Published in Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis on October 01, 2008
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The relevance of tick bites to the production of IgE antibodies to the mammalian oligosaccharide galactose-α-1,3-galactose. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2011) 2.90
Rocky mountain spotted fever in the United States, 2000-2007: interpreting contemporary increases in incidence. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.99
Absence of Rickettsia rickettsii and occurrence of other spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Tennessee. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.14
Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma americanum ticks, Tennessee and Georgia, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.14
Wild birds and urban ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005-2010. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.12
Afebrile spotted fever group Rickettsia infection after a bite from a Dermacentor variabilis tick infected with Rickettsia montanensis. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2012) 1.04
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting wild birds in the eastern Amazon, northern Brazil, with notes on rickettsial infection in ticks. Parasitol Res (2010) 1.04
Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast ticks, Arkansas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.04
A 24-48 h fed Amblyomma americanum tick saliva immuno-proteome. BMC Genomics (2014) 1.03
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting wild birds in the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil, with notes on rickettsial infection in ticks. Parasitol Res (2010) 0.97
An insight into the microbiome of the Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol (2014) 0.95
Infection prevalences of common tick-borne pathogens in adult lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) in Kentucky. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 0.94
Ticks and spotted fever group rickettsiae of southeastern Virginia. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2013) 0.94
Ticks and rickettsial infection in the wildlife of two regions of the Brazilian Amazon. Exp Appl Acarol (2014) 0.93
Challenges posed by tick-borne rickettsiae: eco-epidemiology and public health implications. Front Public Health (2015) 0.92
Diversity of Rickettsiales in the microbiome of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.91
Seroepidemiologic study of human infections with spotted fever group Rickettsiae in North Carolina. J Clin Microbiol (2014) 0.89
Host-cell interactions with pathogenic Rickettsia species. Future Microbiol (2009) 0.89
National Surveillance of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in the United States, 2008-2012. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.88
Distribution and infection frequency of 'Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii' in Maryland populations of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and culture in an Anopheles gambiae mosquito cell line. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2011) 0.87
Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsiae surveillance in Amblyomma americanum in Virginia through use of a novel six-plex real-time PCR assay. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2014) 0.87
Characterization of the bacterial communities of life stages of free living lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum). PLoS One (2014) 0.86
Expanding Range of Amblyomma americanum and Simultaneous Changes in the Epidemiology of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in the United States. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.85
Tick community composition in Midwestern US habitats in relation to sampling method and environmental conditions. Exp Appl Acarol (2014) 0.84
Importation of exotic ticks and tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsiae into the United States by migrating songbirds. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2013) 0.84
Spotted fever group rickettsiae in multiple hard tick species from Fairfax County, Virginia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2014) 0.83
Zoonotic infections among employees from Great Smoky Mountains and Rocky Mountain National Parks, 2008-2009. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2012) 0.81
Prevalence of Rickettsiales in ticks removed from the skin of outdoor workers in North Carolina. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.81
Molecular Ecological Insights into Neotropical Bird-Tick Interactions. PLoS One (2016) 0.81
Detection of human bacterial pathogens in ticks collected from Louisiana black bears (Ursus americanus luteolus). Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2013) 0.80
Ticks and rickettsiae from wildlife in Belize, Central America. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.80
Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 0.79
Dual silencing of long and short Amblyomma americanum acidic chitinase forms weakens the tick cement cone stability. J Exp Biol (2014) 0.79
Rickettsia bellii, Rickettsia amblyommii, and Laguna Negra hantavirus in an Indian reserve in the Brazilian Amazon. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.79
Cultivation of Rickettsia amblyommii in tick cells, prevalence in Florida lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum). Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.78
High prevalence of "Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae" and apparent exclusion of Rickettsia parkeri in adult Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Kansas and Oklahoma. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2015) 0.78
Immunoproteomic profiling of Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia amblyommii. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2015) 0.78
Detection of Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia amblyommii in Amblyomma longirostre (Acari: Ixodidae) from Bahia state, Northeast Brazil. Braz J Microbiol (2015) 0.77
Distribution of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Hard Ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) from Panamanian Urban and Rural Environments (2007-2013). Ecohealth (2016) 0.77
Questing Amblyomma mixtum and Haemaphysalis juxtakochi (Acari: Ixodidae) Infected with Candidatus "Rickettsia amblyommii" from the Natural Environment in Panama Canal Basin, Panama. Trop Med Health (2015) 0.77
Human Infections by Multiple Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Tennessee. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2016) 0.76
The phenology of ticks and the effects of long-term prescribed burning on tick population dynamics in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida. PLoS One (2014) 0.76
Inadequacy of IgM antibody tests for diagnosis of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2014) 0.76
Amblyomma americanum ticks infected with in vitro cultured wild-type and mutants of Ehrlichia chaffeensis are competent to produce infection in naïve deer and dogs. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2016) 0.75
