Tissue tropism and metabolic pathways of Midichloria mitochondrii suggest tissue-specific functions in the symbiosis with Ixodes ricinus

Emanuela Olivieri, Sara Epis, Michele Castelli, +6

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

BiologyMetabolic PathwaysIxodes RicinusMitochondrial BiogenesisMitochondrial Function +11

Relationships between personality traits and the physiological stress response in a wild mammal

Francesca Santicchia, Lucas A. Wauters, Ben Dantzer, +6

Current Zoology

Annual variation in predation and dispersal of Arolla pine (Pinus cembra L.) seeds by Eurasian red squirrels and other seed-eaters

Cheng Zong, Lucas A. Wauters, Stefan Van Dongen, +5

Forest Ecology and Management

Wildlife EcologyArolla PineEvolutionary BiologyWildlife BiologyPopulation Ecology +2

Macroparasite Fauna of Alien Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis): Composition, Variability and Implications for Native Species

Claudia Romeo, Lucas A. Wauters, Nicola Ferrari, +5

PLoS ONE

Parasitic DiseaseGrey SquirrelsRodent EcologyEnemy ReleaseWildlife Ecology +14

Midichloria mitochondrii, endosymbiont of Ixodes ricinus: evidence for the transmission to the vertebrate host during the tick blood meal

Alessandra Cafiso, Davide Sassera, Claudia Romeo, +5

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

BiologyIxodes RicinusNatural SciencesEntomologyEvolutionary Biology +6

Rapid displacement of SARS-CoV-2 variant Delta by Omicron revealed by allele-specific PCR in wastewater

Wei Lin Lee, Federica Armas, Flavia Guarneri, +17

Water Research

Macroparasite community of the Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris): poor species richness and diversity

Claudia Romeo, Benoît Pisanu, Nicola Ferrari, +6

Parasitology Research

BiologyBiodiversityEngineeringWildlife EcologyMammalogy +6

The price of being bold? Relationship between personality and endoparasitic infection in a tree squirrel

Francesca Santicchia, Claudia Romeo, Nicola Ferrari, +4

Mammalian Biology

Endoparasitic InfectionBehavioral SciencesSocial BehaviorZoonotic DiseaseCompanion Animal +4

British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli

Anna‐Katarina Schilling, Charlotte Avanzi, Rainer G. Ulrich, +16

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Factors affecting the microbiological load of Italian hunted wild boar meat (Sus scrofa)

Orsoni Francesca, Claudia Romeo, Nicola Ferrari, +3

Meat Science

Wild Boar MeatAnimal ScienceSus ScrofaAnimal HealthMicrobiological Load +5