2000
Immunity Reduces Reservoir Host Competence of Peromyscus leucopus forEhrlichia phagocytophila
Levin M, Fish D. Immunity Reduces Reservoir Host Competence of Peromyscus leucopus forEhrlichia phagocytophila. Infection And Immunity 2000, 68: 1514-1518. PMID: 10678968, PMCID: PMC97309, DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.3.1514-1518.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE. phagocytophilaControl miceImmune responseNonimmune control miceWhite-footed miceSame agentsMajority of miceStrong immune responsePrevalence of infectionXenodiagnostic larvaeImmunized miceTick biteXenodiagnostic ticksIxodes scapularis nymphsControl groupSingle infectionEhrlichia phagocytophilaMiceUninfected ticksInfectionPartial protectionWeeksImmunityScapularis nymphsReservoir host competence
1998
Prevention of Borrelia burgdorferi transmission in guinea pigs by tick immunity.
Nazario S, Das S, de Silva AM, Deponte K, Marcantonio N, Anderson JF, Fish D, Fikrig E, Kantor FS. Prevention of Borrelia burgdorferi transmission in guinea pigs by tick immunity. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1998, 58: 780-5. PMID: 9660463, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.780.Peer-Reviewed Original Research