2021
Tick hypersensitivity and human tick‐borne diseases
Ng YQ, Gupte TP, Krause PJ. Tick hypersensitivity and human tick‐borne diseases. Parasite Immunology 2021, 43: e12819. PMID: 33428244, DOI: 10.1111/pim.12819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypersensitivity reactionsImmune responseBlood mealTick-borne diseasesGeneralized hypersensitivity reactionHuman tick-borne diseasesHost immune responseLocal hypersensitivity reactionsLaboratory animal modelsItch responseCausative pathogenTick exposureSuch vaccinesTick salivary proteinsAnimal modelsAnti-tick vaccinesMost vector-borne diseasesTick salivaHuman investigationsDiseaseTick attachmentFuture preventionBlood coagulationHypersensitivity studiesVaccine
2009
Dermatologic Changes Induced by Repeated Ixodes scapularis Bites and Implications for Prevention of Tick-Borne Infection
Krause PJ, Grant-Kels JM, Tahan SR, Dardick KR, Alarcon-Chaidez F, Bouchard K, Visini C, Deriso C, Foppa IM, Wikel S. Dermatologic Changes Induced by Repeated Ixodes scapularis Bites and Implications for Prevention of Tick-Borne Infection. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2009, 9: 603-610. PMID: 19196014, PMCID: PMC2883515, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBALB/c miceVascular dilatationInflammatory cellsC miceSkin biopsiesTick-borne pathogen transmissionI. scapularis nymphsTick attachmentScapularis nymphsSimilar histologic patternTick-Borne InfectionsMechanism of preventionBorrelia burgdorferi transmissionDermatologic changesHistologic patternTick exposureBite siteImmune hostHistopathologic reactionsTick-borne pathogensPathogen transmissionTick immunityCellular changesMiceMarked increase
2006
Confirmation of Tick Bite by Detection of Antibody to Ixodes Calreticulin Salivary Protein▿
Alarcon-Chaidez F, Ryan R, Wikel S, Dardick K, Lawler C, Foppa IM, Tomas P, Cushman A, Hsieh A, Spielman A, Bouchard KR, Dias F, Aslanzadeh J, Krause PJ. Confirmation of Tick Bite by Detection of Antibody to Ixodes Calreticulin Salivary Protein▿. MSphere 2006, 13: 1217-1222. PMID: 16928887, PMCID: PMC1656538, DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00201-06.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayImmune responseTick exposureBALB/c miceC3H/HeNTick-borne infectionsHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisDetection of antibodiesLaboratory markersAntibody responseC miceTick biteSalivary proteinsObjective evidenceLyme diseaseImmunosorbent assayGranulocytic anaplasmosisHuman babesiosisSalivary glandsIxodes ticksAntibodiesBlood mealSame assayMiceSerum