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Publications listed under the following subheadings:
Ticks:Jaworski DC, Simmen, FA, Lamoreaux W, Coons LB, Muller MT, Needham GR. 1995. A secreted calreticulin protein in ixodid tick saliva. Journal of Insect Physiology, 41:369-375.
Jaworski DC, Needham GR. 1996. Calreticulin in Vector Arthropods--The Secreted Calreticulin. In: Calreticulin ed. M. Michalak pp. 171-182. R.G. Landes Company, Austin, TX.
Sanders ML, Jaworski DC, Sanchez JL, DeFraites RF, Scott AL, Glass GE, Raha S, Ritchie B, Needham GR, Schwartz BS. 1998. Antibody to a cDNA-derived calreticulin protein from Amblyomma americanum is a biomarker of tick exposure in humans. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 59:279-285.
Jasinskas A, Jaworski DC, Barbour AG. 2000. Amblyomma americanum: Specific uptake of immunoglobulins into tick hemolymph during feeding. Experimental Parasitology, 96:213-221.
Jaworski DC, Jasinskas A, Metz CN., Bucala R, Barbour AG. 2001. Identification and functional characterization of a homologue of the proinflammatory cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor in the tick vector, Amblyomma americanum. Insect Molecular Biology, 10:323-331.
Madden RD, Sauer JR, Dillwith JW. 2002. A proteomics approach to characterizing tick salivary secretions. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 28:77-87.
Karim S, Essenberg RC, Dillwith J. Tucker JS, Bowman AS, Sauer JS. 2002. Identification of SNARE and cell trafficking regulatory proteins in the salivary glands of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 32:1711-1721.
Aljamali M, Bowman AS, Dillwith JW, Tucker JS, Gates GW, Essenberg RC, Sauer JR. 2002. Identity and synthesis of prostaglandins in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), as assessed by radio-immunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 32:331-341.
Fezza F, Dillwith JW, Bisogono T, Tucker JS Di Marzo V, Sauer JR. 2003. Endocannabinoids and related fatty acid amides, and their regulation, in the salivary glands of the lone star tick. Biochemistry Biophysical Acta, 1633:61-67.
Jaworski DC. 2003. ‘Tick talk’: Current view on protein release from tick salivary cells. Trends in Parasitology, 19:427-429.
Reichard M, Kocan AA, Van Den Bussche RA, Barker RW, Wyckoff, JH III, Ewing SA. 2005. Sequence Variation of the Second Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS 2) Region in Two Spatially Distinct Populations of Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Parasitology, 91:260-263.
de la Fuente J, Almazán C, Van Den Bussche RA, Bowman J, Yoshioka JH, Kocan KM. 2005. Characterization of genetic diversity in Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) with body size and weight polymorphism. Experimental Parasitology, 109:16-26.
Jaworski DC. 2005. Gene Expression in Acarines. In: The Biology of Disease Vectors, 2nd Ed. Beatty, B.J. and Marquardt, W.C. Eds. Elsevier Academic Press. pp. 587-599.
de la Fuente J, Alamazán C, Naranjo V, Blouin EF, Meyer JM, Kocan KM. 2006. Autocidal control of ticks by silencing of a single gene by RNA interference, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 344:332-338.
Kocan KM, Kaufman WR. 2006. Book Review: White as a Ghost, Winter Ticks and Moose. American Entomologist, Winter 52(4). Little SE, Hostetler J, Kocan KM . 2007. Movement of Rhipicephalus sanguineus adults between co-housed dogs during active feeding. Veterinary Parasitology, 150(1-2):139-145.
Little SE, Hostetler J, Kocan KM. 2007. Movement of Rhipicephalus sanguineus adults between co-housed dogs during active feeding. Veterinary Parasitology, 150:27-32.
de la Fuente J, Maritz-Olivier C, Naranjo V, Ayoubi P, Nijhof A. M., Almazán C, Canales M, J Pérez de la Lastra J.M., Galindo RC, Blouin EF, Gortazar C, Jongejan F, Kocan KM. 2008. Evidence of the role of tick subolesin in gene expression. BMC Genomics, 9:372-388.
