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
2010
Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication
Ferguson H, Dornhaus A, Beeche A, Borgemeister C, Gottlieb M, Mulla M, Gimnig J, Fish D, Killeen G. Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication. PLOS Medicine 2010, 7: e1000303. PMID: 20689800, PMCID: PMC2914634, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000303.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
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 infections
1991
Landscape Ecology of Lyme Disease in a Residential Area of Westchester County, New York
Maupin G, Fish D, Zultowsky J, Campos E, Piesman J. Landscape Ecology of Lyme Disease in a Residential Area of Westchester County, New York. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1991, 133: 1105-1113. PMID: 2035514, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115823.Peer-Reviewed Original Research