Research on the Prevention and Transmission of Lyme Disease

"Borrelia lonestari infection after a bite by an
Amblyomma americanum tick" James, AM, Liveris, D, Wormser, GP, et al.
J. Infect. Dis. 183 : 1810-1814, 2001
[Article]
"Live imaging reveals a biphasic mode of
dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks"
Dunham-Ems, SM, Caimano, MJ, Pal, U, et al.
J. Clin. Invest. 119: 3652-3665, 2009.

[Complete Article]
"Antibodies against a tick protein, Salp 15, protect
mice from Lyme disease agent".
Wang, DJ, Adusumilli, S, Booth, CJ et al.
Cell Host Microbe 6: 482-492, 2009

[Abstract]
"Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme
disease"
Brunner, KF, Killilea, DS, Logiudice, k. et al.
Proc. Biol. Sci. 276: 3911-3919, 2009

[Abstract]
"BBA52 facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi transmission
from feeding ticks to murine hosts"
Kumar, M, Yang, X, and Pal, U. J. Infect. Dis. ,
Feb 19, 2010 (Epub ahead of print)
[Abstract]

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