Estrada-Peña A, Venzal JM, Kocan KM, Tramuta C., L. Tomassone L, de la Fuente J, Labruna M. 2008. Observations on Antricola ticks: Small nymphs feed on mammalian hosts and have salivary gland morphology similar to ixodid ticks. Journal of Parasitology, 94:953-955.
Smith A, Guo X, de la Fuente J, Naranjo V, Kocan KM, Kaufman WR. 2008. The impact of RNA interference of the subolesin and voraxin genes in male Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae) on female engorgement and oviposition. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 47:71-86.
Galindo RC, Doncel-Pérez E, Gortazar C, Zivkovic A, Naranjo V, Mangold AJ, Martín-Hernando MP, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2008. Tick subolesin is an ortholog of akirins described in insects and vertebrates. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 33:612-617.
Jaworski DC, Bowen CJ, Wasala NB. 2009. Amblyomma americanum (L): Tick Macrophage migration inhibitory factor peptide immunization lengthens lone star tick feeding intervals in vivo. Experimental Parasitology, 121:384-387.
Canales, M., Naranjo, V., Almazán, C., Molina, R., Tsuruta, S.A., Szabó, M.P.J., Manzano-Roman, R., Pérez de la Lastra, J.M., Kocan, K.M., Jiménez, M.I,. Lucientes, de la Fuente, J. 2009. Conservation and immunogenicity of the mosquito ortholog of the tick protective antigen, subolesin. Parasitology Research, In press.
de la Fuente J, Kocan, KM, Sonenshine DE (eds). 2008. Molecular biology of ticks and the tick-pathogen interface. Frontiers in Bioscience. 13:6938-6946..
Galindo RC, Doncel-Pérez E, Gortazar C, Zivkovic A, Naranjo V, Mangold AJ, Martín-Hernando MP, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2009. Tick subolesin is an ortholog of akirins described in insects and vertebrates. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 33:612-617.
Jaworski DC, Zou Z,C. Bowen J, Madden R, Wang Y, Kocan KM, Dillwith JW, Jiang H. 2010. Pyrosequencing and characterization of immune response genes from the tick, Dermacentor variabilis (L.). Insect Molecular Biology, 19(5): 617-630.
Commins SP, James HR, Kelly EA, Pochan SL, Workman LJ, Perzanowski MS, Kocan KM, Fahy JV, Ng’ang’a LW, Ronmark E, Cooper PJ, Platts-Mills TAE. 2011. The relevance of tick bites to the production of IgE antibodies to the mammalian oligosaccharide galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, In press.
Domínguez-García DI, Rosario-Cruz R, Almazán-García C, Saltijeral Oaxacan JA, de la Fuente J. 2010. Boophilus microplus: Biological and molecular aspects of acaricide resistance and their impact on animal health. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems 12: 181-192.
Kocan KM, Blouin EF, de la Fuente J. 2011. RNA Interference in Ticks http://www.jove.com/details.stp?id=2474 doi: 10.3791/2474. Journal of Visualized Experiments (J Vis Exp) 47.
Bowen CJ, Jawors DC ki , Wasala NB, Coons LB. 2010. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor expression and localization in Amblyomma americanum (Ixodidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 50:343-359.
Jaworski DC, Wasala NB, Walker NR. 2010. Evaluation of Aloft LC SC, Aloft LC G, and ARY 0486-02 SC for management of ticks in turfgrass, 2009. Arthropod Management Tests. Vol. 35: G1.
Tick-borne Diseases:Clinkenbeard KD, Cowell RL, Tyler RD. 1987. Disseminated histoplasmosis in cats; 12 cases (1981-1986). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 190:1445-1448.
Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli ML, Dreher UM, Gönczi E, Deplazes P, Braun U, Engels, M, Schüpbach J, Jörger K, Thoma R, Griot C, Stärk K, Willi B, Schmidt, J, Kocan KM, Lutz H. 2004. Concurrent infections with vector-borne pathogens associated with fatal hemolytic anemia in a cattle herd in Switzerland. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 42:3775-3780. Tick Control:Ballesteros C, Vicente J, Carrasco-GarcíaR, Mateo R, de la Fuente J, Gortazar C. 2011. Specificity and success of oral bait delivery to Eurasian wild boar in Mediterranean woodland habitats. European Journal of Wildlife Research 57:749-757. Ballesteros C, Vicente J, Morriss G, Jockney I, Rodríguez O, Gortázar C, de la Fuente J. 2011. Acceptance and palatability for domestic and wildlife hosts of baits designed to deliver a tuberculosis vaccine to wild boar piglets. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 98:198-203. Ballesteros C, Camarero PR, Cristòfol C, Vicente J, Gortazar C, de la Fuente J, Mateo R. 2010. Analysis by LC/ESI-MS of iophenoxic acid derivatives and evaluation as markers of oral baits to deliver pharmaceuticals to wildlife. Journal of Chromatography B 878:1997-2002.
