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Temporal changes in outer surface proteins A and C of the lyme disease-associated spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, during the chain of infection in ticks and mice by Schwan, T.G, Piesman, J

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Comparative sialomics between hard and soft ticks: Implications for the evolution of blood-feeding behavior by Mans, Ben J., Andersen, John F., Francischetti, Ivo M.B., Valenzuela, Jesus G., Schwan, Tom G., Pham, Van M., Garfield, Mark K., Hammer, Carl H., Ribeiro, José M.C.

“…Ticks evolved various mechanisms to modulate their host's hemostatic and immune defenses. Differences in the anti-hemostatic repertoires suggest that hard and…”
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A tribute to Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, Medical Entomologist Extraordinaire by Gern, L, Aeschlimann, A, Schwan, T G, Lane, R S

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Characterization of anti-hemostatic factors in the argasid, Argas monolakensis: Implications for the evolution of blood-feeding in the soft tick family by Mans, Ben J., Andersen, John F., Schwan, Tom G., Ribeiro, José M.C.

“…To date, the only anti-hemostatic factors characterized for softs ticks are for Ornithodoros moubata and Ornithodoros savignyi, ticks that feeds mainly on…”
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Temporal regulation of outer surface proteins of the Lyme-disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi by Schwan, T G

“…In the 20 years since the first agent of Lyme disease was discovered, much interest has focused on the possible biological roles of a few outer surface…”
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Ectoparasites (sucking lice, fleas and ticks) of small mammals in southeastern Kenya by OGUGE, N.O, DURDEN, L.A, KEIRANS, J.E, BALAMI, H.D, SCHWAN, T.G

“…During 1998-2000, at least 14 species (n = 309) of small mammals were live-trapped and examined for ectoparasites in moist forests of the Taita and Shimba…”
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Induction of an outer surface protein on Borrelia burgdorferi during tick feeding by Schwan, T.G. (National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT.), Piesman, J, Golde, W.T, Dolan, M.C, Rosa, P.A

“…Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, are maintained in zoonotic cycles involving ticks and small mammals. In unfed ticks, the spirochetes…”
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Role of the Yersinia pestis hemin storage (hms) locus in the transmission of plague by fleas by Hinnebusch, B.J. (National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT.), Perry, R.D, Schwan, T.G

“…Yersinia pestis, the cause of bubonic plague, is transmitted by the bites of infected fleas. Biological transmission of plague depends on blockage of the…”
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Temperature-related differential expression of antigens in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi by Stevenson, B, Schwan, T.G, Rosa, P.A

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that Borrelia burgdorferi in the midguts of infected ticks shows increased expression of the antigenic outer surface protein…”
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Spirochetemia caused by Borrelia turicatae infection in 3 dogs in Texas by Whitney, M.S, Schwan, T.G, Sultemeier, K.B, McDonald, P.S, Brillhart, M.N

“…Spirochetemia was diagnosed in 2 Siberian Huskies and a Rottweiler from the northwestern region of Texas between June 1999 and October 2001. Clinical findings…”
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Borrelia burgdorferi Erp proteins are immunogenic in mammals infected by tick bite, and their synthesis is inducible in cultured bacteria by Stevenson, B, Bono, J.L, Schwan, T.G, Rosa, P

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Characterization of an endosymbiont infecting wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, as a member of the genus Francisella by Niebylski, M.L, Peacock, M.G, Fischer, E.R, Porcella, S.F, Schwan, T.G

“…A microorganism (Dermacantor andersoni symbiont [DAS]) infecting Rocky Mountain wood ticks (D. andersoni) collected in the Bitterroot Mountains of western…”
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New method for plague surveillance using polymerase chain reaction to detect Yersinia pestis in fleas by Hinnebusch, J, Schwan, T.G

“…Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, infects a variety of mammals throughout the world and is transmitted by fleas. We developed a polymerase chain reaction…”
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Immune capture and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi antigens in urine, blood, or tissues from infected ticks, mice, dogs, and humans by Dorward, D.W. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, MT), Schwan, T.G, Garon, C.F

“…Current biological and serological techniques for demonstrating infections by Borrelia burgdorferi can be inconclusive. In order to monitor Lyme borreliosis,…”
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Identification of a protein in several Borrelia species which is related to ospC of the Lyme disease spirochetes by Marconi, R.T, Samuels, D.S, Schwan, T.G, Garon, C.F

“…Using oligonucleotide probes which have previously been shown to be specific for the ospC gene found in the Lyme disease spirochete species Borrelia…”
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Identification and characterization of lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated in Korea by Park, K.H, Chang, W.H, Schwan, T.G

“…Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, were identified and characterized for the first time in Korea. Four isolates, designated Konkuk-1,…”
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Adhesion to and invasion of cultured tick (Acarina: Ixodidae) cells by Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) and maintenance of infectivity by Kurtti, T J, Munderloh, U G, Krueger, D E, Johnson, R C, Schwan, T G

“…Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi, interact with cultured tick cells in ways similar to those reported to occur in the vector Ixodes dammini…”
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Xenopsylla bantorum is an east African subspecies of X. cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) by Schwan, T G

“…The geographic distribution, host association, and male genital morphology of Xenopsylla bantorum Jordan were examined and compared with the Nilotic and…”
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Sex ratio and phoretic mites of fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae and Hystrichopsyllidae) on the Nile grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) in Kenya by Schwan, T G

“…The sex ratio of fleas and their phoretic mites associated with the Nile grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus (Desmarest), were studied during 14 mo in a grassland…”
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Argas (Argas) monolakensis, new species (Acari: Ixodoidea: Argasidae), a parasite of California gulls on islands in Mono Lake, California: description, biology, and life cycle by Schwan, T G, Corwin, M D, Brown, S J

“…Argas (Argas) monolakensis, n. sp., is described from adults, nymphs, and larvae collected from under and around nests of California gulls, Larus californicus…”
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