Joseph Piesman

Vector interactions and molecular adaptations of lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes associated with transmission by ticks.

Protection against lyme disease spirochete transmission provided by prompt removal of nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).

Borrelia burgdorferi-specific monoclonal antibodies derived from mice primed with Lyme disease spirochete-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks.

Association of Borrelia garinii and B. valaisiana with songbirds in Slovakia.

How can we prevent Lyme disease?

Inability of outer-surface protein C (OspC)-primed mice to elicit a protective anamnestic immune response to a tick-transmitted challenge of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Genetic variation at the vlsE locus of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks and mice over the course of a single transmission cycle.

Vector competence of Ixodes pacificus and I. spinipalpis (Acari: Ixodidae), and reservoir competence of the dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) and the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), for Borrelia bissettii.

Dynamic changes in Borrelia burgdorferi populations in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) during transmission: studies at the mRNA level.

A preliminary linkage map of the tick, Ixodes scapularis.

Dynamic changes in Lyme disease spirochetes during transmission by nymphal ticks.

DNA evidence of Borrelia lonestari in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in southeast Missouri.

Survey of ticks collected in Mississippi for Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Borrelia species.

Bacteriolytic activity of selected vertebrate sera for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia bissettii.

Comparison of disseminated and nondisseminated strains of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in mice naturally infected by tick bite.

Rapid detection methods and prevalence estimation for Borrelia lonestari glpQ in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) pools of unequal size.

Strategies for reducing the risk of Lyme borreliosis in North America.

Transfer of Borrelia burgdorferi s.s. infection via blood transfusion in a murine model.

Repellent activity of fractioned compounds from Chamaecyparis nootkatensis essential oil against nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).

Response of nymphal Ixodes scapularis, the primary tick vector of Lyme disease spirochetes in North America, to barriers derived from wood products or related home and garden items.

New records of immature Ixodes scapularis from Mississippi.

Prevention of tick-borne diseases.

Integrated use of 4-Poster passive topical treatment devices for deer, targeted acaricide applications, and Maxforce TMS bait boxes to rapidly suppress populations of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in a residential landscape.

A hard tick relapsing fever group spirochete in a Brazilian Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.

Novel relapsing fever spirochete in bat tick.

A doxycycline hyclate rodent bait formulation for prophylaxis and treatment of tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi.

MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding Lyme disease prevention among Connecticut residents, 1999-2004.

Indicators for elevated risk of human exposure to host-seeking adults of the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) in Colorado.

Transmission dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi s.s. during the key third day of feeding by nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).

Ability of 4-poster passive topical treatment devices for deer to sustain low population levels of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) after integrated tick management in a residential landscape.

Increased recognition of Powassan encephalitis in the United States, 1999-2005.

Short report: time course of hematogenous dissemination of Francisella tularensis A1, A2, and Type B in laboratory mice.

A borreliacidal factor in Amblyomma americanum saliva is associated with phospholipase A2 activity.

Characterization of a novel relapsing fever spirochete in the midgut, coxal fluid, and salivary glands of the bat tick Carios kelleyi.

Francisella-like endosymbiont DNA and Francisella tularensis virulence-related genes in Brazilian ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).

Borreliacidal Amblyomma 美洲唾液中的一个因素是与磷脂酶 A(2) 活动相关联。

Molecular characterization of a new isolate of Borrelia lusitaniae derived from Apodemus sylvaticus in Portugal.

Characterization of the highly regulated antigen BBA05 in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Molecular identification of Salp15, a key salivary gland protein in the transmission of lyme disease spirochetes, from Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae).

Ability of two natural products, nootkatone and carvacrol, to suppress Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Lyme disease endemic area of New Jersey.

Transmission dynamics of Francisella tularensis subspecies and clades by nymphal Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae).

Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii.

Suppression of host-seeking Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs after dual applications of plant-derived acaricides in New Jersey.

Functional analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi bba64 gene product in murine infection via tick infestation.

Coxiella symbionts in the Cayenne tick Amblyomma cajennense.

Cyclic di-GMP is essential for the survival of the lyme disease spirochete in ticks.

Coinfections of Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia helvetica with Borrelia lusitaniae in ticks collected in a Safari Park, Portugal.

Low-density microarrays for the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi s.s. (the Lyme disease spirochete) in nymphal Ixodes scapularis.

Transmission efficiency of Francisella tularensis by adult american dog ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).

Elimination of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in rodent reservoirs and Ixodes scapularis ticks using a doxycycline hyclate-laden bait.

Human Risk of Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Eastern United States.

What do we need to know about disease ecology to prevent Lyme disease in the northeastern United States?