Klimov P B, Kolesnikov V B, Vorontsov D D, Ball A D, Bolton S J, Mellish C, ..., & Braig H R. 2025.

The evolutionary history and timeline of mites in ancient soils.

Scientific Reports under revision.

House N, Miro-Herrans A T, Allen J M, Ascunce M S, Ashfaq M, Boyd B M, Braig HR, ..., & Reed D L. 2025.

Host-mediated movement and louse population biology explain genome-wide population structure of globally distributed human head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis).

Nature Ecology and Evolution under review.

Klimov P B, Cui Y, Hubert J, Erban T, Perotti M A, Braig H R, ..., & Cui Y. 2024.

Genomic and metagenomic analyses of the domestic mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae identify it as a widespread environmental contaminant and a host of a basal, mite-specific Wolbachia lineage (supergroup Q).

International Journal of Parasitology 54, 661-674.

Perotti M A, Pashkova O, & Braig H R. 2023.

Mass graves constitute a unique niche for forensic biological traces.

In S Tyuleniev (Ed.), Актуальні Питання Судової Експертизи і Криміналістики [Current Issues of Forensic Examinations and Criminalistics] (pp. 27-31). Kharkiv: Pravo Publishing House.

Pieters T, Meredith A L, & Braig H R. 2023.

More on autochthonous leprosy in the United States.

New England Journal of Medicine 389, 963-964.

Pedroso L G A, Klimov P B, Mironov S V, OConnor B M, Braig H R, Pepato A R, ..., & Hernandes F A. 2023.

Horizontal transmission maintains host specificity and codiversification of symbionts in a brood parasitic host.

Communications Biology 6, 1171.

Perotti M A & Braig H R. 2022.

Our life companions: The human follicular mite Demodex folliculorum.

Zoosymposia 22, 29-31.

Perotti M A & Braig H R. 2022.

The arthropods of corpses from above ground and from deep below.

Zoosymposia 22, 149-152.

Saloña-Bordas M I, Garthwaite L F, Perotti M A, & Braig H R. 2022.

Large mites on wild mushrooms in Britain.

Zoosymposia 22, 177-186.

Smith G, Manzano Marín A, Reyes-Prieto M, Antunes C S R, Ashworth V, Goselle O N, ..., & Braig H R. 2022.

Human follicular mites: Ectoparasites become symbionts.

Molecular Biology and Evolution 39, msac125.

Pedersen M W, Antunes C, De Cahsan B, Moreno-Mayar J V, Sikora M, Vinner L, ..., & Perotti M A. 2022.

Ancient human genomes and environmental DNA from the cement attaching 2,000 year-old head lice nits.

Molecular Biology and Evolution 39, msab351.

Klimov P B, Vorontsov D D, Azar D, Ekaterina A, Sidorchuk E A, Braig H R, & Tolstikov A V. 2021.

A transitional fossil mite (Astigmata: Levantoglyphidae fam. n.) from the early Cretaceous suggests gradual evolution of phoresy-related metamorphosis.

Scientific Reports 11, e15113.

Perotti M A & Braig H R. 2020.

Acarology in crimino-legal investigations: The human acarofauna during life and death.

In J H Byrd & J K Tomberlin (Eds.), Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations (3rd ed., pp. 483-495). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Che Kamaruzaman N A, Mašán P, Velásquez Y, González-Medina A, Lindström A, Braig H R, & Perotti M A. 2018.

Macrocheles species (Acari: Macrochelidae) associated with human corpses in Europe.

Experimental and Applied Acarology 76, 453-471.

Perotti M A, Young D K, & Braig H R. 2016.

The ghost sex-life of the paedogenetic beetle Micromalthus debilis.

Scientific Reports 6, e27364.

Braig H R & Perotti M A. 2015.

From Insects to Mites: From classic tales of bioterrorism to trace evidence in forensic acarology.

Antenna Special Edition 2015, 112-113.

Perotti M A, Saloña-Bordas M I, & Braig H R. 2015.

Hidden passengers and microscopical witnesses: Phoretic mites of forensically important insects.

Antenna Special Edition 2015, 111-111.

Mašán P, Perotti M A, Saloña Bordas M I, & Braig H R. 2013.

Proctolaelaps euserratus, an ecologically unusual melicharid mite (Acari, Mesostigmata) associated with animal and human decomposition.

Experimental and Applied Acarology 61, 415-429.

Dubuffet A, Smith J E, Solter S, Perotti M A, Braig H R, & Dunn A M. 2013.

Specific detection and localization of microsporidian parasites in invertebrate hosts by using in situ hybridization.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79, 385-388.

Siozios S, Ioannidis P, Klasson L, Andersson S G E, Braig H R, & Bourtzis K. 2013.

