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  1. Evaluation of Borrelia real time PCR DNA targeting OspA, FlaB and 5S–23S IGS and Borrelia 16S rRNA RT-qPCR

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  2. High seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi antibodies in forestry workers and individuals suspected of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Netherlands

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Alexander E Platonov, Dr Hein Sprong

  3. Circulation of four Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in Europe

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

    Dr Hein Sprong

  4. High-throughput screening of tick-borne pathogens in Europe

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, July 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Hein Sprong, Gérald UMHANG

  5. Tick-Borne Pathogen – Reversed and Conventional Discovery of Disease

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, July 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Hein Sprong

  6. Human Exposure to Tickborne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi , the Netherlands

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Hein Sprong

  7. Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Urban Hedgehogs

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Hein Sprong

  8. Response to Galán-Puchades and Fuentes: Taenia asiatica: neglected – but not forgotten – and almost certainly being quietly globalised

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  9. Impacts of globalisation on foodborne parasites

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  10. ANTIDotE: anti-tick vaccines to prevent tick-borne diseases in Europe

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

    Dr Hein Sprong

  11. Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Hein Sprong

  12. Are the specialized bird ticks, Ixodes arboricola and I. frontalis, competent vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato?

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  13. Co-infection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Rickettsia species in ticks and in an erythema migrans patient

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  14. Sensitivity of a point of care tick-test for the development of Lyme borreliosis

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  15. Songbirds as general transmitters but selective amplifiers of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genotypes in Ixodes rinicus ticks

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  16. A case of meningoencephalitis by the relapsing fever spirochaete Borrelia miyamotoi in Europe

    Article • The Lancet, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  17. Spotted fever group rickettsiae in Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis punctata ticks in the UK

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  18. Tekenbeet: dilemma’s in de huisartsenpraktijk

    Article • Huisarts en Wetenschap, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  19. Ecological factors that determine Ixodes ricinus tick burdens in the great tit (Parus major), an avian reservoir of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  20. Geodemographic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato using the 5S–23S rDNA spacer region

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  21. A Prospective Study among Patients Presenting at the General Practitioner with a Tick Bite or Erythema Migrans in the Netherlands

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Dr Hein Sprong

  22. Molecular analysis of Baylisascaris columnaris revealed mitochondrial and nuclear polymorphisms

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  23. Ability to cause erythema migrans differs between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  24. Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  25. Spatiotemporal dynamics of emerging pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Hein Sprong

  26. Transmission dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in a bird tick community

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  27. Circumstantial evidence for an increase in the total number and activity of borrelia-infected ixodes ricinus in the Netherlands

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  28. Population-based analyses of Giardia duodenalis is consistent with the clonal assemblage structure

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  29. Prevalence of Neoehrlichia mikurensis in ticks and rodents from North-west Europe

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  30. Genotyping Giardia duodenalis Isolates from Dogs: Lessons from a Multilocus Sequence Typing Study

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, March 2012, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Hein Sprong

  31. Parasites of vectors - Ixodiphagus hookeri and its Wolbachia symbionts in ticks in the Netherlands

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

    Dr Hein Sprong

  32. Molecular Diagnostics of Rickettsia africae Infection in Travelers Returning from South Africa to The Netherlands

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, December 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Hein Sprong

  33. Towards an integrated approach in surveillance of vector-borne diseases in Europe

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

    Dr Hein Sprong

  34. Hyperacidification of Trans‐Golgi Network and Endo/Lysosomes in Melanocytes by Glucosylceramide‐Dependent V‐ATPase Activity

    Article • Traffic, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  35. A Large Survey of Croatian Wild Mammals for Giardia duodenalis Reveals a Low Prevalence and Limited Zoonotic Potential

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, August 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Hein Sprong

  36. Absence of zoonotic Bartonella species in questing ticks: First detection of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Rickettsia felis in cat fleas in the Netherlands

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

    Dr Hein Sprong

  37. Small risk of developing symptomatic tick-borne diseases following a tick bite in the Netherlands

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

    Dr Hein Sprong

  38. Epidemiology of Giardiasis in Humans

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  39. Prevalence and molecular typing of Giardia spp. in captive mammals at the zoo of Zagreb, Croatia

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  40. Exotic Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus: fact or artifact?

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  41. Role of sand lizards in the ecology of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in the Netherlands

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  42. Food-borne diseases — The challenges of 20years ago still persist while new ones continue to emerge

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  43. Direct detection and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in meat samples using magnetic capture and PCR

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  44. Giardia duodenalis: Genetic recombination and its implications for taxonomy and molecular epidemiology

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  45. A clear and present danger: tick-borne diseases in Europe

    Article • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hein Sprong

  46. Identification of Zoonotic Genotypes of Giardia duodenalis

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, December 2009, PLOS

    Dr Hein Sprong

  47. Ixodes ricinus ticks are reservoir hosts for Rickettsia helvetica and potentially carry flea-borne Rickettsia species

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  48. Mammalian Wnt3a is Released on Lipoprotein Particles

    Article • Traffic, February 2009, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  49. Persistent Detection of Babesia EU1 and Babesia microti in Ixodes ricinus in The Netherlands During a 5-Year Surveillance: 2003–2007

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, February 2009, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Hein Sprong

  50. Fate and function of glucosylceramide in mammalian cells

    Article • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  51. Glycolipid‐Dependent Sorting of Melanosomal from Lysosomal Membrane Proteins by Lumenal Determinants

    Article • Traffic, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  52. Selective and diagnostic labelling of serine hydrolases with reactive phosphonate inhibitors

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Bert Klein Gebbink, Dr Hein Sprong

  53. Glycolipid transfer protein: Clear structure and activity, but enigmatic function

    Article • Advances in Enzyme Regulation, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  54. The way we view cellular (glyco)sphingolipids

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, November 2007, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  55. How cells use simple glycosphingolipids to regulate their physiology

    Article • March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  56. Hitch‐hiking Between Cells on Lipoprotein Particles

    Article • Traffic, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  57. Gangliosides play an important role in the organization of CD82-enriched microdomains

    Article • Biochemical Journal, December 2006, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Hein Sprong

  58. Aberrant Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis of Schistosoma mansoni Glycoproteins on Host Lipoproteins

    Article • PLoS Medicine, July 2006, PLOS

    Dr Hein Sprong

  59. ABC lipid transporters: Extruders, flippases, or flopless activators?

    Article • FEBS Letters, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  60. The blood–brain barrier transmigrating single domain antibody: mechanisms of transport and antigenic epitopes in human brain endothelial cells

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, September 2005, Wiley

    Dr Hein Sprong

  61. Lipoprotein particles are required for Hedgehog and Wingless signalling

    Article • May 2005, Nature

    Dr Hein Sprong

  62. Membrane lipids and vesicular traffic

    Article • Current Opinion in Cell Biology, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  63. How proteins move lipids and lipids move proteins

    Article • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, July 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  64. [8] Analysis of galactolipids and UDP-galactose: Ceramide galactosyltransferase

    Article • January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong

  65. Lipid Translocation from the Cytosolic Leaflet of the Plasma Membrane to the Cell Surface by MultidrugTransporters

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hein Sprong

  66. MDR1 P-Glycoprotein Is a Lipid Translocase of Broad Specificity, While MDR3 P-Glycoprotein Specifically Translocates Phosphatidylcholine

    Article • Cell, November 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Hein Sprong, Dr. Ir. Ardy van Helvoort