Tick Vaccine Development:Almazán C, Blas-Machado U, Kocan KM, Yoshioka JH, Blouin EF, Mangold AJ, de la Fuente J. 2005. Characterization of three Ixodes scapularis cDNAs protective against tick infestations. Vaccine, 23:4403-4416.
Almazán C, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, de la Fuente J. 2005. Vaccination with recombinant tick antigens for the control of Ixodes scapularis adult infestations. Vaccine, 23:5294-5298.
Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R., de la Fuente J, Kocan KM. 2007. Defining the role of selected tick genes in tick cell culture by use of RNA Interference. New York Academy of Sciences, 1149:41-44.
de la Fuente J, Almazán C, Blouin EF, Naranjo V, Kocan KM. 2005. RNA interference screening in ticks for identification of protective antigens. Parasitology Research, 96:137-141.
de la Fuente J, Canales M, Kocan KM. 2006. Significance of protein glycosylation in tick vaccines. Letter to the Editor, Parasite Immunology, 28:287-288.
de la Fuente J, Alamazán C, Naranjo V, Blouin EF, Meyer JM, Kocan KM. 2006. Autocidal control of ticks by silencing of a single gene by RNA interference. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 344:332-338.
de la Fuente J, Almazán C, Canales M, Pérez de la Lastra JM, Kocan KM, Willadsen P. 2007. A ten-year review of commercial vaccine performance for control of tick infestations on cattle. Animal Health Research Reviews, 8:23-28.
de la Fuente J, Almazán C, Blas-Machado U, Naranjo V, Mangold AJ, Blouin EF, Gortazär C, Kocan KM. 2006. The tick protective antigen, 4D8, is a conserved protein involved in modulation of tick feeding and reproduction. Vaccine, 24:4082-4095.
de la Fuente J, Almazán C, Blouin EF, Naranjo V, Kocan KM. 2006. Reduction of tick infections with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum by targeting the tick protective antigen subolesin. Parasitology Research, 100:85-91.
de la Fuente J, Kocan KM. 2006. Strategies for development of vaccines for control of ixodid tick species. Parasite Immunology, 28:275-283.
de la Fuente, Almazán C, Naranjo V, Blouin EF, Kocan KM. 2006. Synergistic effect of silencing by RNA interference the expression of tick protective antigens 4D8 and BM86 in Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Parasitology Research, 99:108-113.
Sonenshine DE, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2006. Tick control: further thoughts on a research agenda. Trends in Parasitology, 22:550-551.
de la Fuente J, Ayoubi P, Blouin EF, Almazán C, Naranjo V, Kocan KM. 2006. Anaplasmosis: focusing on host-vector-pathogen interactions for vaccine development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1078:416-423.
de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, Blouin EF. 2007. Tick vaccines and the transmission of tick-borne pathogens. Veterinary Research Communications, 31(Suppl.1):85-90.
de la Fuente J, Kocan, KM, Almazán C, Blouin EF. 2007. RNA interference for the study and genetic manipulation of ticks. Trends in Parasitology, 23:427-433.
Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Blouin EF. 2007. Targeting the tick/pathogen interface for developing new anaplasmosis vaccine strategies. Veterinary Research Communications, 31(Suppl.1): 91-96.
Kocan KM, Manzano R, de la Fuente, J. 2007. Transovarial silencing of the subolesin gene in three-host ixodid tick species after injection of replete females with subolesin dsRNA. Parasitology Research, 100:1411-1415.
Nijhof AM, Taoufik A, de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, de Vries E, Jongejan F. 2007. Gene silencing of the tick protective antigens, Bm86, Bm 91 and subolesin, in the one-host tick, Boophilus microplus by RNA interference. International Journal of Parasitology, 37:653-662.
