Search Results - "Killilea, Mary"

Co-infection of blacklegged ticks with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi is higher than expected and acquired from small mammal hosts by Hersh, Michelle H, Ostfeld, Richard S, McHenry, Diana J, Tibbetts, Michael, Brunner, Jesse L, Killilea, Mary E, LoGiudice, Kathleen, Schmidt, Kenneth A, Keesing, Felicia

“…Humans in the northeastern and midwestern United States are at increasing risk of acquiring tickborne diseases--not only Lyme disease, but also two emerging…”
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Real-Time Social Data Collection in Rural Bangladesh via a 'Microtasks for Micropayments' Platform on Android Smartphones by Bell, Andrew Reid, Ward, Patrick S, Killilea, Mary E, Tamal, Md Ehsanul Haque

“…The advent of cheap smartphones in rural areas across the globe presents an opportunity to change the mode with which researchers engage hard-to-reach…”
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IMPACT OF HOST COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ON LYME DISEASE RISK by LoGiudice, Kathleen, Duerr, Shannon T.K, Newhouse, Michael J, Schmidt, Kenneth A, Killilea, Mary E, Ostfeld, Richard S

“…The drivers of variable disease risk in complex multi-host disease systems have proved very difficult to identify. Here we test a model that explains the…”
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How high frequency food diaries can transform understanding of food security by Bell, Andrew Reid, Roberts, Mari, Grace, Kathryn, Morgan, Alexander, Tamal, Md Ehsanul Haque, Killilea, Mary E, Ward, Patrick S

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Reservoir competence of vertebrate hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Keesing, Felicia, Hersh, Michelle H, Tibbetts, Michael, McHenry, Diana J, Duerr, Shannon, Brunner, Jesse, Killilea, Mary, LoGiudice, Kathleen, Schmidt, Kenneth A, Ostfeld, Richard S

“…Fourteen vertebrate species (10 mammals and 4 birds) were assessed for their ability to transmit Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the bacterium that causes human…”
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The engaged university: providing a platform for research that transforms society by Whitmer, Ali, Ogden, Laura, Lawton, John, Sturner, Pam, Groffman, Peter M, Schneider, Laura, Hart, David, Halpern, Benjamin, Schlesinger, William, Raciti, Steve, Bettez, Neil, Ortega, Sonia, Rustad, Lindsey, Pickett, Steward TA, Killilea, Mary

“…Despite a growing recognition that the solutions to current environmental problems will be developed through collaborations between scientists and…”
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Spatial Dynamics of Lyme Disease: A Review by Killilea, Mary E., Swei, Andrea, Lane, Robert S., Briggs, Cheryl J., Ostfeld, Richard S.

“…Lyme disease (LD), the most frequently reported vector-borne disease in the United States, requires that humans, infected vector ticks, and infected hosts all…”
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An Experimental Test of Competition among Mice, Chipmunks, and Squirrels in Deciduous Forest Fragments by Brunner, Jesse L, Duerr, Shannon, Keesing, Felicia, Killilea, Mary, Vuong, Holly, Ostfeld, Richard S

“…Mixed hardwood forests of the northeast United States support a guild of granivorous/omnivorous rodents including gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis),…”
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Social dynamics of short term variability in key measures of household and community wellbeing in Bangladesh by Tamal, Md. Ehsanul Haque, Bell, Andrew R., Killilea, Mary E., Ward, Patrick S.

“…High-frequency social data collection may facilitate improved recall, more inclusive reporting, and improved capture of intra-period variability. Although…”
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Soil microbial nitrogen cycling and nitrous oxide emissions from urban afforestation in the New York City Afforestation Project by Pierre, Suzanne, Groffman, Peter M., Killilea, Mary E., Oldfield, Emily E.

“…•We measured soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from the New York City Afforestation Project (NY-CAP) forest plots with varied approaches to site…”
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Off‐host survival of blacklegged ticks in eastern N orth A merica: A multistage, multiyear, multisite study by Brunner, Jesse L., LaDeau, Shannon L., Killilea, Mary, Valentine, Elizabeth, Schierer, Megan, Ostfeld, Richard S.

“…Climatic conditions are widely thought to govern the distribution and abundance of ectoparasites, such as the blacklegged tick ( Ixodes scapularis ), vector of…”
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Coastal urbanization and environmental change: Opportunities for collaborative education across a global network university by Burt, John A., Killilea, Mary E., Ciprut, Suzanne

“…Human populations are heavily concentrated on shorelines and growing urbanization is putting increasing pressure on coastal ecosystems around the globe. Many…”
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Off‐host survival of blacklegged ticks in eastern North America: A multistage, multiyear, multisite study by Brunner, Jesse L., LaDeau, Shannon L., Killilea, Mary, Valentine, Elizabeth, Schierer, Megan, Ostfeld, Richard S.

“…Climatic conditions are widely thought to govern the distribution and abundance of ectoparasites, such as the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), vector of…”
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Assessing recall bias and measurement error in high-frequency social data collection for human-environment research by Bell, Andrew, Ward, Patrick, Tamal, Md. Ehsanul Haque, Killilea, Mary

“…A major impediment to understanding human-environment interactions is that data on social systems are not collected in a way that is easily comparable to…”
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Overwintering Survival of Nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Under Natural Conditions by Brunner, Jesse L., Killilea, Mary, Ostfeld, Richard S.

“…Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis Say) are exquisitely sensitive to very cold and dry conditions. For this reason it has long been assumed that climatic…”
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Prevalence of human-active and variant 1 strains of the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in hosts and forests of eastern North America by Keesing, Felicia, McHenry, Diana J, Hersh, Michelle, Tibbetts, Michael, Brunner, Jesse L, Killilea, Mary, LoGiudice, Kathleen, Schmidt, Kenneth A, Ostfeld, Richard S

“…Anaplasmosis is an emerging infectious disease caused by infection with the bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum. In the eastern United States, A…”
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Correction to: Assessing recall bias and measurement error in high-frequency social data collection for human-environment research by Bell, Andrew, Ward, Patrick, Tamal, Md. Ehsanul Haque, Killilea, Mary

“…The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The name of “Md. Ehsanul Haque Tamal” is now corrected in the author group of this…”
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Molting Success of Ixodes scapularis Varies among Individual Blood Meal Hosts and Species by Brunner, Jesse L., Cheney, Laura, Keesing, Felicia, Killilea, Mary, Logiudice, Kathleen, Previtali, Andrea, Ostfeld, Richard S.

“…The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is an important vector of emerging human pathogens. It has three blood-feeding stages, as follows: larva, nymph, and…”
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Spatial modeling of carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in the Hudson River Valley, New York by Killilea, Mary Elizabeth

“…The primary focus of this research is to determine the degree to which carbon sequestration rates can be estimated at local and regional scales. A biophysical…”
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Variation in abundance and tree growth in New York State as a function of environmental gradients by Killilea, Mary Elizabeth

“…I evaluated patterns of growth for nine tree species along environmental gradients of June available water and mean minimum January temperature in New York…”
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