2017
Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control
Kilpatrick AM, Dobson ADM, Levi T, Salkeld DJ, Swei A, Ginsberg HS, Kjemtrup A, Padgett KA, Jensen PM, Fish D, Ogden NH, Diuk-Wasser MA. Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2017, 372: 20160117. PMID: 28438910, PMCID: PMC5413869, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth AmericaLyme disease ecologyDeer abundanceDifferent habitatsVector-borne zoonotic diseaseTemperate regionsDisease ecologyLyme disease preventionHost speciesDisease riskTick abundanceKnowledge gapsTemporal variationReservoir competenceCommon tick-borne diseaseEcologySubstantial uncertaintyAbundanceHost communitiesTick-borne diseaseTick populationsCritical gapAmericaAreas of consensusDisease prevention
2010
Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii
Margos G, Hojgaard A, Lane R, Cornet M, Fingerle V, Rudenko N, Ogden N, Aanensen D, Fish D, Piesman J. Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii. Ticks And Tick-borne Diseases 2010, 1: 151-158. PMID: 21157575, PMCID: PMC3000690, DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultilocus sequence analysisSequence analysisGenetic distance analysisNew Borrelia speciesBorrelia speciesDifferent transmission cyclesBorrelia bissettiiB. bissettiiLinear chromosomesPhylogenetic relationshipsEcological differencesConcatenated sequencesPhylogenetic analysisHousekeeping genesVector associationNorth AmericaInternal fragmentDistance analysisBorrelia genospeciesB. carolinensisReservoir hostsTransmission cycleI. spinipalpisIxodes pacificusRelated clusters
2008
Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova
Movila A, Gatewood A, Toderas I, Duca M, Papero M, Uspenskaia I, Conovalov J, Fish D. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova. International Journal Of Medical Microbiology 2008, 298: 149-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWild birdsI. lividusSensu latoB. burgdorferi s.I. ricinusLyme disease agentBurgdorferi s.Borrelia burgdorferi sensu latoBurgdorferi sensu latoIxodes ricinusBacterial speciesSequenced PCR productsForest ReserveFirst recordBirdsBorrelia sppLividusDisease agentsI. ricinus ticksImportant reservoirPCR productsLatoNorth AmericaRicinusS.MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi
Margos G, Gatewood A, Aanensen D, Hanincová K, Terekhova D, Vollmer S, Cornet M, Piesman J, Donaghy M, Bormane A, Hurn M, Feil E, Fish D, Casjens S, Wormser G, Schwartz I, Kurtenbach K. MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 8730-8735. PMID: 18574151, PMCID: PMC2435589, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800323105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousekeeping genesIntergenic spacerPopulation structureGeographic population structureChromosomal housekeeping genesMultilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemeB. burgdorferiPhylogenetic signalNorth AmericaEvolutionary relationshipsSequence typing schemeEvolutionary trajectoriesIGS locusSequence dataMLST schemeCultured isolatesGenesBorrelia burgdorferiOuter surface protein CMLST dataDistinct populationsSurface protein CBacterium Borrelia burgdorferiEuropean populationsVector-borne diseases