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T N Mather

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1 Duration of tick attachment and Borrelia burgdorferi transmission. J Clin Microbiol 1987 4.01
2 Nested PCR assay for detection of granulocytic ehrlichiae. J Clin Microbiol 1998 3.15
3 Dissemination and salivary delivery of Lyme disease spirochetes in vector ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol 1987 3.00
4 Hemocytic rickettsia-like organisms in ticks: serologic reactivity with antisera to Ehrlichiae and detection of DNA of agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis by PCR. J Clin Microbiol 1995 2.38
5 Concurrent Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti infection in nymphal Ixodes dammini. J Clin Microbiol 1986 2.17
6 Incompetence of deer as reservoirs of the Lyme disease spirochete. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1988 1.96
7 Purification, cloning, and expression of a novel salivary anticomplement protein from the tick, Ixodes scapularis. J Biol Chem 2000 1.73
8 Molecular cloning and sequencing of three granulocytic Ehrlichia genes encoding high-molecular-weight immunoreactive proteins. Infect Immun 1998 1.50
9 Methods for evaluating Lyme disease risks using geographic information systems and geospatial analysis. J Med Entomol 1996 1.46
10 Seasonal variation of transmission risk of Lyme disease and human babesiosis. Am J Epidemiol 1987 1.35
11 Comparative prevalence of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in four populations of Ixodes dammini in eastern Massachusetts. Acta Trop 1986 1.33
12 Serologic and molecular detection of granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Rhode Island. J Clin Microbiol 1997 1.26
13 Transovarially acquired Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi) in field-collected larval Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol 1986 1.22
14 Tick cell culture isolation of an intracellular prokaryote from the tick Ixodes scapularis. J Invertebr Pathol 1996 1.19
15 Ixodes scapularis: salivary kininase activity is a metallo dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase. Exp Parasitol 1998 1.05
16 Assessing the association between the geographic distribution of deer ticks and seropositivity rates to various tick-transmitted disease organisms in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2001 1.04
17 Duration of immunity to reinfection with tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi in naturally infected mice. Infect Immun 1997 1.01
18 Lyme disease and babesiosis: acaricide focused on potentially infected ticks. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1987 0.99
19 How much pilocarpine contaminates pilocarpine-induced tick saliva? Med Vet Entomol 2004 0.93
20 Short-tailed shrews as reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis. J Parasitol 1990 0.92
21 Seasonal variation in the capacity of the bank vole to infect larval ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. J Med Entomol 1993 0.90
22 Protection of dogs from Lyme disease with a vaccine containing outer surface protein (Osp) A, OspB, and the saponin adjuvant QS21. J Infect Dis 1995 0.89
23 Complement-mediated killing of Borrelia burgdorferi by nonimmune sera from sika deer. J Parasitol 2000 0.87
24 Relative humidity and activity patterns of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol 2014 0.85
25 Diurnal detachment of immature deer ticks (Ixodes dammini) from nocturnal hosts. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1986 0.85
26 Efficacy of a nonadjuvanted, outer surface protein A, recombinant vaccine in dogs after challenge by ticks naturally infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. Vet Ther 2000 0.85
27 Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from saliva of the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis. J Clin Microbiol 1994 0.85
28 Determining the duration of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) attachment to tick-bite victims. J Med Entomol 1995 0.84
29 Effect of host blood source on the gonotrophic cycle of Aedes triseriatus. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1983 0.82
30 Occurrence and distribution in Rhode Island of Hunterellus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a wasp parasitoid of Ixodes dammini. J Med Entomol 1993 0.79
31 Lyme disease in Rhode Island: three years of surveillance. Med Health R I 1996 0.79
32 Increased dissemination of dengue 2 virus in Aedes aegypti associated with concurrent ingestion of microfilariae of Brugia malayi. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1987 0.78
33 Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC genotypes in canine tissue following tick infestation: implications for Lyme disease vaccine and diagnostic assay design. Vet J 2013 0.78
34 Conditions for increased insemination rates in caged Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae) reared from field-collected eggs. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1984 0.78
35 Experimental Babesia microti infection in golden hamsters: immunoglobulin G response and recovery from severe hemolytic anemia. J Parasitol 1996 0.78
36 Dispersion of gravid Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from woodlands into open terrain. J Med Entomol 1984 0.75
37 Polymerase chain reaction detection efficiency of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent (Rickettsiaceae: Ehrlichieae) in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) is dependent on the DNA extraction method. J Med Entomol 1999 0.75
38 Evaluation of host-targeted applications of permethrin for control of Borrelia-infected Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae). Med Vet Entomol 1995 0.75
39 A reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for detecting Highlands J virus. Avian Dis 2001 0.75
40 Methods for control of tick vectors of Lyme borreliosis. Scand J Infect Dis Suppl 1991 0.75