Synanthropic Mammals as Potential Hosts of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Panama. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Tick-borne rickettsial pathogens in questing ticks, removed from humans and animals in Mexico. J Vet Sci (2016) 0.75
Vector potential and population dynamics for Amblyomma inornatum. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2015) 0.75
Factors associated with tick bites and pathogen prevalence in ticks parasitizing humans in Georgia, USA. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.75
Rickettsia amblyommii infecting Amblyomma sculptum in endemic spotted fever area from southeastern Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2015) 0.75
A prevalent alpha-proteobacterium Paracoccus sp. in a population of the Cayenne ticks (Amblyomma cajennense) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Genet Mol Biol (2012) 0.75
Detection of Rickettsia amblyommii in ticks collected from Missouri, USA. Emerg Microbes Infect (2014) 0.75
Bacteria of the genera Ehrlichia and Rickettsia in ticks of the family Ixodidae with medical importance in Argentina. Exp Appl Acarol (2016) 0.75
A new phlebovirus associated with severe febrile illness in Missouri. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.15
Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' Disease in the United States. Clin Microbiol Rev (2011) 3.80
Rocky Mountain spotted fever from an unexpected tick vector in Arizona. N Engl J Med (2005) 3.58
Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionals. MMWR Recomm Rep (2006) 3.32
Bacteremia, fever, and splenomegaly caused by a newly recognized bartonella species. N Engl J Med (2007) 3.18
Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 2.99
Household responses to school closure resulting from outbreak of influenza B, North Carolina. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 2.74
Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 2.23
Host-feeding habits of Culex and other mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Borough of Queens in New York City, with characters and techniques for identification of Culex mosquitoes. J Med Entomol (2002) 2.16
First detection of heartland virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) from field collected arthropods. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 2.06
Diagnosis and management of Q fever--United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group. MMWR Recomm Rep (2013) 2.06
Rickettsia 364D: a newly recognized cause of eschar-associated illness in California. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.00
Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophila in cervids from Slovenia: evidence of two genotypic lineages. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2002) 1.88
Emergence of a new pathogenic Ehrlichia species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009. N Engl J Med (2011) 1.84
Bartonella species in blood of immunocompetent persons with animal and arthropod contact. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.73
Factors affecting the geographic distribution of West Nile virus in Georgia, USA: 2002-2004. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 1.67
Q fever, spotted fever group, and typhus group rickettsioses among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.66
Seroprevalence of Q fever in the United States, 2003-2004. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 1.51
Molecular typing of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.49
Influenza-A viruses in ducks in northwestern Minnesota: fine scale spatial and temporal variation in prevalence and subtype diversity. PLoS One (2011) 1.47
Comparison of the reservoir competence of medium-sized mammals and Peromyscus leucopus for Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Connecticut. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2002) 1.34
Role of bacteria in mediating the oviposition responses of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol (2003) 1.27
Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum ticks, North Carolina, USA, 2009-2010. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.25
The expanding spectrum of eschar-associated rickettsioses in the United States. Arch Dermatol (2010) 1.24
Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis, Argentina. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.22
Seroprevalence of Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in dogs in North America. Parasit Vectors (2012) 1.21
Isolation of Bartonella quintana from a woman and a cat following putative bite transmission. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.21
Murine typhus in Austin, Texas, USA, 2008. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.18
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
Absence of Rickettsia rickettsii and occurrence of other spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Tennessee. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.14
Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma americanum ticks, Tennessee and Georgia, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.14
Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi among eleven potential reservoir species from six states across the southern United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2009) 1.13
Fatal hemorrhagic fever caused by West Nile virus in the United States. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 1.08
Trypanosoma cruzi prevalence and epidemiologic trends in lemurs on St. Catherines Island, Georgia. J Parasitol (2007) 1.07
Restricted enzooticity of hepatitis E virus genotypes 1 to 4 in the United States. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.07
Geographic expansion of Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms, Florida, USA. Emerg Infect 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
Afebrile spotted fever group Rickettsia infection after a bite from a Dermacentor variabilis tick infected with Rickettsia montanensis. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2012) 1.04
Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from North Carolina and current status of the parasite in the USA. Parasitol Res (2012) 1.03
A pilot hybrid Internet/classroom-based communicable disease continuing education course for public health nurses in North Carolina: lessons learned. J Public Health Manag Pract (2005) 1.02
Molecular characterization of the Trichomonas gallinae morphologic complex in the United States. J Parasitol (2008) 1.02
A case of transplacental transmission of Theileria equi in a foal in Trinidad. Vet Parasitol (2010) 1.01
Distribution, prevalence, and genetic characterization of Baylisascaris procyonis in selected areas of Georgia. J Parasitol (2010) 1.01
Serologic evidence for exposure to Rickettsia rickettsii in eastern Arizona and recent emergence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in this region. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 1.01
