Levente Barti

TL;DR: DNA sequences of piroplasms detected in these bat ticks most likely originated from the blood of their respective bat hosts, indicating either that bats are susceptible to a broader range of pIROplasms than previously thought, or at least the DNA of piraplasms may pass through the gut barrier of bats during digestion of relevant arthropod vectors.

TL;DR: A detailed review of all records available by the end of 2013 can be found in this paper, showing an ongoing and relatively fast expansion of Hypsugo savii from southern to Central Europe, which represents a shift of almost 800 km northwards in the last 20-25 years.

TL;DR: A systematic survey of the distribution and fungus-bat fly associations of the Nycteribiidae in central Europe shows a complex network of bats, bat flies and Laboulbeniales fungi, of which the hyperparasitic fungi are rare and species-poor.

TL;DR: The high prevalence and diversity of Bartonella spp.

TL;DR: It is concluded that bat-specialist ticks show a wide range of adaptations to their hosts, with differences in specificity, seasonality of occurrence, the prevalence and intensity of infestation and all these contribute to a successful division of temporal niches of ticks sharing morphologically similar hosts occurring in geographical sympatry.