2000
Isolation of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating viruses from wild house mice and their biological and molecular characterization
Li K, Schuler T, Chen Z, Glass G, Childs J, Plagemann P. Isolation of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating viruses from wild house mice and their biological and molecular characterization. Virus Research 2000, 67: 153-162. PMID: 10867194, DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(00)00142-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Heterogeneous Mixture of Borrelia burgdorferiClones
Hofmeister E, Glass G, Childs J, Persing D. Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Heterogeneous Mixture of Borrelia burgdorferiClones. Infection And Immunity 1999, 67: 5709-5716. PMID: 10531219, PMCID: PMC96945, DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5709-5716.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC3H/HeJ miceC.B-17 miceLarval Ixodes scapularis ticksMajority of miceB. burgdorferiInfected nymphal ticksIxodes scapularis ticksBurgdorferi antibodiesSecondary challengeHeJ micePrimary isolatesSequential isolatesC3H miceSequential infectionMiceMonoclonal antibodiesBorrelia burgdorferiC expressionScapularis ticksClonal dominanceUnique isolatesMacrorestriction analysisOspC proteinsClonal groupsEnzootic siteMolecular Cloning and Characterization of the Ehrlichia chaffeensis Variable-Length PCR Target: an Antigen-Expressing Gene That Exhibits Interstrain Variation
Sumner J, Childs J, Paddock C. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the Ehrlichia chaffeensis Variable-Length PCR Target: an Antigen-Expressing Gene That Exhibits Interstrain Variation. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1999, 37: 1447-1453. PMID: 10203503, PMCID: PMC84798, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1447-1453.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen reading frameAmino acid sequenceApparent molecular massE. chaffeensisGenomic libraryMolecular cloningReading frameAcid sequenceDifferentiation of isolatesPCR targetsClose homologyMolecular massNucleotide sequencingImmunoreactive proteinDifferent isolatesDNA samplesInterstrain variationGenesRepeat unitsMolecular databasesCell culturesAmblyomma americanum ticksSequencePCR detectionChaffeensis