2012
Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC Genotypes in Host Tissue and Feeding Ticks by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
Tsao K, Bent S, Fish D. Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC Genotypes in Host Tissue and Feeding Ticks by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2012, 79: 958-964. PMID: 23183976, PMCID: PMC3568573, DOI: 10.1128/aem.03106-12.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Interaction and Transmission of Two Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto Strains in a Tick-Rodent Maintenance System
Derdáková M, Dudiòák V, Brei B, Brownstein J, Schwartz I, Fish D. Interaction and Transmission of Two Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto Strains in a Tick-Rodent Maintenance System. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2004, 70: 6783-6788. PMID: 15528545, PMCID: PMC525125, DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.11.6783-6788.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArachnid VectorsBorrelia burgdorferiDisease ReservoirsFemaleIxodesLyme DiseasePeromyscusRodent DiseasesTick InfestationsConceptsB. burgdorferi sensu strictoBurgdorferi sensu strictoXenodiagnostic ticksBorrelia burgdorferi sensu strictoUninfected larval ticksGroups of miceWhite-footed miceTransmission cycleControl miceInfected micePrimary infectionExperimental miceI. scapularis ticksLeucopus miceDouble infectionMiceLyme disease agentInfectionScapularis ticksMajor genotypesWeekly intervalsTransmission dynamicsExperimental groupSame strainLarval ticksBorrelia burgdorferi Infection in a Natural Population of Peromyscus Leucopus Mice: A Longitudinal Study in an Area Where Lyme Borreliosis Is Highly Endemic
Bunikis J, Tsao J, Luke C, Luna M, Fish D, Barbour A. Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in a Natural Population of Peromyscus Leucopus Mice: A Longitudinal Study in an Area Where Lyme Borreliosis Is Highly Endemic. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2004, 189: 1515-1523. PMID: 15073690, DOI: 10.1086/382594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBlotting, WesternBorrelia burgdorferiConnecticutDisease ReservoirsDNA, BacterialEndemic DiseasesFemaleImmunoenzyme TechniquesIncidenceIxodesLongitudinal StudiesLyme DiseasePeromyscusPolymerase Chain ReactionRodent DiseasesSeasonsSeroepidemiologic StudiesConceptsPeromyscus leucopus miceLeucopus miceTransmission seasonBorrelia burgdorferi infectionPolymerase chain reactionSurface protein CBurgdorferi infectionBlood samplesMice ageEnzyme immunoassayLyme borreliosisMiceSerum samplesProtein CDynamics of infectionBorrelia burgdorferiB. burgdorferiChain reactionLongitudinal studyEnzootic siteInfectionAntibodiesEntire populationBurgdorferiIxodes scapularis
1998
Density-dependent factors regulating feeding success of Ixodes scapularis larvae (Acari: Ixodidae).
Levin M, Fish D. Density-dependent factors regulating feeding success of Ixodes scapularis larvae (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal Of Parasitology 1998, 84: 36-43. PMID: 9488335, DOI: 10.2307/3284526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnesthesiaAnimalsFeeding BehaviorGroomingImmobilizationIxodesLarvaMoltingPeromyscusRabbitsRodent DiseasesTick InfestationsConceptsMice fed 2Larval Ixodes scapularis ticksIxodes scapularis ticksReplete larvaeIxodes scapularis larvaeUnattached ticksFed 2MiceScapularis ticksLarval I. scapularisEngorgement weightSolitary miceDifferent parasitesUnfed ticksTicksContinuous infestationI. scapularisGroupFeeding successTick density
1995
Evidence of hantavirus infection in rodents and human beings from Connecticut and New York, USA
Wilson M, Tesh R, Fish D, Gerber M, Magnarelli L, Feder H, Shapiro E. Evidence of hantavirus infection in rodents and human beings from Connecticut and New York, USA. The Lancet 1995, 345: 738. PMID: 7885165, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90915-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research