2012
Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC Genotypes in Host Tissue and Feeding Ticks by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
Tsao K, Bent S, Fish D. Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC Genotypes in Host Tissue and Feeding Ticks by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2012, 79: 958-964. PMID: 23183976, PMCID: PMC3568573, DOI: 10.1128/aem.03106-12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeographic Variation in the Relationship between Human Lyme Disease Incidence and Density of Infected Host-Seeking Ixodes scapularis Nymphs in the Eastern United States
Pepin KM, Eisen RJ, Mead PS, Piesman J, Fish D, Hoen AG, Barbour AG, Hamer S, Diuk-Wasser MA. Geographic Variation in the Relationship between Human Lyme Disease Incidence and Density of Infected Host-Seeking Ixodes scapularis Nymphs in the Eastern United States. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2012, 86: 1062-1071. PMID: 22665620, PMCID: PMC3366524, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0630.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Climate and Tick Seasonality Are Predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotype Distribution
Gatewood AG, Liebman KA, Vourc'h G, Bunikis J, Hamer SA, Cortinas R, Melton F, Cislo P, Kitron U, Tsao J, Barbour AG, Fish D, Diuk-Wasser MA. Climate and Tick Seasonality Are Predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotype Distribution. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2009, 75: 2476-2483. PMID: 19251900, PMCID: PMC2675205, DOI: 10.1128/aem.02633-08.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
An ecological approach to preventing human infection: Vaccinating wild mouse reservoirs intervenes in the Lyme disease cycle
Tsao J, Wootton J, Bunikis J, Luna M, Fish D, Barbour A. An ecological approach to preventing human infection: Vaccinating wild mouse reservoirs intervenes in the Lyme disease cycle. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 18159-18164. PMID: 15608069, PMCID: PMC536054, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405763102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, SurfaceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBorrelia burgdorferiCommunicable DiseasesDisease ReservoirsEcologyGenotypeGlutathione TransferaseHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesIxodesLipoproteinsLyme DiseaseMicePeromyscusPolymerase Chain ReactionRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTicksVaccinesConceptsWild white-footed miceTick infection prevalenceNegative control antigenReservoir host speciesVector-borne diseasesSympatric ticksField experimentDisease cycleB. burgdorferiDisease incidenceDisease agentsArthropod vectorsEcological approachAnimal reservoirsImmunization of humansMouse densityTicksHost speciesLyme disease agentInfection dynamicsHuman vaccinesPopulation structureWhite-footed miceOuter surface protein AHuman infectionsTyping of Borrelia Relapsing Fever Group Strains - Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Bunikis J, Tsao J, Garpmo U, Berglund J, Fish D, Barbour A. Typing of Borrelia Relapsing Fever Group Strains - Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2004, 10: 1661-1664. PMID: 15498172, PMCID: PMC3320305, DOI: 10.3201/eid1009.040236.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Real-Time PCR for Simultaneous Detection and Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Field-Collected Ixodes scapularis Ticks from the Northeastern United States
Wang G, Liveris D, Brei B, Wu H, Falco R, Fish D, Schwartz I. Real-Time PCR for Simultaneous Detection and Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Field-Collected Ixodes scapularis Ticks from the Northeastern United States. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2003, 69: 4561-4565. PMID: 12902243, PMCID: PMC169074, DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.8.4561-4565.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBorrelia burgdorferiColony Count, MicrobialGenotypeIxodesPolymerase Chain ReactionGenetic Variability within Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies Established by PCR-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of the rrfA-rrlB Intergenic Spacer in Ixodes ricinus Ticks from the Czech Republic
Derdáková M, Beati L, Pet'ko B, Stanko M, Fish D. Genetic Variability within Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies Established by PCR-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of the rrfA-rrlB Intergenic Spacer in Ixodes ricinus Ticks from the Czech Republic. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2003, 69: 509-516. PMID: 12514035, PMCID: PMC152394, DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.1.509-516.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsBacterial Typing TechniquesBorrelia burgdorferi GroupCzech RepublicDNA, BacterialDNA, Ribosomal SpacerGenetic VariationGenotypeHumansIxodesMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthPolymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalSequence Analysis, DNA