2017
Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control
Kilpatrick AM, Dobson ADM, Levi T, Salkeld DJ, Swei A, Ginsberg HS, Kjemtrup A, Padgett KA, Jensen PM, Fish D, Ogden NH, Diuk-Wasser MA. Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2017, 372: 20160117. PMID: 28438910, PMCID: PMC5413869, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth AmericaLyme disease ecologyDeer abundanceDifferent habitatsVector-borne zoonotic diseaseTemperate regionsDisease ecologyLyme disease preventionHost speciesDisease riskTick abundanceKnowledge gapsTemporal variationReservoir competenceCommon tick-borne diseaseEcologySubstantial uncertaintyAbundanceHost communitiesTick-borne diseaseTick populationsCritical gapAmericaAreas of consensusDisease prevention
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