Original Research Articles

Utility of MALDI-TOF MS for determination of species identity and blood meal sources of primary malaria vectors on the Kenyan coast. Karisa J, Ominde K, Tuwei M, Bartilol B, Ondieki Z, Musani H, Wanjiku C, Mwikali K, Babu L, Rono M, Eminov M, Mbogo C, Bejon P, Mwangangi J, Laroche M, Maia M. Wellcome Open Res 2023, 8:151 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18982.1

MALDI-TOF MS identification of dromedary camel ticks and detection of associated microorganisms, Southern Algeria. Hamlili FZ, Laroche M, Diarra AZ, Lafri I, Gassen B, Boutefna B, Davoust B, Bitam I, Parola P. Microorganisms. 2022 Nov 3;10(11):2178. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10112178.

Microorganisms associated with the North African hedgehog Atelerix algirus and its parasitizing arthropods in Algeria. Aouadi N, Benkacimi L, Zan Diarra A, Laroche M, Bérenger JM, Bitam I, Parola P.Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 27;80:101726 doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2021.101726

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of freshwater snails from Senegal, including intermediate hosts of schistosomes. Hamlili FZ, Laroche M, Thiam F, Diarra AZ, Doucouré S, Gaye PM, Fall CB, Faye B, Sokhna C, Sow D, Parola P. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Sep 13;15(9):e0009725 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009725

Using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to identify ticks collected on domestic and wild animals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ngoy S, Diarra AZ, Laudisoit A, Gembu GC, Verheyen E, Mubenga O, Mbalitini SG, Baelo P, Laroche M, Parola P. Exp Appl Acarol. 2021 Jul;84(3):637-657 doi: 10.1007/s10493-021-00629-z

New records of bacteria in different species of fleas from France and Spain. Zurita A, Benkacimi L, El Karkouri K, Cutillas C, Parola P, Laroche M. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jun;76:101648 doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2021.101648

Performance of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to determine the sex of mosquitoes and identify specific colonies from French Polynesia. Fall FK, Laroche M, Bossin H, Musso D, Parola P. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Mar 22;104(5):1907-16. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0031

Cattle trading favors the introduction and establishment of the invasive tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Menoua Division, West Region of Cameroon. Lontsi-Demano M, Ngnindji-Youdje Y, Laroche M, Bamou R, Defo-Talom B, Abah S, Fopa F, Mamoudou A, Tchuinkam T. J Entomol Zool Stud 2020;8(6):207-214.

Hymenopteran parasitoids of hard ticks in Western Africa and the Russian Far East. Gaye M, Amanzougaghene N, Laidoudi Y, Niang EHA, Sekeyová Z, Laroche M, Bérenger JM, Raoult D, Kazimírová M, Fenollar F, Mediannikov O. Microorganisms. 2020 Dec 14;8(12):1992. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8121992

Identification of mixed and successive blood meals of mosquitoes using MALDI-TOF MS protein profiling. Tandina F, Niare S, Almeras L, Davoust B, Doumbo O, Raoult D, Parola P, Laroche M. Parasitology. 2020 Mar;147(3):329-339 doi:10.1017/S003118201900163X

Molecular detection of microorganisms associated with small mammals and their ectoparasites in Mali. Diarra AZ, Kone AK, Niare DS, Laroche M, Diatta G, Atteynine SA, Coulibaly M, Sangare AK, Kouriba B, Djimde A, Dabo A, Sagara I, Davoust B, Ranque S, Thera MA, Didier R, Doumbo OK, Parola P. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Dec;103(6):2542-2551 doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0727

The trick of the hedgehog: case report and short review about Archaeopsylla erinacei (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in human health. Greigert V, Brunet J, Ouarti B, Laroche M, Pfaff AW, Henon N, Lemoine JP, Mathieu B, Parola P, Candolfi E, Abou-Bacar A. J Med Entomol. 2020 Jan 9;57(1):318-323 doi: 10.1093/jme/tjz157

Molecular identification of protozoal and bacterial organisms in domestic animals and their infesting ticks from north-eastern Algeria. Sadeddine R, Diarra AZ, Laroche M, Mediannikov O, Righi S, Benakhla A, Dahmana H, Raoult D, Parola P. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2020 Mar;11(2):101330 doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101330

MALDI-TOF MS identification of Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus bedbugs Benkacimi L, Gazelle G, El Hamzaoui B, Bérenger J-M, Parola P, Laroche M. Infect Genet Evol. 2020 Nov;85:104536 doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104536

Development of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for lice identification Ouarti B, Laroche M, Righi S, Meguini M, Benakhla M, Raoult D, Parola P. Parasite. 2020;27:28 doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020026

Testing the competence of Cimex lectularius bed bugs for the transmission of Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of relapsing fever.  El Hamzaoui B, Laroche M, Bechah Y, Bérenger JM, Parola P. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Jun;100(6):1407-1412 doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0804

Detection of Bartonella spp. in Cimex lectularius by MALDI-TOF MS. El Hamzaoui B, Laroche M, Parola P. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Jun;64:130-137 doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2019.03.001

Use of MALDI-TOF MS for the identification of Chad Mosquitoes and the origin of their blood meal. Diarra AZ, Laroche M, Berger F, Parola P. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Jan;100(1):47-53. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0657

Tropheryma whipplei intestinal colonization in Italian and migrant population: a retrospective observational study. Beltrame A, Ragusa A, Perandin F, Formenti F, Fenollar F, Edouard S, Laroche M, Zavarise G, Doro F, Giorli G, Raoult D, Bisoffi Z. Future Microbiol. 2019 Mar;14:283-292. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0347