Manzano-Roman R, Almazán C, Naranjo V, Blouin EF, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2008. Expression of perilipin in human promyelocytic cells in response to Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection results in modified lipid metabolism. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 57:159-163.
de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, Almazán C, Blouin EF. 2008. Targeting the tick tick-pathogen interface for novel control strategies. Frontiers in Bioscience, 13:6947-6956.
Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R., de la Fuente J, Kocan KM. 2008. Defining the role of selected tick genes in tick cell culture by use of RNA interference. New York Academy of Sciences, 1149:41-44.
Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Hynes WL, Sonenshine DE. 2008. Silencing of the defensin, varisin, in male Dermacentor variabilis by RNA interference results in reduced Anaplasma marginale infections. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 46:17-28.
de la Fuente J, Moreno-Cid JA, Canales M, Villar M, Pérez de la Lastra JM, Kocan KM, Galindo RC, Almazán C, Blouin EF. 2011. Minireview: Targeting arthropod subolesin/akirin for the development of a universal vaccine for the control of vector infestations and pathogen transmission. Veterinary Parasitology Minireview, In press.
Merino O, Almazán C, Canales M, Villar M, Moreno-Cid JA, Estrada-Peña A, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2011. Control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus infestations by the combination of subolesin vaccination and tick autocidal control after subolesin gene knockdown in ticks fed on cattle. Vaccine, 29:2248-2254.
Almazán, C., Lagunes, R., Villar, M., Canales, M., Rosario-Cruz, R., Jongejan, F., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Identification and characterization of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus candidate protective antigens for the control of cattle tick infestations. Parasitology Research 106: 471-479.
de la Fuente J, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Kocan KM, Zivkovic Z, Blouin EF, Canales M, Almazán C, Galindo RC, Step DL, Villar M. 2010. Identification of protective antigens by RNA interference for control of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. Vaccine 28: 1786-1795.
Jittapalapong S. Kaewhom P, Kengradomkij C, Saratapan N, Canales M, de la Fuente J, Stich RW. 2010. Humoral immune response of dairy cattle immunized with Bm95 (KU-VAC1) derived from Thai Rhipicephalus microplus. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 57: 91-95.
Jittapalapong S, Kaewhom P, Pumho, P, Canales M, de la Fuente J, Stich, RW. 2010. Immunization of rabbits with recombinant serine protease inhibitor reduces the performance of adult female Rhipicephalus microplus. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 57: 103-106.
Zivkovic Z, Torina A, Mitra R, Alongi A, Scimeca S, Kocan K., Galindo RC, Almazán C, Blouin EF, Villar M, Nijhof AM, Mani R, La Barbera G, Caracappa S, Jongejan F, de la Fuente J. 2010. Subolesin expression in response to pathogen infection in ticks. BMC Immunology 11: 7.
Hajdusek O, Almazán C, Loosova G, Villar M, Canales M, Grubhoffer L, Kopacek P, de la Fuente J. 2010. Characterization of ferritin 2 for the control of tick infestations. Vaccine 28: 2993-2998.
Canales M, Moreno-Cid JA., Almazán C, Villar M, de la Fuente J. 2010. Bioprocess design and economics of recombinant BM86/BM95 antigen production for anti-tick vaccines. Biochemical Engineering Journal 52: 79-90.
Prudencio CR, Pérez de la Lastra JM, Canales M, Villar M, de la Fuente J. 2010. Mapping protective epitopes in the tick and mosquito subolesin ortholog proteins. Vaccine 28: 5398-5406.
Moreno-Cid JA, Jiménez M, Cornelie S, Molina R, Alarcón P, Lacroix M-N, Pinal R, Delacour S, Lucientes J, Canales M, Pérez de la Lastra JM, Villar M, de la Fuente J. 2011. Characterization of Aedes albopictus akirin for the control of mosquito and sand fly infestations. Vaccine 29: 77-82.
Tick-borne Pathogens:General
de la Fuente J, Naranjo V, Ruiz-Fons F, Vicente J, Estrada-Peña AN, Almazán C, Kocan KM, Martín MP, Gortázar C. 2004. Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from wild boar (Sus scrofa) and Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) in central Spain. European Journal of Wildlife Research 50:187-196.
