Infestation with pathogen-free nymphs of the tick Ixodes scapularis induces host resistance to transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi by ticks

Blood-feeding arthropods: live syringes or invertebrate pharmacologists?

1995 • 480 citations

Lyme Borreliosis: Relation of Its Causative Agent to Its Vectors and Hosts in North America and Europe

1991 • 458 citations

Borrelia burgdorferi OspA is an arthropod-specific transmission-blocking Lyme disease vaccine.

1996 • 423 citations

Statistical Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Univariate & Multivariate Methods

1986 • 363 citations

Host Immunity to Ticks

1996 • 347 citations

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1980 • 242 citations

Conspecificity of the Ticks Ixodes scapularis and I. dammini (Acari: Ixodidae)

1993 • 238 citations

Dissemination and Salivary Delivery of Lyme Disease Spirochetes in Vector Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

1987 • 229 citations

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

1989 • 227 citations

Dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission by Nymphal Ixodes dammini Ticks

1993 • 197 citations

Epizootiology of Borrelia in Ixodes Tick Vectors and Reservoir Hosts

1989 • 189 citations

IMMUNE RESPONSES TO ARTHROPODS AND THEIR PRODUCTS

1982 • 174 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

Clethrionomys glareolus, but not Apodemus flavicollis, acquires resistance to lxodes ricinus L, the main European vector of Borrelia burgdorferi

1995 • 135 citations

Saliva of the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes dammini, blocks cell activation by a nonprostaglandin E2-dependent mechanism.

1994 • 134 citations

Circumvention of outer surface protein A immunity by host-adapted Borrelia burgdorferi

1995 • 117 citations

Standard System for Infecting Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

1993 • 113 citations

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

1994 • 104 citations

Tick-induced modulation of the host immune response

1994 • 100 citations

Resistance to Tick-Borne Francisella Tularensis by Tick-Sensitized Rabbits: Allergic Klendusity

1979 • 85 citations

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

1992 • 82 citations

Influence ofDermacentor andersoniinfestation on lymphocyte responsiveness to mitogens

1982 • 76 citations

Immunology of interactions between ticks and laboratory animals

1989 • 72 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

Effects of tick infestation on the plaque-forming cell response to a thymic dependent antigen

1985 • 53 citations

Dermacentor andersoni: Salivary Gland Proteins Suppressing T-Lymphocyte Responses to Concanavalin A in Vitro

1995 • 44 citations

Acquired resistance in dogs to repeated infestation with Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) reduces tick viability and reproductive success

1995 • 19 citations