2022
The environment, the tick, and the pathogen – It is an ensemble
Couret J, Schofield S, Narasimhan S. The environment, the tick, and the pathogen – It is an ensemble. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2022, 12: 1049646. PMID: 36405964, PMCID: PMC9666722, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1049646.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsTick-pathogen interactionsCritical environmental factorsBiotic factorsAbiotic factorsMammalian hostsEnvironmental microbiotaTick biologyEnsemble of interactionsMolecular understandingMolecular studiesGeographic distributionNorthcentral USAPathogen acquisitionTick-borne diseasesBiologyNew insightsEnvironmental factorsPredominant vectorLyme diseaseTicksInfection prevalenceInteractionPublic health problemPathogensHostTick transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi to the murine host is not influenced by environmentally acquired midgut microbiota
Narasimhan S, Rajeevan N, Graham M, Wu MJ, DePonte K, Marion S, Masson O, O’Neal A, Pedra JHF, Sonenshine DE, Fikrig E. Tick transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi to the murine host is not influenced by environmentally acquired midgut microbiota. Microbiome 2022, 10: 173. PMID: 36253842, PMCID: PMC9575305, DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01378-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Chapter 14 Translation of Saliva Proteins Into Tools to Prevent Vector-Borne Disease Transmission
Narasimhan S, Schleicher T, Fikrig E. Chapter 14 Translation of Saliva Proteins Into Tools to Prevent Vector-Borne Disease Transmission. 2017, 249-300. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-805360-7.00014-9.ChaptersPathogen transmissionArthropod vectorsVector-pathogen interactionsBlood mealVector salivaVector-Borne Disease TransmissionTransmit pathogensMolecular understandingHematophagous arthropodsHost immune responseMicrobesArthropodsImmune responseSalivary proteinsPathogensHostArthropod salivaMicroorganism transmission