Published in Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis on January 01, 2006
Anaplasma phagocytophilum--a widespread multi-host pathogen with highly adaptive strategies. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2013) 1.57
A framework for evaluating animals as sentinels for infectious disease surveillance. J R Soc Interface (2007) 1.18
Enhanced spatial models for predicting the geographic distributions of tick-borne pathogens. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 1.06
Prevalence of human-active and variant 1 strains of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in hosts and forests of eastern North America. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2014) 0.83
Anaplasma odocoilei sp. nov. (family Anaplasmataceae) from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2012) 0.82
Modeling the Present and Future Geographic Distribution of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the Continental United States. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.82
Prevalence of five tick-borne bacterial genera in adult Ixodes scapularis removed from white-tailed deer in western Tennessee. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.80
Distribution of antibodies reactive to Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in the eastern United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2009) 0.77
Preputial obstruction and urine-induced cellulitis due to nonnutritive suckling in a male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci (2008) 0.75
Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' Disease in the United States. Clin Microbiol Rev (2011) 3.80
Susceptibility of North American ducks and gulls to H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 3.36
Persistence of H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses in water. Avian Dis (2007) 3.17
Avian influenza virus in water: infectivity is dependent on pH, salinity and temperature. Vet Microbiol (2008) 2.59
Phylogenetic diversity among low-virulence newcastle disease viruses from waterfowl and shorebirds and comparison of genotype distributions to those of poultry-origin isolates. J Virol (2007) 2.47
Environmental transmission of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses and its implications for pathogen invasion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.38
Global surveillance of emerging Influenza virus genotypes by mass spectrometry. PLoS One (2007) 2.29
Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 2.23
Prevalence and geographic distribution of Dirofilaria immitis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia canis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in dogs in the United States: results of a national clinic-based serologic survey. Vet Parasitol (2008) 2.17
Experimental infection of swans and geese with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) of Asian lineage. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 2.12
Phylogenetic analyses of type A influenza genes in natural reservoir species in North America reveals genetic variation. Virus Res (2005) 2.06
Tick-borne diseases in North Carolina: is "Rickettsia amblyommii" a possible cause of rickettsiosis reported as Rocky Mountain spotted fever? Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 2.05
The role of environmental transmission in recurrent avian influenza epidemics. PLoS Comput Biol (2009) 1.94
Emergence of a new pathogenic Ehrlichia species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009. N Engl J Med (2011) 1.84
Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a spotted fever group Rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park. Appl Environ Microbiol (2002) 1.84
The increasing recognition of rickettsial pathogens in dogs and people. Trends Parasitol (2010) 1.80
Factors affecting the geographic distribution of West Nile virus in Georgia, USA: 2002-2004. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 1.67
Infection of endothelial cells with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum. Vet Microbiol (2004) 1.66
Transformation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. BMC Biotechnol (2006) 1.60
Coincident ruddy turnstone migration and horseshoe crab spawning creates an ecological 'hot spot' for influenza viruses. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 1.53
Molecular typing of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.49
Analysis of fluorescent protein expression in transformants of Rickettsia monacensis, an obligate intracellular tick symbiont. Appl Environ Microbiol (2005) 1.47
Influenza-A viruses in ducks in northwestern Minnesota: fine scale spatial and temporal variation in prevalence and subtype diversity. PLoS One (2011) 1.47
Whole genome transcription profiling of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in human and tick host cells by tiling array analysis. BMC Genomics (2008) 1.45
Susceptibility of wood ducks to H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. J Wildl Dis (2007) 1.39
Sequence and expression analysis of the ompA gene of Rickettsia peacockii, an endosymbiont of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni. Appl Environ Microbiol (2004) 1.37
Factors influencing in vitro infectivity and growth of Rickettsia peacockii (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), an endosymbiont of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni (Acari, Ixodidae). J Invertebr Pathol (2005) 1.36
Avian influenza viruses and paramyxoviruses in wintering and resident ducks in Texas. J Wildl Dis (2005) 1.35
Persistence of antibodies to West Nile virus in naturally infected rock pigeons (Columba livia). Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2005) 1.34
Wild bird mortality and West Nile virus surveillance: biases associated with detection, reporting, and carcass persistence. J Wildl Dis (2006) 1.31
Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.28
The interactions of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, endothelial cells, and human neutrophils. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2005) 1.25
Isolation and propagation of the Ap-Variant 1 strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a tick cell line. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.24
Genome sequence of the endosymbiont Rickettsia peacockii and comparison with virulent Rickettsia rickettsii: identification of virulence factors. PLoS One (2009) 1.23
Seroprevalence of Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in dogs in North America. Parasit Vectors (2012) 1.21
