Published in Ann N Y Acad Sci on December 01, 2008
Interaction of the tick immune system with transmitted pathogens. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2013) 1.32
Subolesin expression in response to pathogen infection in ticks. BMC Immunol (2010) 1.01
Silencing of genes involved in Anaplasma marginale-tick interactions affects the pathogen developmental cycle in Dermacentor variabilis. BMC Dev Biol (2009) 0.98
Anaplasma phagocytophilum: deceptively simple or simply deceptive? Future Microbiol (2012) 0.96
Differential expression of genes in salivary glands of male Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)microplus in response to infection with Anaplasma marginale. BMC Genomics (2010) 0.92
Anaplasma phagocytophilum inhibits apoptosis and promotes cytoskeleton rearrangement for infection of tick cells. Infect Immun (2013) 0.91
Reciprocal regulation of NF-kB (Relish) and Subolesin in the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis. PLoS One (2013) 0.87
Application of highly sensitive saturation labeling to the analysis of differential protein expression in infected ticks from limited samples. Proteome Sci (2010) 0.83
Gene silencing in tick cell lines using small interfering or long double-stranded RNA. Exp Appl Acarol (2012) 0.82
Coinfection of tick cell lines has variable effects on replication of intracellular bacterial and viral pathogens. Ticks Tick Borne Dis (2014) 0.79
Knockdown of the Rhipicephalus microplus cytochrome c oxidase subunit III gene is associated with a failure of Anaplasma marginale transmission. PLoS One (2014) 0.75
Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 2.99
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
Multiplex real-time PCR for detection of anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 2.63
Overview: Ticks as vectors of pathogens that cause disease in humans and animals. Front Biosci (2008) 2.35
Seroepidemiologic and occupational risk survey for Coxiella burnetii antibodies among US veterinarians. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.12
Diagnosis and management of Q fever--United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group. MMWR Recomm Rep (2013) 2.06
Rocky mountain spotted fever in the United States, 2000-2007: interpreting contemporary increases in incidence. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.99
Ticks and associated pathogens collected from domestic animals in the Netherlands. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2007) 1.92
Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.84
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis as a common cause of tick-associated fever in Southeast Sweden: report from a prospective clinical study. Scand J Infect Dis (2002) 1.80
The genome of the heartwater agent Ehrlichia ruminantium contains multiple tandem repeats of actively variable copy number. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.72
A ten-year review of commercial vaccine performance for control of tick infestations on cattle. Anim Health Res Rev (2007) 1.70
Increasing incidence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the United States, 2000-2007. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 1.69
Q fever, spotted fever group, and typhus group rickettsioses among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.66
bptA (bbe16) is essential for the persistence of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in its natural tick vector. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.66
Tick subolesin is an ortholog of the akirins described in insects and vertebrates. Dev Comp Immunol (2008) 1.61
Seroprevalence of Q fever in the United States, 2003-2004. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 1.51
Transmission of Ehrlichia canis by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks feeding on dogs and on artificial membranes. Vet Parasitol (2013) 1.49
Tick cell lines: tools for tick and tick-borne disease research. Trends Parasitol (2007) 1.48
Simultaneous detection of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in ruminants and detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks by reverse line blot hybridization. Vet Microbiol (2002) 1.44
RNA interference for the study and genetic manipulation of ticks. Trends Parasitol (2007) 1.38
Management of primary ciliary dyskinesia in European children: recommendations and clinical practice. Eur Respir J (2012) 1.38
Comparison of the reservoir competence of medium-sized mammals and Peromyscus leucopus for Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Connecticut. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2002) 1.34
Rapid typing of Coxiella burnetii. PLoS One (2011) 1.34
The natural history of Anaplasma marginale. Vet Parasitol (2009) 1.34
Babesia bicornis sp. nov. and Theileria bicornis sp. nov.: tick-borne parasites associated with mortality in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.33
Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anaplasma ovis strains. Vet Microbiol (2006) 1.29
Analysis of world strains of Anaplasma marginale using major surface protein 1a repeat sequences. Vet Microbiol (2006) 1.26
Infection exclusion of the rickettsial pathogen anaplasma marginale in the tick vector Dermacentor variabilis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2003) 1.26
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from a coastal region of California. J Med Entomol (2003) 1.26
Simultaneous detection and differentiation of Theileria and Babesia parasites infecting small ruminants by reverse line blotting. Parasitol Res (2003) 1.24
The tick protective antigen, 4D8, is a conserved protein involved in modulation of tick blood ingestion and reproduction. Vaccine (2006) 1.24
Functional genomic studies of tick cells in response to infection with the cattle pathogen, Anaplasma marginale. Genomics (2007) 1.23
Selection of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR studies in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks and determination of the expression profile of Bm86. BMC Mol Biol (2009) 1.21
Serologic and molecular characterization of Anaplasma species infection in farm animals and ticks from Sicily. Vet Parasitol (2005) 1.20
Gene expression profiling of human promyelocytic cells in response to infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Cell Microbiol (2005) 1.20
Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for rapid detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium. BMC Microbiol (2010) 1.20
Phylogeography of New World isolates of Anaplasma marginale based on major surface protein sequences. Vet Microbiol (2002) 1.20
Infection of tick cells and bovine erythrocytes with one genotype of the intracellular ehrlichia Anaplasma marginale excludes infection with other genotypes. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2002) 1.19
Association of environmental traits with the geographic ranges of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of medical and veterinary importance in the western Palearctic. A digital data set. Exp Appl Acarol (2012) 1.19
Conservation of major surface protein 1 genes of Anaplasma marginale during cyclic transmission between ticks and cattle. Gene (2002) 1.18
Genetic diversity of Anaplasma marginale in Argentina. Vet Parasitol (2009) 1.18
Assessment of real-time PCR assay for detection of Rickettsia spp. and Rickettsia rickettsii in banked clinical samples. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.18
Gene silencing of the tick protective antigens, Bm86, Bm91 and subolesin, in the one-host tick Boophilus microplus by RNA interference. Int J Parasitol (2006) 1.17
Shifts in the distributional ranges of Boophilus ticks in Tanzania: evidence that a parapatric boundary between Boophilus microplus and B. decoloratus follows climate gradients. Exp Appl Acarol (2008) 1.17
Modeling the spatial distribution of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Turkey. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2007) 1.17
Presence of Coxiella burnetii DNA in the environment of the United States, 2006 to 2008. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.16
Evidence of the role of tick subolesin in gene expression. BMC Genomics (2008) 1.15
Cattle ticks of the genera Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma of economic importance in Tanzania: distribution assessed with GIS based on an extensive field survey. Exp Appl Acarol (2007) 1.15
Molecular characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks from Pennsylvania. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.13
Identification of protective antigens for the control of Ixodes scapularis infestations using cDNA expression library immunization. Vaccine (2003) 1.13
Ticks and tick-borne diseases in Asia with special emphasis on China. Parasitol Res (2002) 1.13
Reduction of tick infections with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum by targeting the tick protective antigen subolesin. Parasitol Res (2006) 1.13
A novel approach, based on BLSOMs (Batch Learning Self-Organizing Maps), to the microbiome analysis of ticks. ISME J (2013) 1.12
When outgroups fail; phylogenomics of rooting the emerging pathogen, Coxiella burnetii. Syst Biol (2013) 1.11
Potential vertebrate reservoir hosts and invertebrate vectors of Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum in central Spain. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2005) 1.10
West Nile virus in the endangered Spanish imperial eagle. Vet Microbiol (2007) 1.10