among Samples Collected in a Coastal Plain Area of the Southeastern United States, Is Associated with Ixodes affinis Ticks and Local Rodent Hosts Peromyscus gossypinus and Sigmo...

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2012, ASM Journals

    Nataliia Rudenko

  40. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Entrap and Kill Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto Spirochetes and Are Not Affected by Ixodes ricinus Tick Saliva

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nataliia Rudenko

  41. Functional genomics studies of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus ticks in response to infection with the cattle protozoan parasite, Babesia bigemina

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  42. Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, September 2011, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  43. Functional characterization of two defensin isoforms of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  44. Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex isolated from rodents and a tick from the south-eastern USA

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, February 2011, Society for General Microbiology

    Nataliia Rudenko

  45. Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, December 2010, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  46. IrML- a gene encoding a new member of the ML protein family from the hard tick, Ixodes ricinus

    Article • Journal of Vector Ecology, December 2010, Society for Vector Ecology

    Nataliia Rudenko

  47. Der-p2 (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) allergen-like protein from the hard tickIxodes ricinus– a novel member of ML (MD-2-related lipid-recognition) domain protein family

    Article • Parasitology, April 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Nataliia Rudenko

  48. Integration of a Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus andBorrelia burgdorferisensu lato into Mountain Ecosystems, Following a Shift in the Altitudinal Limit of Distribution of Their Vector,Ixodes ricinus(Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic)

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, April 2010, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Nataliia Rudenko

  49. New defensins from hard and soft ticks: Similarities, differences, and phylogenetic analyses

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  50. Delineation of a New Species of the Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Complex, Borrelia americana sp. nov.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Nataliia Rudenko

  51. Molecular detection ofBorrelia bissettiiDNA in serum samples from patients in the Czech Republic with suspected borreliosis

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nataliia Rudenko

  52. Tick lectins and fibrinogen-related proteins

    Article • December 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Nataliia Rudenko

  53. Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a New (14th) Member of the Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Complex from the Southeastern Region of the United States

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2008, ASM Journals

    Nataliia Rudenko

  54. Detection of Borrelia bissettii in Cardiac Valve Tissue of a Patient with Endocarditis and Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Czech Republic

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, ASM Journals

    Nataliia Rudenko

  55. Mutations in the NS2B and NS3 genes affect mouse neuroinvasiveness of a Western European field strain of tick-borne encephalitis virus

    Article • Virology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  56. Flagellin and Outer Surface Proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi Are Not Glycosylated

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2008, ASM Journals

    Nataliia Rudenko

  57. Detection of Anaplasma DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks: pitfalls

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, December 2007, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Nataliia Rudenko

  58. Gene organization of a novel defensin of Ixodes ricinus: first annotation of an intron/exon structure in a hard tick defensin gene and first evidence of the occurrence of two isoforms of one member of the arthropod defensin family

    Article • Insect Molecular Biology, July 2007, Wiley

    Nataliia Rudenko

  59. Extension of Ixodes ricinus ticks and agents of tick-borne diseases to mountain areas in the Czech Republic

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2006, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  60. Non-virulent strains of TBE virus circulating in the Czech Republic

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, January 2006, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  61. Lyme borreliosis: insights into tick- / host-borrelia relations

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, September 2005, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Nataliia Rudenko

  62. Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in nymphal Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Czech Republic

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, June 2005, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Nataliia Rudenko

  63. Improved method of detection and molecular typing ofBorrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in clinical samples by polymerase chain reaction without DNA purification

    Article • Folia Microbiologica, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko

  64. Tick lectins: structural and functional properties

    Article • Parasitology, October 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Nataliia Rudenko

  65. Molecular cloning, expression and isolation of ferritins from two tick species—Ornithodoros moubata and Ixodes ricinus

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Nataliia Rudenko

  66. 5′‐Derivatives of oligonucleotides as primers of DNA polymerization catalyzed by AMV reverse transcriptase and Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase 1

    Article • FEBS Letters, April 1991, Wiley

    Nataliia Rudenko

  67. A comparison of the initiating abilities of ribo‐ and deoxyriboprimers in DNA polymerization catalyzed by AMV reverse transcriptase

    Article • FEBS Letters, November 1990, Wiley

    Nataliia Rudenko

  68. Borrelia

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Nataliia Rudenko