Publications

Dr Sara Gandy, Jolyon Medlock, Mia White, Robert Kohl, Hein Sprong, Kayleigh Hansford (2024). Ixodes ricinus (Acari, Ixodidae) ticks and tick-borne pathogen prevalence on the Isle of Wight – an island perspective in southern England. In Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association.

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Jolyon Medlock, Frances Hawkes, Robert Cheke, G Gibson, Anthony Abbott, Benjamin Cull, Dr Sara Gandy, Harrison Hardy, T Acott, Alexander Vaux (2024). Mosquito diversity and abundance in English wetlands – empirical evidence to guide predictions for wetland suitability for mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). In Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association.

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Mirjam Schilling, Megan Golding, Ben Jones, Karen Mansfield, Dr Sara Gandy, Jolyon Medlock, Nicholas Johnson (2024). Sequences Related to Chimay Rhabdovirus Are Widely Distributed in Ixodes ricinus Ticks across England and Wales. In Viruses.

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Dr Sara Gandy, Jolyon Medlock, Ben Cull, Rob Smith, Zoe Gibney, Sanam Sewgobind, Insiyah Parekh, Sophie Harding, Nicholas Johnson, Kayleigh Hansford (2023). Detection of Babesia species in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in England and Wales. In Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.

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Ternenge Apaa, Harriet McFadzean, Dr Sara Gandy, Kayleigh Hansford, Jolyon Medlock, Nicholas Johnson (2023). Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ecotype Analysis in Cattle from Great Britain. In Pathogens.

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Jolyon Medlock, Dr Sara Gandy, Colin Johnston, Zatanya Handfield, Kenrick Neely, Alexander Vaux (2022). Snap-shot assessment of adult mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) densities on the Turks and Caicos Islands, February 2022. In JEMCA.

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Dr Sara Gandy, Kayleigh Hansford, Jolyon Medlock (2022). Possible expansion of Ixodes ricinus in the United Kingdom identified through the Tick Surveillance Scheme between 2013 and 2020. In Medical and Veterinary Entomology.

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Kayleigh Hansford, Dr Sara Gandy, Emma Gillingham, Liz McGinley, Benjamin Cull, Colin Johnston, Matthew Catton, Jolyon Medlock (2022). Mapping and monitoring tick (Acari, Ixodida) distribution, seasonality, and host associations in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020. In Medical and Veterinary Entomology.

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Jolyon Medlock, Rhian Guillem, Colin Johnston, Dr Sara Gandy, Steven Findlay-Wilson, Kevin Desoisa, Francis Schaffner, Alexander Vaux (2022). The first 6 years of surveillance of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Gibraltar. In JEMCA.

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Dr Sara Gandy, Elizabeth Kilbride, Roman Biek, Caroline Millins, Lucy Gilbert (2022). No net effect of host density on tick-borne disease hazard due to opposing roles of vector amplification and pathogen dilution. In Ecology and Evolution.

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Jolyon Medlock, Alexander Vaux, Dr Sara Gandy, Benjamin Cull, Liz McGinley, Emma Gillingham, Matthew Catton, Steven Pullan, Kayleigh Hansford (2022). Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the density of Borrelia burgdorferi ‐infected Ixodes ricinus ticks across a landscape: A 5‐year study in southern England. In Medical and Veterinary Entomology.

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Dr Sara Gandy, Kayleigh Hansford, Liz McGinley, Ben Cull, Rob Smith, Amanda Semper, Tim Brooks, Manoj Fonville, Hein Sprong, Paul Phipps, Nicholas Johnson, Jolyon Medlock (2022). Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs across twenty recreational areas in England and Wales. In Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.

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Jolyon Medlock, Kayleigh Hansford, Dr Sara Gandy, Alexander Vaux, Emma Keane, Paul Phipps, Nick Johnson (2022). Managing red sheep ticks in Sussex. In The Veterinary Record.

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Dr Sara Gandy, Elizabeth Kilbride, Roman Biek, Caroline Millins, Lucy Gilbert (2021). Experimental evidence for opposing effects of high deer density on tick-borne pathogen prevalence and hazard. In Parasites & Vectors.

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Kayleigh Hansford, Liz McGinley, Samantha Wilkinson, Emma Gillingham, Benjamin Cull, Dr Sara Gandy, Dan Carter, Alexander Vaux, Simon Richards, Alister Hayes, Jolyon Medlock (2021). Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Royal Parks of London, UK. Experimental and Applied Acarology.

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