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry as a useful tool for the rapid identification of wild flea vectors preserved in alcohol.  Zurita A, Cutillas, C Parola P, Laroche M.  Med Vet Entomol 2019 Jun;33(2):185-194. doi: 10.1111/mve.12351

Tick- and flea-borne rickettsioses in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria: Implications for travel medicine. Bouchaib H, Eldin C, Laroche M, Raoult D, Parola P. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018 Nov-Dec;26:51-57. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.11.005

MALDI-TOF MS protein profiling: A robust method for accurate identification of Australian mosquitoes. Lawrence A. L., Batovska J., Webb C. E., Lynch S.E., Blacket M. J., Šlapeta J., Parola P. Laroche M. Parasitology. 2019 Apr;146(4):462-471. doi: 10.1017/S0031182018001658

Blood meal identification in the cryptic species Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii using MALDI-TOF MS. Tandina F, Laroche M, Davoust B, K Doumbo O, Parola P. Parasite. 2018;25:40. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2018041

Tick-borne pathogens in removed ticks Veneto, northeastern Italy: A cross-sectional investigation. Beltrame A, Laroche M, Degani M, Perandin F, Bisoffi Z, Raoult D, Parola P. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018 Nov-Dec;26:58-61. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.08.008

MALDI-TOF MS identification of ticks of domestic and wild animals in Algeria and molecular detection of associated microorganisms. Boucheikhchoukh M, Laroche M, Aouadi A, Dib L, Benakhla A, Raoult D, Parola P. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Apr;57:39-49. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2018.05.002

Detection of Bartonella spp. in fleas by MALDI-TOF MS. El Hamzaoui B, Laroche M, Almeras L, Bérenger JM, Raoult D, PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Feb 16;12(2):e0006189. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006189

Using MALDI-TOF MS to identify mosquitoes collected in Mali and their blood meals. Tandina F, Niaré S, Laroche M, Koné AK, Diarra AZ, Ongoiba A, Berenger JM, Doumbo OK, Raoult D, Parola P. Parasitology. 2018 Aug;145(9):1170-1182. doi: 10.1017/S0031182018000070

MALDI-TOF MS protein profiling for the rapid identification of Chagas disease triatomine vectors and application to the triatomine fauna of French Guiana. Laroche M, Bérenger JM, Gazelle G, Blanchet D, Raoult D, Parola P. Parasitology. 2018 Apr;145(5):676. doi: 10.1017/S0031182017001743

Molecular and MALDI-TOF MS identification of ticks and tick-associated bacteria in Mali. Diarra AZ, Almeras L, Laroche M, Berenger JM, Koné AK, Bocoum Z, Dabo A, Doumbo O, Raoult D, Parola P. LoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jul 24;11(7):e0005762. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005762

Detection of a Potential New Bartonella Species "Candidatus Bartonella rondoniensis" in Human Biting Kissing Bugs (Reduviidae; Triatominae). Laroche M, Berenger JM, Mediannikov O, Raoult D, Parola P. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jan 17;11(1):e0005297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005297

Use of eschar swabbing for the molecular diagnosis and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi causing scrub typhus in Quang Nam province, Vietnam. Le Viet N, Laroche M, Thi Pham HL, Viet NL, Mediannikov O, Raoult D, Parola P. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Feb 27;11(2):e0005397. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005397

MALDI-TOF MS as an innovative tool for detection of Plasmodium parasites in Anopheles mosquitoes. Laroche M, Almeras L, Pecchi E, Bechah Y, Raoult D, Viola A, Parola P. Malar J. 2017 Jan 3;16(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1657-z

Morphological, molecular and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry identification of ixodid tick species collected in Oromia, Ethiopia. Kumsa B, Laroche M, Almeras L, Mediannikov O, Raoult D, Parola P. Parasitol Res. 2016 Nov;115(11):4199-4210. doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-5197-9

A novel ehrlichial agent detected in tick in French Polynesia. Laroche M, Marie J, Mediannikov O, Almeras L, Berenger JM, Musso D, Raoult D, Parola P. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 Oct;7(6):1203-1208. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.014

Identification of tick species and disseminate pathogen using hemolymph by MALDI-TOF MS. Yssouf A, Almeras L, Berenger JM, Laroche M, Raoult D, Parola P. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Jul;6(5):579-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.04.013

Review articles

A Vaccine for Canine Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: An Unmet One Health Need. Walker D, Blanton L, Laroche M, Fang R, Narra H. Vaccines 2022, 10(10), 1626; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101626Paragraph. 

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: an emerging tool for studying the vectors of human infectious diseases. Sevestre J, Diarra AZ, Laroche M, Almeras L, Parola P. Future Microbiol. 2021 Mar;16:323-340 doi: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0145

Insects and the Transmission of Bacterial Agents. Laroche M, Raoult D, Parola P. Microbiol Spectr. 2018 Oct;6(5). doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MTBP-0017-2016

Medical Entomology: A reemerging field of research to better understand vector- borne infectious diseases. Laroche M, Bérenger JM, Delaunay P, Charrel R, Pradines B, Berger F, Ranque S, Bitam I, Davoust B, Raoult D, Parola P. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 15 Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 15;65(suppl_1):S30-S38. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix463

Editorials

Introducing a new initiative to prevent exploitative research partnerships in Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Reimer L, Laroche M, Weeks E. Med Vet Entomol 2022 Sep;36(3):231-232. doi: 10.1111/mve.12599

Vector-borne bacterial diseases: a neglected field of infectious diseases research. Laroche M, Weeks ENI. Med Vet Entomol. 2023 Feb 15. doi: 10.1111/mve.12646.