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Population and demographic structure of Ixodes scapularis Say in the eastern United States by Sakamoto, Joyce M, Goddard, Jerome, Rasgon, Jason L

“…The most significant vector of tick-borne pathogens in the United States is Ixodes scapularis Say (the blacklegged tick). Previous studies have identified…”
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Native microbiome impedes vertical transmission of Wolbachia in Anopheles mosquitoes by Hughes, Grant L., Dodson, Brittany L., Johnson, Rebecca M., Murdock, Courtney C., Tsujimoto, Hitoshi, Suzuki, Yasutsugu, Patt, Alyssa A., Cui, Long, Nossa, Carlos W., Barry, Rhiannon M., Sakamoto, Joyce M., Hornett, Emily A., Rasgon, Jason L.

“…Over evolutionary time, Wolbachia has been repeatedly transferred between host species contributing to the widespread distribution of the symbiont in…”
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Temporal dynamics of the human vaginal microbiota by Gajer, Pawel, Brotman, Rebecca M, Bai, Guoyun, Sakamoto, Joyce, Schütte, Ursel M E, Zhong, Xue, Koenig, Sara S K, Fu, Li, Ma, Zhanshan Sam, Zhou, Xia, Abdo, Zaid, Forney, Larry J, Ravel, Jacques

“…Elucidating the factors that impinge on the stability of bacterial communities in the vagina may help in predicting the risk of diseases that affect women's…”
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Function and evolution of the aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis by Tsujimoto, Hitoshi, Metz, Hillery C., Smith, Alexis A., Sakamoto, Joyce M., Pal, Utpal, Rasgon, Jason L.

“…Ticks are important vectors of pathogenic viruses, bacteria, and protozoans to humans, wildlife, and domestic animals. Due to their life cycles, ticks face…”
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Wolbachia infections in Anopheles gambiae cells: transcriptomic characterization of a novel host-symbiont interaction by Hughes, Grant L, Ren, Xiaoxia, Ramirez, Jose L, Sakamoto, Joyce M, Bailey, Jason A, Jedlicka, Anne E, Rasgon, Jason L

“…The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia is being investigated as a potential control agent in several important vector insect species. Recent studies have shown…”
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A 117-year retrospective analysis of Pennsylvania tick community dynamics by Pak, Damie, Jacobs, Steven B, Sakamoto, Joyce M

“…Tick-borne diseases have been increasing at the local, national, and global levels. Researchers studying ticks and tick-borne diseases need a thorough…”
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Microbiomes of Two Pest Fly Species of Pennsylvania Mushroom Houses by Sakamoto, Joyce M, Shikano, Ikkei, Rasgon, Jason L

“…Mushroom cultivation vastly improves the yield of mushrooms under optimized, controlled conditions, but may be susceptible to opportunistic colonization by…”
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Progress, challenges, and the role of public engagement to improve tick-borne disease literacy by Sakamoto, Joyce M

“…•Tick-borne diseases (TBD) are increasing.•Cross-disciplinary collaborations to aid TBD prevention.•Need for improved public TBD literacy. Vector-borne…”
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Functional characterization of Aquaporin-like genes in the human bed bug Cimex lectularius by Tsujimoto, Hitoshi, Sakamoto, Joyce M., Rasgon, Jason L.

“…The bed bug Cimex lectularius is a blood-feeding re-emerging annoyance pest insect that has the ability to transmit Trypanosoma cruzi under experimental…”
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Tick control in a connected world: Challenges, solutions, and public policy from a United States border perspective by Tiffin, Hannah S., Rajotte, Edwin G., Sakamoto, Joyce M., Machtinger, Erika T.

“…Ticks are able to transmit the highest number of pathogen species of any blood-feeding arthropod and represent a growing threat to public health and…”
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Proof of concept of microbiome-metabolome analysis and delayed gluten exposure on celiac disease autoimmunity in genetically at-risk infants by Sellitto, Maria, Bai, Guoyun, Serena, Gloria, Fricke, W Florian, Sturgeon, Craig, Gajer, Pawel, White, James R, Koenig, Sara S K, Sakamoto, Joyce, Boothe, Dustin, Gicquelais, Rachel, Kryszak, Deborah, Puppa, Elaine, Catassi, Carlo, Ravel, Jacques, Fasano, Alessio

“…Celiac disease (CD) is a unique autoimmune disorder in which the genetic factors (DQ2/DQ8) and the environmental trigger (gluten) are known and necessary but…”
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Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics by Galbraith, David A., Fuller, Zachary L., Ray, Allyson M., Brockmann, Axel, Frazier, Maryann, Gikungu, Mary W., Martinez, J. Francisco Iturralde, Kapheim, Karen M., Kerby, Jeffrey T., Kocher, Sarah D., Losyev, Oleksiy, Muli, Elliud, Patch, Harland M., Rosa, Cristina, Sakamoto, Joyce M., Stanley, Scott, Vaudo, Anthony D., Grozinger, Christina M.

