Suppression of Acute Ixodes scapularis-Induced Borrelia burgdorferi Infection using Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Interleukin-2, and Interferon-γ

Inhibition of Viral Replication by Interferon-γ-Induced Nitric Oxide Synthase

1993 • 825 citations

Biology of Borrelia species

1986 • 577 citations

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in the upper Midwest United States. A new species emerging?

1994 • 463 citations

Salivary Gland Lysates from the Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis Enhance Leishmania Infectivity

1988 • 454 citations

Lyme Borreliosis in Selected Strains and Ages of Laboratory Mice

1990 • 446 citations

Antihemostatic, antiinflammatory, and immunosuppressive properties of the saliva of a tick, Ixodes dammini.

1985 • 382 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

Protective immunity elicited by recombinant bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) expressing outer surface protein A (OspA) lipoprotein: a candidate Lyme disease vaccine.

1993 • 269 citations

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

1992 • 243 citations

Lyme Disease in California: a Novel Enzootic Transmission Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

1992 • 236 citations

Ear punch biopsy method for detection and isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from rodents

1989 • 227 citations

Role of saliva in tick/host interactions

1989 • 196 citations

Modulation of Host-Immune Responses by Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): Effect of Salivary Gland Extracts on Host Macrophages and Lymphocyte Cytokine Production

1992 • 173 citations

Borrelia burgdorferi is clonal: implications for taxonomy and vaccine development.

1993 • 172 citations

Saliva of the tick Ixodes dammini inhibits neutrophil function

1990 • 165 citations

Ixodes dammini: Salivary anti-complement activity

1987 • 162 citations

T helper phenotype and genetic susceptibility in experimental Lyme disease.

1995 • 157 citations

Outer surface lipoproteins of Borrelia burgdorferi stimulate nitric oxide production by the cytokine-inducible pathway

1994 • 149 citations

Active immunization with pC protein ofBorrelia burgdorferi protects gerbils againstB. burgdorferi infection

1992 • 136 citations

Protection of C3H/HeN mice from challenge with Borrelia burgdorferi through active immunization with OspA, OspB, or OspC, but not with OspD or the 83-kilodalton antigen

1994 • 135 citations

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks by Species-Specific Amplification of the Flagellin Gene

1992 • 124 citations

Molecular mimicry and lyme borreliosis: A shared antigenic determinant between Borrelia burgdorferi and human tissue

1989 • 124 citations

Bidirectional activating signals between Trypanosoma brucei and CD8⁺ T cells: A trypanosome‐released factor triggers interferon‐γ production that stimulates parasite growth

1991 • 114 citations

Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from various sources

1991 • 109 citations

Identification of an epidermal growth factor receptor homologue in trypanosomes

1989 • 106 citations

Long-term protection of mice from Lyme disease by vaccination with OspA

1992 • 106 citations

Distribution and molecular analysis of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi, isolated from ticks throughout California

1993 • 105 citations

Delayed Dissemination of Lyme Disease Spirochetes from the Site of Deposition in the Skin of Mice

1992 • 97 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

Cross-Reactivity between Borrelia burgdorferi Flagellin and a Human Axonal 64,000 Molecular Weight Protein

1993 • 75 citations

Human phagocyte interactions with the Lyme disease spirochete

1984 • 65 citations

Quantitation Of The Borrelia Burgdorferi Outer Surface Protein A In Ixodes Scapularis: Fluctuations During The Tick Life Cycle, Doubling Times, And Loss While Feeding

1994 • 63 citations

Characterization of Borrelia Burgdorferi Isolated from Ixodes Persulacatus and Ixodes Ovatus Ticks in Japan

1992 • 63 citations

Immune sera to individual Borrelia burgdorferi isolates or recombinant OspA thereof protect SCID mice against infection with homologous strains but only partially or not at all against those of different OspA/OspB genotype

1993 • 57 citations

Long-term study of cell-mediated responses to Borrelia burgdorferi in the laboratory mouse

1993 • 50 citations

Rickettsiae and Borrelia burgdorferi in ixodid ticks

1991 • 46 citations

Oral vaccination with an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium strain expressing Borrelia burgdorferi OspA prevents murine Lyme borreliosis

1995 • 44 citations

In vitro and in vivo effects of interleukin 2 on the protozoan parasite leishmania

1989 • 43 citations

Relative Infectivity of Borrelia Burgdorferi in Lewis Rats by Various Routes of Inoculation

1991 • 38 citations

Modulation of Murine Immunological Responses by Salivary Gland Extract of Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae)

1993 • 34 citations

Genetic diversity among Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from wood rats and kangaroo rats in California

1993 • 30 citations

Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi proteins reactive with antibodies in synovial fluid of a patient with Lyme arthritis

1990 • 28 citations

Variant responses of mice to Borrelia burgdorferi depending on the site of intradermal inoculation

1993 • 26 citations

Comparative analysis of genetic variability among Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Europe and the United States by restriction enzyme analysis, gene restriction fragment length polymorphism, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

1993 • 24 citations

An OspA antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting North American isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi in larval and nymphal Ixodes dammini

1993 • 19 citations

A simple, colorimetric microtiter assay for borreliacidal activity of antisera

1993 • 19 citations