2012
Predicted Outcomes of Vaccinating Wildlife to Reduce Human Risk of Lyme Disease
Tsao K, Fish D, Galvani AP. Predicted Outcomes of Vaccinating Wildlife to Reduce Human Risk of Lyme Disease. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2012, 12: 544-551. PMID: 22251312, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMice vaccinationTick biteB. burgdorferi transmissionLyme disease preventionTick blood mealVaccination outcomesHuman riskVaccination effortsDisease preventionLyme diseaseVaccinationInfection prevalenceBorrelia burgdorferiMiceWildlife vaccinationB. burgdorferiCausative agentPredicted outcomeBlood mealVector ticksBiteOutcomesBurgdorferiRiskWildlife reservoirs
2008
Ecologic Factors Associated with West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States - Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Brown HE, Childs JE, Diuk-Wasser MA, Fish D. Ecologic Factors Associated with West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States - Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008, 14: 1539-1545. PMID: 18826816, PMCID: PMC2609885, DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.071396.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosis
Kurtenbach K, Hanincová K, Tsao J, Margos G, Fish D, Ogden N. Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosis. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2006, 4: 660-669. PMID: 16894341, DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolutionary ecologyGenetic changesMultiple-niche polymorphismVector-borne zoonosesB. burgdorferi s.Natural transmission cycleEvolutionary relationshipsEcological parallelsEvolutionary biologyVector-borne pathogensBurgdorferi s.Population fluctuationsProcess-based modelEcologySensu latoDifferent membersFundamental processesVector-borne diseasesPathogensTransmission cycleSpeciesBorrelia burgdorferi sensu latoSame fundamental questionsKey processesBurgdorferi sensu lato
2004
A Dispersal Model for the Range Expansion of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)
Madhav N, Brownstein J, Tsao J, Fish D. A Dispersal Model for the Range Expansion of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal Of Medical Entomology 2004, 41: 842-852. PMID: 15535611, DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRange expansionHome rangesLarger home rangesSmaller home rangesHome range sizeOdocoileus virginianus ZimmermannMore mobile hostsEcology of ticksVertebrate host speciesWhite-footed miceSimple landscapesRange sizeHigher tick burdensDispersal modelAmerican robinsHost speciesTick burdenPopulation densityBlacklegged ticksEnhancing West Nile Virus Surveillance, United States - Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Brownstein J, Holford T, Fish D. Enhancing West Nile Virus Surveillance, United States - Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2004, 10: 1129-1133. PMID: 15207069, PMCID: PMC3323153, DOI: 10.3201/eid1006.030457.Peer-Reviewed Original Research