“…Bee viral ecology is a fascinating emerging area of research: viruses exert a range of effects on their hosts, exacerbate impacts of other environmental…”
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Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease by Gulia-Nuss, Monika, Nuss, Andrew B, Meyer, Jason M, Sonenshine, Daniel E, Roe, R Michael, Waterhouse, Robert M, Sattelle, David B, de la Fuente, José, Ribeiro, Jose M, Megy, Karine, Thimmapuram, Jyothi, Miller, Jason R, Walenz, Brian P, Koren, Sergey, Hostetler, Jessica B, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Joardar, Vinita S, Hannick, Linda I, Bidwell, Shelby, Hammond, Martin P, Young, Sarah, Zeng, Qiandong, Abrudan, Jenica L, Almeida, Francisca C, Ayllón, Nieves, Bhide, Ketaki, Bissinger, Brooke W, Bonzon-Kulichenko, Elena, Buckingham, Steven D, Caffrey, Daniel R, Caimano, Melissa J, Croset, Vincent, Driscoll, Timothy, Gilbert, Don, Gillespie, Joseph J, Giraldo-Calderón, Gloria I, Grabowski, Jeffrey M, Jiang, David, Khalil, Sayed M S, Kim, Donghun, Kocan, Katherine M, Koči, Juraj, Kuhn, Richard J, Kurtti, Timothy J, Lees, Kristin, Lang, Emma G, Kennedy, Ryan C, Kwon, Hyeogsun, Perera, Rushika, Qi, Yumin, Radolf, Justin D, Sakamoto, Joyce M, Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro, Severo, Maiara S, Silverman, Neal, Šimo, Ladislav, Tojo, Marta, Tornador, Cristian, Van Zee, Janice P, Vázquez, Jesús, Vieira, Filipe G, Villar, Margarita, Wespiser, Adam R, Yang, Yunlong, Zhu, Jiwei, Arensburger, Peter, Pietrantonio, Patricia V, Barker, Stephen C, Shao, Renfu, Zdobnov, Evgeny M, Hauser, Frank, Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J P, Park, Yoonseong, Rozas, Julio, Benton, Richard, Pedra, Joao H F, Nelson, David R, Unger, Maria F, Tubio, Jose M C, Tu, Zhijian, Robertson, Hugh M, Shumway, Martin, Sutton, Granger, Wortman, Jennifer R, Lawson, Daniel, Wikel, Stephen K, Nene, Vishvanath M, Fraser, Claire M, Collins, Frank H, Birren, Bruce, Nelson, Karen E, Caler, Elisabet, Hill, Catherine A

“…Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We describe the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say),…”
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Daily temporal dynamics of vaginal microbiota before, during and after episodes of bacterial vaginosis by Ravel, Jacques, Brotman, Rebecca M, Gajer, Pawel, Ma, Bing, Nandy, Melissa, Fadrosh, Douglas W, Sakamoto, Joyce, Koenig, Sara Sk, Fu, Li, Zhou, Xia, Hickey, Roxana J, Schwebke, Jane R, Forney, Larry J

“…Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common gynecologic diagnosis characterized by dysbiosis of the vaginal microbiota. It is often accompanied by vaginal symptoms…”
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Comparison of storage conditions for human vaginal microbiome studies by Bai, Guoyun, Gajer, Pawel, Nandy, Melissa, Ma, Bing, Yang, Hongqiu, Sakamoto, Joyce, Blanchard, May H, Ravel, Jacques, Brotman, Rebecca M

“…The effect of storage conditions on the microbiome and metabolite composition of human biological samples has not been thoroughly investigated as a potential…”
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Bunyaviruses are common in male and female Ixodes scapularis ticks in central Pennsylvania by Sakamoto, Joyce M, Ng, Terry Fei Fan, Suzuki, Yasutsugu, Tsujimoto, Hitoshi, Deng, Xutao, Delwart, Eric, Rasgon, Jason L

“…The blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis is widely distributed in the United States and transmits multiple pathogens to humans, wildlife and domestic animals…”
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Propagation of Arthropod-Borne Rickettsia spp. in Two Mosquito Cell Lines by Sakamoto, Joyce M, Azad, Abdu F

“…Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular alphaproteobacteria that include pathogenic species in the spotted fever, typhus, and transitional groups. The…”
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Twice-Daily Application of HIV Microbicides Alters the Vaginal Microbiota by Ravel, Jacques, Gajer, Pawel, Fu, Li, Mauck, Christine K., Koenig, Sara S. K., Sakamoto, Joyce, Motsinger-Reif, Alison A., Doncel, Gustavo F., Zeichner, Steven L.

“…ABSTRACT Vaginal HIV microbicides offer great promise in preventing HIV transmission, but failures of phase 3 clinical trials, in which microbicide-treated…”
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Duplication, concerted evolution and purifying selection drive the evolution of mosquito vitellogenin genes by Chen, Song, Armistead, Jennifer S, Provost-Javier, Katie N, Sakamoto, Joyce M, Rasgon, Jason L

“…Mosquito vitellogenin (Vtg) genes belong to a small multiple gene family that encodes the major yolk protein precursors required for egg production. Multiple…”
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Wolbachia Infections in the Cimicidae: Museum Specimens as an Untapped Resource for Endosymbiont Surveys by Sakamoto, Joyce M, Feinstein, Julie, Rasgon, Jason L

“…Wolbachia spp. are obligate maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria that infect diverse arthropods and filarial nematodes. Previous microscopic and…”
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