West Nile virus viremia in wild rock pigeons. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.01
Possible Role of Fish and Frogs as Paratenic Hosts of Dracunculus medinensis, Chad. Emerg Infect Dis (2016) 1.00
Ehrlichiosis and related infections. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2003) 1.00
Molecular characterization of antibody epitopes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis ankyrin protein 200 and tandem repeat protein 47 and evaluation of synthetic immunodeterminants for serodiagnosis of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2009) 1.00
West Nile virus detection in the organs of naturally infected blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata). J Wildl Dis (2005) 0.99
Evaluation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 0.99
Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 0.98
Isolation and characterization of Bartonella bacilliformis from an expatriate Ecuadorian. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 0.98
Southern plains woodrats (Neotoma micropus) from southern Texas are important reservoirs of two genotypes of Trypanosoma cruzi and host of a putative novel Trypanosoma species. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2012) 0.97
New findings from an old pathogen: intraerythrocytic bacteria (family Anaplasmatacea) in red-backed salamanders Plethodon cinereus. Ecohealth (2009) 0.97
Genetic variation and exchange in Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from the United States. PLoS One (2013) 0.96
Detection of Borrelia lonestari, putative agent of southern tick-associated rash illness, in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the southeastern United States. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 0.96
The first report of human illness associated with the Panola Mountain Ehrlichia species: a case report. J Med Case Rep (2008) 0.96
The risk of West Nile Virus infection is associated with combined sewer overflow streams in urban Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 0.95
Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi in raccoons from Tennessee. J Parasitol (2010) 0.95
Genetically different isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi elicit different infection dynamics in raccoons (Procyon lotor) and Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana). Int J Parasitol (2009) 0.95
Brill-Zinsser disease in a patient following infection with sylvatic epidemic typhus associated with flying squirrels. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 0.95
Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi with opposing evidence for the theory of carnivory. J Parasitol (2009) 0.95
Infection prevalences of common tick-borne pathogens in adult lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) in Kentucky. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 0.94
Borrelia species in Ixodes affinis and Ixodes scapularis ticks collected from the coastal plain of North Carolina. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2010) 0.94
Geographic distribution and genetic diversity of the Ehrlichia sp. from Panola Mountain in Amblyomma americanum. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 0.93
Comparison of immunohistochemistry and virus isolation for diagnosis of west nile virus. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 0.93
Mechanical transmission of vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus by Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae) to domestic swine (Sus scrofa). J Med Entomol (2009) 0.93
Eastern equine encephalitis in a free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). J Wildl Dis (2005) 0.92
West Nile virus antibody prevalence in American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) and fish crows (Corvus ossifragus) in Georgia, USA. Avian Dis (2007) 0.92
Cluster of sylvatic epidemic typhus cases associated with flying squirrels, 2004-2006. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.91
Distribution and prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis in bobcats (Lynx rufus), the natural reservoir, and other wild felids in thirteen states. Vet Parasitol (2010) 0.91
Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis - United States. MMWR Recomm Rep (2016) 0.90
Factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi exposure among domestic canines in Tennessee. J Parasitol (2010) 0.89
Host predilection and transmissibility of vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus strains in domestic cattle (Bos taurus) and swine (Sus scrofa). BMC Vet Res (2012) 0.89
A preliminary investigation of Ehrlichia species in ticks, humans, dogs, and capybaras from Brazil. Vet Parasitol (2006) 0.89
Hepatitis in association with rickettsialpox. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 0.89
Cell culture and electron microscopy for identifying viruses in diseases of unknown cause. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 0.89
Backyard chicken flocks pose a disease risk for neotropic birds in Costa Rica. Avian Dis (2008) 0.89
Pathology and epidemiology of natural West Nile viral infection of raptors in Georgia. J Wildl Dis (2007) 0.88
Novel Hepatozoon in vertebrates from the southern United States. J Parasitol (2011) 0.88
An acarologic survey and Amblyomma americanum distribution map with implications for tularemia risk in Missouri. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 0.88
Natural infection of a great egret (Casmerodius albus) with eastern equine encephalitis virus. J Wildl Dis (2003) 0.88
Assessment of Arbovirus Surveillance 13 Years after Introduction of West Nile Virus, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2015) 0.87
Partnering to meet training needs: a communicable-disease continuing education course for public health nurses in North Carolina. Public Health Rep (2008) 0.87
Effect of strain and serotype of vesicular stomatitis virus on viral shedding, vesicular lesion development, and contact transmission in pigs. Am J Vet Res (2004) 0.87
Survey of ticks collected in Mississippi for Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Borrelia species. J Vector Ecol (2003) 0.87
Human Infection with Ehrlichia muris-like Pathogen, United States, 2007-2013(1). Emerg Infect Dis (2015) 0.87
Isolation and establishment of the raccoon Ehrlichia-like agent in tick cell culture. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2007) 0.86
Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in ticks from Tennessee. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2010) 0.86
Raccoon Roundworm Infection Associated with Central Nervous System Disease and Ocular Disease - Six States, 2013-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (2016) 0.86
Innate resistance to epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer. J Wildl Dis (2002) 0.85
Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis) Infection in a Wild-Caught Frog, Chad. Emerg Infect Dis (2016) 0.85
Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Seroprevalence among Wildlife Rehabilitators, United States and Canada, 2012-2015. Emerg Infect Dis (2016) 0.85