Differential immune responses to Borrelia burgdorferi in European wild rodent species influence spirochete transmission to Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari: Ixodidae)

Delineation of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, Borrelia garinii sp. nov., and Group VS461 Associated with Lyme Borreliosis

1992 • 882 citations

Protection of Mice Against the Lyme Disease Agent by Immunizing with Recombinant OspA

1990 • 480 citations

Lyme Borreliosis in Selected Strains and Ages of Laboratory Mice

1990 • 446 citations

Reservoir Competence of White-Footed Mice for Lyme Disease Spirochetes

1987 • 388 citations

COMPARING THE RELATIVE POTENTIAL OF RODENTS AS RESERVOIRS OF THE LYME DISEASE SPIROCHETE (BORRELIABURGDORFERI)

1989 • 329 citations

Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World.

1985 • 329 citations

Monoclonal antibodies specific for the outer surface protein A (OspA) of Borrelia burgdorferi prevent Lyme borreliosis in severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mice.

1990 • 269 citations

Immunological and molecular polymorphisms of OspC, an immunodominant major outer surface protein of Borrelia burgdorferi

1993 • 253 citations

Elimination of Borrelia burgdorferi from vector ticks feeding on OspA-immunized mice.

1992 • 243 citations

Role of saliva in tick/host interactions

1989 • 196 citations

Recombinant Outer Surface Protein A from Borrelia burgdorferi Induces Antibodies Protective against Spirochetal Infection in Mice

1991 • 185 citations

Roles of OspA, OspB, and flagellin in protective immunity to Lyme borreliosis in laboratory mice

1992 • 173 citations

Studies on the Ecology of Lyme Disease in a Deer Forest in County Galway, Ireland

1992 • 167 citations

Antibody-resistant mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi: in vitro selection and characterization.

1992 • 155 citations

Molecular analysis and expression of a Borrelia burgdorferi gene encoding a 22kDa protein (pC) in Escherichia coli

1992 • 153 citations

Duration of Adult Female Ixodes dammini Attachment and Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi, with Description of a Needle Aspiration Isolation Method

1991 • 151 citations

The role of vector saliva in transmission of arthropod-borne disease

1990 • 150 citations

In Vitro Inhibition of Borrelia burgdorferi Growth by Antibodies

1993 • 132 citations

Capacity of European Animals as Reservoir Hosts for the Lyme Disease Spirochete

1992 • 129 citations

Lyme borreliosis in the severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mouse manifests predominantly in the joints, heart, and liver.

1990 • 125 citations

Evaluation of genetic divergence among Borrelia burgdorferi isolates by use of OspA, fla, HSP60, and HSP70 gene probes

1992 • 119 citations

Population regulation in ticks: the role of acquired resistance in natural and unnatural hosts

1979 • 114 citations

Antibody response in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) experimentally infected with the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi)

1989 • 113 citations

Selection of an escape variant of Borrelia burgdorferi by use of bactericidal monoclonal antibodies to OspB

1992 • 110 citations

Experimental Borrelia burgdorferi infection in inbred mouse strains: Antibody response and association of H‐2 genes with resistance and susceptibility to development of arthritis

1991 • 108 citations

Mode of Inoculation of the Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi Influences Infection and Immune Responses in Inbred Strains of Mice

1993 • 106 citations

Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti: Efficiency of transmission from reservoirs to vector ticks (Ixodes dammini)

1990 • 97 citations

Hosts on Which Nymphal Ixodes ficinus Most Abundantly Feed

1991 • 97 citations

An OspB mutant of Borrelia burgdorferi has reduced invasiveness in vitro and reduced infectivity in vivo

1993 • 94 citations

Characterization of the Borreliacidal Antibody Response to Borrelia burgdorferi in Humans: A Serodiagnostic Test

1993 • 91 citations

Partial destruction of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks that engorged on OspE- or OspF-immunized mice

1994 • 87 citations

The hamster immune response to tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi differs from the response to needle-inoculated, cultured organisms.

1992 • 82 citations

Borrelia burgdorferi in a focus of Lyme borreliosis: epizootiologic contribution of small mammals.

1993 • 80 citations

Immunoblot analysis of immunoglobulin G response to the Lyme disease agent (Borrelia burgdorferi) in experimentally and naturally exposed dogs

1988 • 79 citations

Variability of osp genes and gene products among species of Lyme disease spirochetes

1993 • 76 citations

Characterization of the protective antibody response to Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally infected LSH hamsters

1991 • 72 citations

Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi Associated Antigens by Monoclonal Antibodies

1990 • 71 citations

A bactericidal antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi is directed against a variable region of the OspB protein

1994 • 70 citations

Evasion of protective immunity by Borrelia burgdorferi by truncation of outer surface protein B.

1993 • 65 citations

Passive immunization prevents induction of Lyme arthritis in LSH hamsters

1990 • 64 citations

Density-dependent acquired resistance to ticks in natural hosts, independent of concurrent infection with Babesia microti

1994 • 64 citations

Protection against Borrelia burgdorferi infection in SCID mice is conferred by presensitized spleen cells and partially by B but not T cells alone

1994 • 63 citations

Species-specific identification of and distinction between Borrelia burgdorferi genomic groups by using 16S rRNA-directed oligonucleotide probes

1992 • 60 citations

Demonstration of antigen-specific T cells and histopathological alterations in mice experimentally inoculated with Borrelia burgdorferi

1989 • 60 citations

Accelerated transmission of Lyme disease spirochetes by partially fed vector ticks

1993 • 60 citations

Distinct patterns of protective antibodies are generated against Borrelia burgdorferi in mice experimentally inoculated with high and low doses of antigen

1993 • 58 citations

The woodmouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) as a reservoir of tick-transmitted spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi) in the Netherlands

1993 • 57 citations

Protective immunity is induced by a Borrelia burgdorferi mutant that lacks OspA and OspB

1993 • 55 citations

Regulation of expression of major outer surface proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi

1993 • 54 citations

Development ofBorrelia burgdorferiinIxodes ricinusfemales during blood feeding

1990 • 49 citations

The effect of Babesia microti on feeding and survival in its tick vector, Ixodes trianguliceps

1991 • 42 citations

Immunization of mice by recombinant OspA preparations and protection against Borrelia burgdorferi infection induced by Ixodes ricinus tick bites

1994 • 41 citations

Antiborrelial Activity of Serum from Rats Injected with the Lyme Disease Spirochete

1991 • 40 citations

Clustering of Host-Seeking Nymphal Deer Ticks (Ixodes Dammini) Infected by Lyme Disease Spirochetes (Borrelia Burgdorferi)

1992 • 39 citations

Seroprotective groups among isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi

1993 • 39 citations

Seasonal Variation in the Capacity of the Bank Vole to Infect Larval Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

1993 • 35 citations

The major histocompatibility complex-restricted response of recombinant inbred strains of mice to natural tick transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi.

1993 • 31 citations

Changes in the protein profile and antigenicity of different Borrelia burgdorferi strains after reintroduction to Ixodes ricinus ticks

1992 • 29 citations

Depletion of complement and effects on passive transfer of resistance to infection with Borrelia burgdorferi

1991 • 22 citations

Intensity and duration of Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti infectivity in rodent hosts

1988 • 14 citations

Les lents progrès du contrôle de la maladie du sommeil

1990 • 7 citations

Genetic control of B-Cell function. I. two genes determine the magnitude of antibody responses of inbred mice to red blood cells

1982 • 4 citations

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1955 • 0 citations