The diversity and evolution of Wolbachia ankyrin repeat domain genes.

PLoS ONE 8, e55390.

Vavre F & Braig H R. 2012.

Primary and secondary symbionts, so similar, yet so different.

In E Zchori-Fein & K Bourtzis (Eds.), Manipulative Tenants: Bacteria associated with Arthropods (pp. xvii-xxxvii). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Mašán P, Simpson C, Perotti M A, & Braig H R. 2012.

Mites parasitic on Australasian and African spiders found in the pet trade; a redescription of Ljunghia pulleineiWomersley.

PLoS ONE 7, e39019.

Mukhopadhyay J, Braig H R, Rowton E D, & Ghosh K. 2012.

Naturally occurring culturable aerobic gut flora of adult Phlebotomus papatasi, vector of Leishmania major in the Old World.

PLoS ONE 7, e35748.

Perotti M A & Braig H R. 2011.

Eukaryotic ectosymbionts of Acari.

Journal of Applied Entomology 135, 514-523.

Hubert J, Kopecký J, Perotti M A, Nesvorná M, Braig H R, Ságová-Marečková M, ..., & Zurek L. 2011.

Detection and identification of species-specific bacteria associated with synanthropic mites.

Microbial Ecology 63, 919-928.

Saridaki A, Sapountzis P, Harris H L, Batista P D, Biliske J A, Pavlikaki H, ..., Braig HR, & Bourtzis K. 2011.

Wolbachia prophage DNA adenine methyltransferase genes in different Drosophila-Wolbachia associations.

PLoS ONE 6, e19708.

Perotti M A & Braig H R. 2010.

Acarology in criminolegal investigations: the human acarofauna during life and death.

In J H Byrd & J L Castner (Eds.), Forensic Entomology: the Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations (2nd ed., pp. 637-649). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.

Perotti M A, Braig H R, & Goff M L. 2010.

Phoretic mites and carcasses: Acari transported by organisms associated with animal and human decomposition.

In J Amendt, C P Campobasso, M L Goff, & M Grassberger (Eds.), Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology (pp. 69-92). Dordrecht: Springer.

Frost C L, Braig H R, Amendt J, & Perotti M A. 2010.

Indoor arthropods of forensic importance: Insects associated with indoor decomposition and mites as indoor markers.

In J Amendt, C P Campobasso, M L Goff, & M Grassberger (Eds.), Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology (pp. 93-108). Dordrecht: Springer.

Harris H L, Brennan L J, Keddie B A, & Braig H R. 2010.

Bacterial symbionts in insects: balancing life and death.

Symbiosis 51, 37-53.

Lantová L, Ghosh K, Svobodova M, Braig H R, Rowton E, Weina P, ..., & Votypka J. 2010.

The life cycle and host specificity of Psychodiella sergenti n. sp. and Ps. tobbi n. sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) in sand flies Phlebotomus sergenti and Ph. tobbi (Diptera: Psychodidae).

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 105, 182-189.

Kirkness E F, Haas B J, Sun W, Braig H R, Perotti M A, Clark J M, ..., & Pittendrigh B R. 2010.

Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, 12168-12173.

Braig H R & Perotti M A. 2009.

Carcasses and mites.

Experimental and Applied Acarology 49, 45-84.

Perotti M A & Braig H R. 2009.

Phoretic mites associated with animal and human decomposition.

Experimental and Applied Acarology 49, 85-124.

Braig H R, Turner B D, & Perotti M A. 2009.

Symbiotic Rickettsia.

In K Bourtzis & T A Miller (Eds.), Insect Symbiosis 3 (pp. 221-252). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.

Perotti M A, Kirkness E F, Reed D L, & Braig H R. 2009.

Endosymbionts of lice.

In K Bourtzis & T A Miller (Eds.), Insect Symbiosis 3 (pp. 205-220). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.

Allen J M, Light J E, Perotti M A, Braig H R, & Reed D L. 2009.

Mutational meltdown in primary endosymbionts: selection limits Muller's ratchet.

PLoS ONE 4, e4969.

Perotti M A, Goff M L, Baker A S, Turner B D, & Braig H R. 2009.

Forensic acarology, an introduction.

Experimental and Applied Acarology 49, 3-13.

Votypka J, Lantova L, Ghosh K, Braig H R, & Volf P. 2009.

Molecular characterization of gregarines from sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and description of Psychodiella n. g. (Apicomplexa: Gregarinida).

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56, 583-588.

Klasson L, Westberg J, Sapountzis P, Naesiund K, Lutnaes Y, Darby A C, ..., Braig HR, Garrett R, Bourtzis K, & Andersson S G E. 2009.

The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 5725-5730.

Brennan L J, Keddie B A, Braig H R, & Harris H L. 2008.

The endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis induces the expression of host antioxidant proteins in an Aedes albopictuscell line.

