Alexander W. Gofton

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation — Australia

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Vector-borne infectious diseases(38), Viral Infections and Vectors(19), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(16), Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics(10), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases(7)

Publications64 total

How can a tick bite cause a deadly meat allergy? An expert explains
2026
A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae), for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, and validation of the subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 with a phylogeny of 16 of the 22 subgenera of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 from entire mitochondrial genome sequences
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi Warburton, 1926
Zootaxa·2025· 1 cited
Proposing a subgenus Borreliella
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Independent lineages from five zoogeographic realms: the mitochondrial genome of Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi Warburton, 1926 (Acari: Argasidae) confirms paraphyly of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950
Zootaxa·2025· 2 cited
<i>Borrelia</i> Lineages Adjacent to Zoonotic Clades in Black Flying Foxes (<i>Pteropus alecto</i>), Australia, 2018–2020
Emerging infectious diseases·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Exploring Borrelia in Australia: Isolation, genomic characterisation, and host and vector associations
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases·2025Open Access
Are there 16 species of brown dog ticks? Phylogenies from 60 entire mitochondrial genomes and 162 cox1 sequences reveal 16 species-level clades in the Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus group☆☆
International Journal for Parasitology·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
No evidence of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2 infection in scavengers of wild rabbits in Australia
Wildlife Research·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Molecular characterisation of Australasian Ixodiphagus (Hymenoptera; Encyrtidae; Encyrtinae) reveals unexpected diversity and a potential novel host switch
International Journal for Parasitology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Tick-borne piroplasms and trypanosomes incidentally detected in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) during a mortality and morbidity event in southern New South Wales, Australia
International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The first finding of Dictyocaulus cervi and Dictyocaulus skrjabini (Nematoda) in feral fallow deer (Dama dama) in Australia
International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: Unraveling the phylogenetics of genetically closely related species, Haemaphysalis japonica and Haemaphysalis megaspinosa, using entire tick mitogenomes and microbiomes
Scientific Reports·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Rat lungworm, <i>Cryptosporidium</i> and other zoonotic pathogens of <i>Rattus rattus</i> and native wildlife on Sydney's Northern beaches
Australian Zoologist·2024· 1 cited
Unraveling the phylogenetics of genetically closely related species, Haemaphysalis japonica and Haemaphysalis megaspinosa, using entire tick mitogenomes and microbiomes
Scientific Reports·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
New insights into the molecular phylogeny, biogeographical history, and diversification of Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) based on mitogenomes and nuclear sequences
Parasites & Vectors·2024· 24 citedOpen Access
Insights from entire mitochondrial genome sequences into the phylogeny of ticks of the genera <i>Haemaphysalis</i> and <i>Archaeocroton</i> with the elevation of the subgenus <i>Alloceraea</i> Schulze, 1919 back to the status of a genus
Medical and Veterinary Entomology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea
Zootaxa·2024· 5 cited
Phylogeny and origin of diversification of Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae)
Research Square (Research Square)·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Characterisation and comparative genomics of three new Varanus-associated Borrelia spp. from Indonesia and Australia
Parasites & Vectors·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Una Ryan(17), Charlotte L. Oskam(17), Peter Irwin(13), Stephen C. Barker(11), Telleasha L. Greay(10), Andrea Paparini(9), Samuel Kelava(9), Ben J. Mans(9), Ernest J.M. Teo(9), Ryo Nakao(9), Gabriele Margos(7), Volker Fingerle(7), Dayana Barker(7), Alireza Zahedi(5), Renfu Shao(5), Ina Smith(5), Siew-May Loh(4), Michelle Michie(4), Dmitry A. Apanaskevich(4), Amber Gillett(3)