Plasmids of the pRM/pRF family occur in diverse Rickettsia species. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.17
Experimental infections of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses by intranasal inoculation of virus and ingestion of virus-infected chicken meat. Avian Pathol (2008) 1.17
Tickborne infections in the southern United States. Am J Med Sci (2010) 1.17
Detection of Babesia gibsoni and the canine small Babesia 'Spanish isolate' in blood samples obtained from dogs confiscated from dogfighting operations. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2009) 1.17
Identification of bloodmeal sources and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from residential settings in Texas, the United States. J Med Entomol (2013) 1.16
West Nile virus antibodies in avian species of Georgia, USA: 2000-2004. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 1.16
Transposon insertion reveals pRM, a plasmid of Rickettsia monacensis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.15
Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma americanum ticks, Tennessee and Georgia, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.14
Identification of functional promoters in the msp2 expression loci of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Gene (2005) 1.14
Absence of Rickettsia rickettsii and occurrence of other spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Tennessee. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.14
Detection of Rickettsia amblyommii in association with a tick bite rash. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2007) 1.13
Viral replication, persistence in water and genetic characterization of two influenza A viruses isolated from surface lake water. PLoS One (2011) 1.13
Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi among eleven potential reservoir species from six states across the southern United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2009) 1.13
Wide dispersal and possible multiple origins of low-copy-number plasmids in rickettsia species associated with blood-feeding arthropods. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.12
Molecular and serologic evidence of tick-borne Ehrlichiae in three species of lemurs from St. Catherines Island, Georgia, USA. J Zoo Wildl Med (2004) 1.12
Avian influenza virus isolates from wild birds replicate and cause disease in a mouse model of infection. Virology (2010) 1.10
Isolation of cell lines and a rickettsial endosymbiont from the soft tick Carios capensis (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae). J Med Entomol (2007) 1.10
Variation in viral shedding patterns between different wild bird species infected experimentally with low-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses that originated from wild birds. Avian Pathol (2011) 1.10
Trypanosoma cruzi prevalence and epidemiologic trends in lemurs on St. Catherines Island, Georgia. J Parasitol (2007) 1.07
Characterization of recent H5 subtype avian influenza viruses from US poultry. Avian Pathol (2004) 1.07
Infectious and lethal doses of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus for house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and rock pigeons (Columbia livia). J Vet Diagn Invest (2009) 1.07
Host shifts and molecular evolution of H7 avian influenza virus hemagglutinin. Virol J (2011) 1.07
Prevalence of antibodies to type a influenza virus in wild avian species using two serologic assays. J Wildl Dis (2010) 1.07
A novel system for simultaneous in vivo tracking and biological assessment of leukemia cells and ex vivo generated leukemia-reactive cytotoxic T cells. Cancer Res (2004) 1.06
Geographic expansion of Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms, Florida, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.06
Effect of a prior exposure to a low pathogenic avian influenza virus in the outcome of a heterosubtypic low pathogenic avian influenza infection in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). Avian Dis (2010) 1.06
Enhanced spatial models for predicting the geographic distributions of tick-borne pathogens. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 1.06
Detection of Ehrlichia spp. in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Georgia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2005) 1.05
Evaluation of a commercial blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect avian influenza virus antibodies in multiple experimentally infected avian species. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2009) 1.05
Development of shuttle vectors for transformation of diverse Rickettsia species. PLoS One (2011) 1.04
Evidence for seasonal patterns in the relative abundance of avian influenza virus subtypes in blue-winged teal (Anas discors). J Wildl Dis (2014) 1.04
Antiviral susceptibility of avian and swine influenza virus of the N1 neuraminidase subtype. J Virol (2010) 1.04
Evaluation and attempted optimization of avian embryos and cell culture methods for efficient isolation and propagation of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses. Avian Dis (2010) 1.04
Chlorine inactivation of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1). Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.04
Molecular epidemiologic studies on North American H9 avian influenza virus isolates from waterfowl and shorebirds. Avian Dis (2007) 1.04
Confirmation of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) as a vector for Cytauxzoon felis (Piroplasmorida: Theileriidae) to domestic cats. J Med Entomol (2010) 1.03
Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from North Carolina and current status of the parasite in the USA. Parasitol Res (2012) 1.03
Targeted and random mutagenesis of Ehrlichia chaffeensis for the identification of genes required for in vivo infection. PLoS Pathog (2013) 1.03
Molecular characterization of the Trichomonas gallinae morphologic complex in the United States. J Parasitol (2008) 1.02
Characterization of 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia lotoris' (family Anaplasmataceae) from raccoons (Procyon lotor). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2008) 1.02
A case of transplacental transmission of Theileria equi in a foal in Trinidad. Vet Parasitol (2010) 1.01
West Nile virus viremia in wild rock pigeons. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.01
First culture isolation of Borrelia lonestari, putative agent of southern tick-associated rash illness. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.01
Distribution, prevalence, and genetic characterization of Baylisascaris procyonis in selected areas of Georgia. J Parasitol (2010) 1.01