2005
Hypersensitivity to Ticks and Lyme Disease Risk
Burke G, Wikel SK, Spielman A, Telford SR, McKay K, Krause PJ, . Hypersensitivity to Ticks and Lyme Disease Risk. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2005, 11: 36-41. PMID: 15705320, PMCID: PMC3294369, DOI: 10.3201/eid1101.040303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTick biteLyme diseaseLyme disease-endemic regionsNymphal Ixodes scapularis ticksLyme disease infectionDisease-endemic regionsCutaneous hypersensitivityIxodes scapularis ticksStudy participantsDisease riskPrior exposureDiseaseBorrelia burgdorferiFrequent exposureScapularis ticksBiteItchLyme disease riskHypersensitivityVector ticksTicksPrevious yearExposureDisease infectionResidents
1999
Southern Extension of the Range of Human Babesiosis in the Eastern United States
Eskow E, Krause P, Spielman A, Freeman K, Aslanzadeh J. Southern Extension of the Range of Human Babesiosis in the Eastern United States. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1999, 37: 2051-2052. PMID: 10325378, PMCID: PMC85028, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2051-2052.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicroti infectionBlood samplesB. microti antibodiesSerial blood samplesBabesia microti infectionB. microti infectionCollected blood samplesMicroti antibodiesAcute babesiosisImmunofluorescent antibodyHuman B. microti infectionBabesial antigensHuman babesiosisB. microtiInfectionBabesiosisAntibodiesPCR techniqueUnited StatesLocal acquisitionResidentsPatientsSymptomsAntigenBlood