2015
Association between body size and reservoir competence of mammals bearing Borrelia burgdorferi at an endemic site in the northeastern United States
Barbour AG, Bunikis J, Fish D, Hanincová K. Association between body size and reservoir competence of mammals bearing Borrelia burgdorferi at an endemic site in the northeastern United States. Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8: 299. PMID: 26024881, PMCID: PMC4459683, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0903-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody sizeLarge-sized mammalsMedium-sized mammalsDifferent mammalian speciesEastern North AmericaSpecies-specific PCRLyme disease agentSmall mammalsMammalian speciesWhite-footed mouseCommon raccoonSized mammalsMammalsBorrelia burgdorferiPine volesBody massGrey squirrelsVirginia opossumReservoir competenceEastern chipmunksIxodes scapularis ticksDisease agentsStriped skunksSpeciesNymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks
2012
Human Risk of Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Eastern United States
Diuk-Wasser MA, Hoen AG, Cislo P, Brinkerhoff R, Hamer SA, Rowland M, Cortinas R, Vourc'h G, Melton F, Hickling GJ, Tsao JI, Bunikis J, Barbour AG, Kitron U, Piesman J, Fish D. Human Risk of Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Eastern United States. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2012, 86: 320-327. PMID: 22302869, PMCID: PMC3269287, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme diseaseHuman riskSpread of infectionHuman infection riskBorrelia burgdorferi sensu strictoRisk factorsBurgdorferi sensu strictoInfection riskTick-borne pathogensLyme disease agentPrevention effortsInfectionBorrelia burgdorferiConfidence intervalsB. burgdorferiInfected nymphsRiskDiseaseRisk focusBurgdorferiUnited StatesDisease agentsHost-seeking nymphsI. scapularis populationsDiagnosis
2008
Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova
Movila A, Gatewood A, Toderas I, Duca M, Papero M, Uspenskaia I, Conovalov J, Fish D. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova. International Journal Of Medical Microbiology 2008, 298: 149-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWild birdsI. lividusSensu latoB. burgdorferi s.I. ricinusLyme disease agentBurgdorferi s.Borrelia burgdorferi sensu latoBurgdorferi sensu latoIxodes ricinusBacterial speciesSequenced PCR productsForest ReserveFirst recordBirdsBorrelia sppLividusDisease agentsI. ricinus ticksImportant reservoirPCR productsLatoNorth AmericaRicinusS.
2005
The Lyme disease agent exploits a tick protein to infect the mammalian host
Ramamoorthi N, Narasimhan S, Pal U, Bao F, Yang XF, Fish D, Anguita J, Norgard MV, Kantor FS, Anderson JF, Koski RA, Fikrig E. The Lyme disease agent exploits a tick protein to infect the mammalian host. Nature 2005, 436: 573-577. PMID: 16049492, PMCID: PMC4306560, DOI: 10.1038/nature03812.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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