PLoS ONE 3, e2083.

Félix C, Grève P, Braquart-Varnier C, Braig H R, Pichon S, Cheng L, ..., & Martin G. 2008.

Characterization and transcriptional analysis of two gene clusters for a type IV secretion machinery in Wolbachia of Armadillidium vulgare.

Research in Microbiology 159, 481-485.

Allen J M, Reed D L, Perotti M A, & Braig H R. 2007.

Evolutionary relationships of Candidatus Riesia spp., endosymbiotic Enterobacteriaceae living within hematophagous primate lice.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, 1659-1664.

Perotti M A, Allen J M, Reed D L, & Braig H R. 2007.

Host-symbiont interactions of the primary endosymbiont of human head and body lice.

FASEB Journal 21, 1058-1066.

Battersby A, Jones R D, Lilley K S, McFarlane R J, Braig H R, Allen N D, & Wakeman J A. 2007.

Comparative proteomic analysis reveals differential expression of Hsp25 following the directed differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells.

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Molecular Cell Research 1773, 147-156.

Perotti M A, Clarke H K, Turner B D, & Braig H R. 2006.

Rickettsia as obligate and mycetomic bacteria.

FASEB Journal 20, 2372-2374 and E1646-E1656.

Perotti M A & Braig H R. 2005.

Endosymbionts of acari.

Phytophaga 14, 457-476.

Veneti Z, Bentley J K, Koana T, Braig H R, & Hurst G D D. 2005.

A functional dosage compensation complex required for male killing in Drosophila.

Science 307, 1461-1463.

Perotti M A, Catalá S S, del V Ormeño A, Żelazowska M, Biliński S M, & Braig H R. 2004.

The sex ratio distortion in the human head louse is conserved over time.

BMC Genetics 5, 10.

Harris H L & Braig H R. 2003.

Sperm chromatin remodelling and Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila.

Biochemistry and Cell Biology 81, 229-240.

Koivisto R K K & Braig H R. 2003.

Microorganisms and parthenogenesis.

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79, 43-58.

Bourtzis K, Braig H R, & Karr T L. 2003.

Cytoplasmic incompatibility.

In K Bourtzis & T A Miller (Eds.), Insect Symbiosis (pp. 217-246). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Hamilton J V, Lehane M J, & Braig H R. 2003.

Isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii from midgut of Stomoxys calcitrans.

Lancet 9, 1355-1356.

Bandi C, Bourtzis K, Braig H R, Lo N, O’Neill S L, Stouthamer R, ..., & Werren J H. 2003.

Towards a nomenclatural system for intracellular Wolbachia bacteria infecting arthropods and nematodes — a discussion paper. https://www.wolbachia.sols.uq.edu.au/index

Nirgianaki A, Banks G K, Frohlich D R, Veneti Z, Braig H R, Miller T A, ..., & Bourtzis K. 2003.

Wolbachia infections of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.

Current Microbiology 47, 93-101.

Vandekerckhove T T M, Watteyne S, Bonne W, Vanacker D, Devaere S, Rumes B, ..., Braig HR, & Mertens J. 2003.

Evolutionary trends in feminization and intersexuality in woodlice (Crustacea, Isopoda) infected with Wolbachia pipientis (alpha-Proteobacteria).

Belgian Journal of Zoology 133, 61-69.

Braig H R, Turner B D, Normark B B, & Stouthamer R. 2002.

Microorganism-induced parthenogenesis.

In R N Hughes (Ed.), Progress in Asexual Reproduction (Vol. 11, pp. 1-62). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Braig H R & Yan G. 2001.

The spread of genetic constructs in natural insect populations.

In D K Letourneau & B E Burrows (Eds.), Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects (pp. 251-314). New York: CRC Press.

Ono M, Braig H R, Munstermann L E, Ferro C, & O'Neill S L. 2001.

Wolbachia infections of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera : Psychodidae).

Journal of Medical Entomoloy 38, 237-241.

Mukhopadhyay J, Ghosh K, & Braig H R. 2000.

Identification of cutaneous Leishmaniasis vectors, Phlebotomus papatasi and P. duboscqi using random amplified polymorphic DNA.

Acta Tropica 76, 277-283.

Bourtzis K & Braig H R. 1999.

The many faces of Wolbachia.

In D Raoult & P Brouqui (Eds.), Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases at the Turn of the Third Millennium (pp. 199-219). Paris: Elsevier.

Rousset F, Braig H R, & O'Neill S L. 1999.

A stable triple Wolbachia infection in Drosophila with nearly additive incompatibility effects.

Heredity 82, 620-627.

Dobson S L, Bourtzis K, Braig H R, Jones B F, Zhou W G, Rousset F, & O'Neill S L. 1999.

