2014
Monitoring Human Babesiosis Emergence through Vector Surveillance New England, USA - Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Diuk-Wasser MA, Liu Y, Steeves TK, Folsom-O'Keefe C, Dardick KR, Lepore T, Bent SJ, Usmani-Brown S, Telford SR, Fish D, Krause PJ. Monitoring Human Babesiosis Emergence through Vector Surveillance New England, USA - Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2014, 20: 225-231. PMID: 24447577, PMCID: PMC3901474, DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.130644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman babesiosisInfectious Diseases journal - CDCProtozoan Babesia microtiDisease-endemic areasTick-borne diseaseBabesiosis-endemic areasSame tick vectorInfection rateInfection ratioTick infection ratesLyme diseaseBabesia microtiHuman casesDiseaseDisease expansionBabesiosisReservoir hostsTick vectorHuman diseasesSurveillanceClose association
2009
Phylogeography of Borrelia burgdorferi in the eastern United States reflects multiple independent Lyme disease emergence events
Hoen AG, Margos G, Bent SJ, Diuk-Wasser MA, Barbour A, Kurtenbach K, Fish D. Phylogeography of Borrelia burgdorferi in the eastern United States reflects multiple independent Lyme disease emergence events. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 15013-15018. PMID: 19706476, PMCID: PMC2727481, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903810106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB. burgdorferi populationsPhylogeographic population structurePopulation size expansionBacterial housekeeping geneDisease emergence eventsPopulation structureRange expansionHousekeeping genesB. burgdorferiDescendent clonesEuropean settlementEmergence eventsEastern United StatesSize expansionCoastal ConnecticutTick vectorGeographic extent
2005
Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk
Brownstein JS, Skelly DK, Holford TR, Fish D. Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk. Oecologia 2005, 146: 469-475. PMID: 16187106, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0251-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1987
Choroid Plexitis in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Southern New York State
Levine S, Fish D, Magnarelli L, Anderson J. Choroid Plexitis in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Southern New York State. Veterinary Pathology 1987, 24: 207-210. PMID: 3603961, DOI: 10.1177/030098588702400302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChoroid plexitisHistologic evidenceSerologic evidenceNerve rootsSouthern New York StatePast infectionSpinal cordDural lesionsPneumostrongylus tenuisPlexitisLyme diseaseNew York StateSkeletal muscleInfectionBorrelia burgdorferiB. burgdorferiCausative agentIxodes damminiMuscle tissueBurgdorferiTick vectorEvidenceNerveCausal relationshipCord