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MODIS-derived land surface moisture conditions for monitoring blacklegged tick habitat in southern New England by Berger, K.A, Wang, Y, Mather, T.N

“…Temperature and humidity have been identified as significant determinants of suitable blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) habitat. The temperature–vegetation…”
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Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC genotypes in canine tissue following tick infestation: Implications for Lyme disease vaccine and diagnostic assay design by Rhodes, D.V.L., Earnhart, C.G., Mather, T.N., Meeus, P.F.M., Marconi, R.T.

“…In endemic regions, Lyme disease is a potential health threat to dogs. Canine Lyme disease manifests with arthritis-induced lameness, anorexia, fever,…”
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Dissemination and salivary delivery of Lyme disease spirochetes in vector ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) by Ribeiro, J M, Mather, T N, Piesman, J, Spielman, A

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An annotated catalog of salivary gland transcripts from Ixodes scapularis ticks by Ribeiro, José M.C., Alarcon-Chaidez, Francisco, B. Francischetti, Ivo M., Mans, Ben J., Mather, Thomas N., Valenzuela, Jesus G., Wikel, Stephen K.

“…Over 8000 expressed sequence tags from six different salivary gland cDNA libraries from the tick Ixodes scapularis were analyzed. These libraries derive from…”
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Duration of Exposure to Suboptimal Atmospheric Moisture Affects Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Survival by Rodgers, Sarah E., Zolnik, Christine P., Mather, Thomas N.

“…The biological processes affecting Ixodes scapularis Say survival are complex. Understanding these processes will be beneficial for predicting tick…”
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The transcriptome of the salivary glands of the female western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Francischetti, Ivo M.B., My Pham, Van, Mans, Ben J., Andersen, John F., Mather, Thomas N., Lane, Robert S., Ribeiro, José M.C.

“…Sequencing of an Ixodes pacificus salivary gland cDNA library yielded 1068 sequences with an average undetermined nucleotide of 1.9% and an average length of…”
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Lack of Spatial Autocorrelation in Fine-Scale Distributions of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) by Pardanani, Neeta, Mather, Thomas N.

“…Spatial patterns of Ixodes scapularis Say, the vector of the Lyme disease agent, have been examined at various geographic scales, demonstrating that…”
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Evaluating Satellite Sensor-Derived Indices for Lyme Disease Risk Prediction by Rodgers, Sarah E., Mather, Thomas N.

“…The wetness and greenness indices created using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data from June 1995 and 1997 and July 2002 were tested for their ability to…”
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Seasonal Variation in Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Abundance in Southern New England Forests by Rodgers, Sarah E., Miller, Nathan J., Mather, Thomas N.

“…In the northeastern United States, risk of human exposure to tick transmitted disease is primarily a function of the abundance of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes…”
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Methods for evaluating Lyme disease risks using geographic information systems and geospatial analysis by Nicholson, M.C. (University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.), Mather, T.N

“…Lyme disease is a tick-transmitted borreliosis of humans and domestic animals emerging as one of the most significant threats to public health in north…”
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Ixodes scapularis:Salivary Kininase Activity Is a Metallo Dipeptidyl Carboxypeptidase by Ribeiro, José M.C., Mather, Thomas N.

“…Ribeiro, J. M. C., and Mather, T. N. 1998.Ixodes scapularis:Salivary kininase activity is a metallo dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase.89,213–221. Saliva and salivary…”
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How much pilocarpine contaminates pilocarpine-induced tick saliva? by Ribeiro, J.M.C, Zeidner, N.S, Ledin, K, Dolan, M.C, Mather, T.N

“…  Pilocarpine is often applied or injected into ticks to induce salivation, and the resulting saliva used to test for various pharmacological, biochemical and…”
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Arbovirus surveillance in Rhode Island: assessing potential ecologic and climatic correlates by Takeda, Tsutomu, Whitehouse, Chris A, Brewer, Michael, Gettman, Alan D, Mather, Thomas N

“…During 1995-2000, mosquitoes were collected from sites throughout Rhode Island and tested for the presence of arboviruses. Mosquito trapping was done weekly…”
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Hemocytic rickettsia-like organisms in ticks: serologic reactivity with antisera to ehrlichiae and detection of DNA of agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis by PCR by Magnarelli, L.A. (The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT.), Stafford, K.C. III, Mather, T.N, Yeh, M.T, Horn, K.D, Dumler, J.S

“…Ixodid ticks were collected from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and British Columbia (Canada) during 1991 to 1994 to…”
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Molecular cloning and sequencing of three granulocytic Ehrlichia genes encoding high-molecular-weight immunoreactive proteins by Storey, J.R. (University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.), Doros-Richert, L.A, Gingrich-Baker, C, Munroe, K, Mather, T.N, Coughlin, R.T, Beltz, G.A, Murphy, C.I

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Duration of immunity to reinfection with tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi in naturally infected mice by Piesman, J, Dolan, M.C, Happ, C.M, Luft, B.J, Rooney, S.E, Mather, T.N, Golde, W.T

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Applications of a Climatic Water Budget to Tick-Borne Disease Research by Rodgers, Sarah E., Zolnik, Christine P., Brewer, Michael J., Mather, Thomas N.

“…Tools initially developed for analyzing climate or the environment are often used subsequently by scientists in more applied areas of research. The…”
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Determining the duration of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) attachment to tick-bite victims by yeh, M T, Bak, J M, Hu, R, Nicholson, M C, Kelly, C, Mather, T N

“…The duration of tick attachment is one factor associated with risk for human infection caused by several tick-borne pathogens. We measured tick engorgement…”
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Serologic and molecular detection of granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Rhode Island by Yeh, M.T. (University of Rhode Island, Kingston.), Mather, T.N, Coughlin, R.T, Gingrich-Baker, C, Sumner, J.W, Massung, R.F

“…A new indirect fluorescent-antibody (IFA) assay with antigen produced in vitro in the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL60 was used to identify the…”
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Competence of dogs as reservoirs for Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi) by Mather, T N, Fish, D, Coughlin, R T

“…Dogs become infected with Borrelia burgdorferi after being bitten by infected adult ticks. However, it is not known whether dogs are competent reservoirs of…”
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