Wolbachia infections are distributed throughout insect somatic and germ line tissues.

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 29, 153-160.

Sasaki T, Braig H R, & O'Neill S L. 1998.

Analysis of Wolbachia protein synthesis in Drosophila in vivo.

Insect Molecular Biology 7, 101-105.

Bourtzis K, Dobson S L, Braig H R, & O'Neill S L. 1998.

Rescuing Wolbachia have been overlooked.

Nature 391, 852-853.

Braig H R, Zhou W G, Dobson S L, & O'Neill S L. 1998.

Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding the major surface protein of the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis.

Journal of Bacteriology 180, 2373-2378.

O'Neill S L, Pettigrew M M, Sinkins S P, Braig H R, Andreadis T G, & Tesh R B. 1997.

In vitro cultivation of Wolbachia pipientis in an Aedes albopictus cell line.

Insect Molecular Biology 6, 33-39.

Braig H R. 1995.

Scarpie: In vitro- and in vivo-separation of infectivity and scrapie-associated fibrils (SAFs).

Groningen: Rijskuniversiteit Groningen; 177 p.

Sinkins S P, Braig H R, & O'Neill S L. 1995.

Wolbachia pipientis: Bacterial density and unidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility between infected populations of Aedes albopictus.

Experimental Parasitology 81, 284-291.

Sinkins S P, Braig H R, & O'Neill S L. 1995.

Wolbachia superinfections and the expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 261, 325-330.

O'Neill S L, Kittayapong P, Braig H R, Andreadis T G, Gonzalez J P, & Tesh R B. 1995.

Insect Densoviruses may be widespread in mosquito cell lines.

Journal of General Virology 76, 2067-2074.

Braig H R, Guzman H, Tesh R B, & O'Neill S L. 1994.

Replacement of the natural Wolbachia symbiont of Drosophila simulans with a mosquito counterpart.

Nature 367, 453-455.

Diringer H & Braig H R. 1989.

Infectivity of unconventional viruses in dura mater.

Lancet i (8635), 439-440.

Thiele B, Braig H R, Ehm I, Kunze R, & Ruf B. 1989.

Influence of sulfated carbohydrates on the accessibility of CD4 and other CD molecules on the cell surface and implication for human immunodeficiency virus infection.

European Journal of Immunology 19, 1161-1164.

Diringer H, Czub M, Braig H R, Özel M, Imrecke W, & Blode H. 1989.

The function of scrapie-associated fibrils in the pathogenesis of unconventional slow virus diseases.

In L A Court, D Dormont, P Brown, & D T Kingsbury (Eds.), Unconventional Virus Diseases of the Central Nervous System (pp. 512-522). Fontenay-aux-Roses: Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique.

Czub M, Braig H R, & Diringer H. 1988.

Replication of the scrapie agent in hamsters infected intracerebrally confirms the pathogenesis of an amyloid-inducing virosis.

Journal of General Virology 69, 1753-1756.

Diringer H, Braig H R, & Czub M. 1988.

Scrapie: A virus-induced amyloidosis of the brain.

In G Bock & J Marsh (Eds.), Noval Infectious Agents and the Central Nervous System (Vol. 135, pp. 135-145). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Diringer H, Czub M, Braig H R, Imrecke W, & Blode H. 1988.

Viruses, amyloidosis, and dementia: Prospects of unconventional slow infections.

In H Bauer, H D Klenk, & C Scholtissek (Eds.), Modern Trends in Virology (Vol. 43-48). Berlin: Springer.

Blode H, Braig H R, & Diringer H. 1987.

Präparative SDS-PAGE mit kontinuierlicher Elution von Membranproteinen aus Hamstergehirnen [Preparative SDS-PAGE with continuous elution of membrane proteins from hamster brains].

In B J Radola (Ed.), Electrophorese Forum ’87 (pp. 562-568). Freising-Weihenstephan: Technische Universität München.

Czub M, Braig H R, & Diringer H. 1986.

Pathogenesis of scrapie: Study of the temporal development of clinical symptoms, of infectivity titres, and scrapie-associated fibrils in brains of hamsters infected intraperitonealy.

Journal of General Virology 67, 2005-2009.

Czub M, Braig H R, Blode H, & Diringer H. 1986.

The major protein of SAF is absent from spleen and thus not an essential part of the scrapie agent.

Archives of Virology 91, 383-386.

Diringer H, Braig H R, Pocchiari M, & Bode L. 1986.

Scrapie-associated fibrils in the pathogenesis of diseases caused by unconventional slow viruses.

Discussions in Neurosciences 3, 95-100, 145-157.

Braig H R & Diringer H. 1985.

Scrapie - Concept of a virus-induced amyloidosis of the brain.

EMBO Journal 4, 2309-2312.