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Four clones of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto cause invasive infection in humans by SEINOST, G, DYKHUIZEN, D. E, DATTWYLER, R. J, GOLDE, W. T, DUNN, J. J, WANG, I.-N, WORMSER, G. P, SCHRIEFER, M. E, LUFT, B. J

“…Lyme disease begins at the site of a tick bite, producing a primary infection with spread of the organism to secondary sites occurring early in the course of…”
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Identification of a novel rickettsial infection in a patient diagnosed with murine typhus by SCHRIEFER, M. E, SACCI, J. B, DUMLER, J. S, BULLEN, M. G, AZAD, A. F

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Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Early Lyme Disease and Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Wisconsin by Belongia, Edward A., Reed, Kurt D., Mitchell, Paul D., Chyou, Po-Huang, Mueller-Rizner, Nancy, Finkel, Michael F., Schriefer, Martin E.

“…To compare clinical features and assess risk factors for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) and early Lyme disease, we enrolled patients in a case-control…”
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Evaluation of Two-Test Serodiagnostic Method for Early Lyme Disease in Clinical Practice by Trevejo, R. T., Krause, P. J., Sikand, V. K., Schriefer, M. E., Ryan, R., Lepore, T., Porter, W., Dennis, D. T.

“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend a two-test approach for the serodiagnosis of Lyme disease (LD), with EIA testing followed by…”
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Emergence of Lyme Disease in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1993: A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors and Evaluation of Reporting Patterns by Orioski, Kathleen A., Campbell, Grant L., Genese, Carol A., Beckley, John W., Schriefer, Martin E., Spitalny, Kenneth C., Dennis, David T.

“…Reported cases of Lyme disease in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, increased almost 200% from 75 (67/100,000 population) in 1992 to 216 (193/100,000 population)…”
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Rickettsia felis: a new species of pathogenic rickettsia isolated from cat fleas by Higgins, J.A, Radulovic, S, Schriefer, M.E, Azad, A.F

“…A flea-borne rickettsia, previously referred to as ELB, has been implicated as a cause of human illness. Using sequence data obtained from a fragment of the…”
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Typhus and typhuslike rickettsiae associated with opossums and their fleas in Los Angeles County, California by WILLIAMS, S. G, SACCI, J. B, SCHRIEFER, M. E, ANDERSEN, E. M, FUJIOKA, K. K, SORVILLO, F. J, BARR, A. R, AZAD, A. F

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Epidemiologic and Diagnostic Studies of Patients with Suspected Early Lyme Disease, Missouri, 1990–1993 by Campbell, Grant L., Paul, William S., Schriefer, Martin E., Craven, Robert B., Robbins, Kenneth E., Dennis, David T.

“…A retrospective case-control study investigated 45 Missouri outpatients with annular rashes meeting a surveillance case definition for erythema migrans and…”
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Serodiagnosis of louse-borne relapsing fever with glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) from Borrelia recurrentis by PORCELLA, Stephen F, RAFFEL, Sandra J, SCHRUMPF, Merry E, SCHRIEFER, Martin E, DENNIS, David T, SCHWAN, Tom G

“…Human louse-borne relapsing fever occurs in sporadic outbreaks in central and eastern Africa that are characterized by significant morbidity and mortality…”
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Evaluation of a two-test serodiagnostic method for community assessment of Lyme disease in an endemic area by Trevejo, R T, Krause, P J, Schriefer, M E, Dennis, D T

“…Epidemiological methods are needed to evaluate community exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease (LD). For LD serodiagnosis, the…”
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Inhibition of malaria parasite development in mosquitoes by anti-mosquito-midgut antibodies by Lal, A.A, Schriefer, M.E, Sacci, J.B, Goldman, I.F, Louis-Wileman, V, Collins, W.E, Azad, A.F

“…The mosquito midgut plays a central role in the development and subsequent transmission of malaria parasites. Using a rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium…”
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Seroepidemiology of Emerging Tickborne Infectious Diseases in a Northern California Community by Fritz, Curtis L., Kjemtrup, Anne M., Conrad, Patricia A., Flores, George R., Campbell, Grant L., Schriefer, Martin E., Gallo, Dana, Vugia, Duc J.

“…A seroprevalence and risk factor study of emerging tickborne infectious diseases (Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and babesiosis) was conducted among 230 residents…”
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Cross-Reactivity to Borrelia burgdorferi Proteins in Serum Samples from Residents of a Tropical Country Nonendemic for Lyme Disease by Burkot, Thomas R., Schriefer, Martin E., Larsen, Sandra A.

“…Reports of Lyme disease from areas where the disease is not endemic have increased. Eighty-six human serum samples from Papua New Guinea (nonendemic for Lyme…”
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An interstate outbreak of tick-borne relapsing fever among vacationers at a Rocky Mountain cabin by Trevejo, R T, Schriefer, M E, Gage, K L, Safranek, T J, Orloski, K A, Pape, W J, Montenieri, J A, Campbell, G L

“…In July 1995, an outbreak of acute febrile illness affected 11 (48%) of 23 family members from Nebraska and Kansas who had vacationed at a Colorado cabin in…”
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An Outbreak of Primary Pneumonic Tularemia on Martha's Vineyard by Feldman, Katherine A, Enscore, Russell E, Lathrop, Sarah L, Matyas, Bela T, McGuill, Michael, Schriefer, Martin E, Stiles-Enos, Donna, Dennis, David T, Petersen, Lyle R, Hayes, Edward B

“…In the summer of 2000, there was an outbreak of tularemia on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. This case–control study identified 15 patients…”
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Murine typhus: updated roles of multiple urban components and a second typhuslike rickettsia by Schriefer, M E, Sacci, Jr, J B, Taylor, J P, Higgins, J A, Azad, A F

“…Studies using serologic and polymerase chain reaction-(PCR) facilitated analysis of field samples from southern Texas indicate the presence of Rickettsia typhi…”
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Serodiagnosis of Lyme Disease by Kinetic Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Recombinant VlsE1 or Peptide Antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi Compared with 2-Tiered Testing Using Whole-Cell Lysates by Bacon, Rendi Murphree, Biggerstaff, Brad J., Schriefer, Martin E., Gilmore, Robert D., Philipp, Mario T., Steere, Allen C., Wormser, Gary P., Marques, Adriana R., Johnson, Barbara J. B.

“…In a study of US patients with Lyme disease, immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgM antibody responses to recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi antigen VlsE1 (rVlsE1), IgG…”
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Ability of experimentally infected chickens to infect ticks with the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi by Piesman, J, Dolan, M C, Schriefer, M E, Burkot, T R

“…Chickens were used as a laboratory model to determine the conditions affecting the ability of birds to infect ticks with Lyme disease spirochetes. Chicks…”
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Mouse Model for Exoerythrocytic Stages of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasite by Sacci, John B., Schriefer, Martin E., Resau, James H., Wirtz, Robert A., Detolla, Louis J., Markham, Richard B., Azad, Abdu F.

“…Research on the exoerythrocytic (EE) stages of human malaria parasites has been hindered because of the lack of an easily available suitable animal model. We…”
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Molecular identification of rickettsia-like microorganisms associated with colonized cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) by Higgins, J A, Sacci, Jr, J B, Schriefer, M E, Endris, R G, Azad, A F

“…Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from eight commercial flea colonies from various regions of the USA were examined by selective PCR amplification, and…”
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