Mixson TR. Campbell SR, Gill JS, Ginsberg HS, Reichard MV, Schulze TL, Dasch GA. 2006. Prevalence of Ehrlichia, Borrelia, and Rickettsial agents in Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from nine states. Journal of Medical Entomology,43(6):1261-1268.
Torina A, Naranjo V, Pennisi MG, Patania T, Vitale F, Laricchiuta P, Alongi A, Scimeca S, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2007. Serologic and molecular characterization of tick-borne pathogens in lions (Panthera leo) from the Fasano Safari Park. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 38:591-593.
Varela AS, Moore VA, Little SE. 2004. Disease agents in Amblyomma americanum from northeastern Georgia. Journal of Medical Entomology 41(4):753-9.
M J Yabsley Murphy SM, Luttrell MP, Little SE, Massung RF, Stallknecht DE, Conti LA, Blackmore CG, Durden LA. 2008. Experimental and field studies on the suitability of raccoons (Procyon lotor) as hosts for tick-borne pathogens. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 8:491-503.
Bowman DD, Little SE, Lorentzen L, Shields J, Sullivan M, Carlin E. 2009. Prevalence of vector-borne diseases in dogs in the United States: analysis of a comprehensive national database. Veterinary Parasitology 160:138-48.
Torina, A., Alongi, A., Scimeca, S., Vicente, J., Caracappa, S., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ticks in Sicily. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 57: 46-48.
Galindo, R.C., Ayllón, N., Carta, T., Vicente, J., Kocan, K.M., Gortazar, C., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Characterization of pathogen-specific expression of host immune response genes in Anaplasma and Mycobacterium species infected ruminants. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 33: e133-e142.
Clinton RM, Carabin H, Little SE. 2010. Emerging zoonoses in the southern United States – toxocariasis, bovine tuberculosis, and southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI). Am J Med Sci. 340(3): 187-193.
Salinas LJ, Greenfield RA, Little SE, Voskuhl G. 2010. Tick-borne infections in the southern United States. American Journal of Medical Sciences. 340(3): 194-201.
Heise SR, Elshahed MS, Little SE. 2010. Bacterial diversity in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) with a focus on members of the genus Rickettsia. Journal of Medical Entomology. 47(2): 258-268.
Nicholson WL, Allen KE, McQuiston JH, Breitschwerdt EB, Little SE. 2010. The increasing recognition of rickettsial pathogens in dogs and people. Trends Parasitology. 26(4): 205-212.
Anaplasma spp.
de la Fuente J, Lew A, Lutz H, Meli ML, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Shkap V, Molad T, Mangold AJ, Almazá, C, Naranjo V, Gortázar C, Torina A, Caracappa S, García-Pérez AL, Barral, M, Oporto B, Ceci L, Carelli G, Blouin EF, Kocan KM. 2005. Genetic diversity of Anaplasma species major surface proteins and implications for anaplasmosis serodiagnosis and vaccine development. Animal Health Research Reviews 6:75-89.
Dreher UM, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli ML, Regula G, Cagienard AY, Stärk KDC, Doherr MG, Filli F, Hässig M, Braun U, Kocan KM, Lutz H. 2005 Seroprevalence of anaplasmosis among cattle in Switzerland in 1998 and 2003: No evidence of an emerging disease. Veterinary Microbiology 107:71-79.
Torina A, Alongi A, Naranjo V, Scimeca S, Nicosia S, Di Marco V, Caracappa S, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2008. Characterization of Anaplasma infections in Sicily, Italy. New York Academy of Sciences 1149:90-93.
de la Fuente J, Estrada-Peña A, Venzal JM, Kocan KM, Sonenshine DE. 2008. Overview: Ticks as vectors of pathogens that cause disease in humans and animals. Frontiers in Bioscience 13:6938-6946.
de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, Mangold AJ, Blouin EF, Rodriguez RD, Naranjo V, Alamazán V, Jiménez R. 2009. Biogeograpy and molecular evolution of Anaplasma species. Veterinary Parasitology, In press.
de la Fuente, J., Kocan, K.M., Blouin, E.F., Zivkovic, Z., Naranjo, V., Almazán, C., Esteves, E., Jongejan, J., Daffre, S., Mangold, A.J. 2010. Functional genomics and evolution of tick-Anaplasma interactions and vaccine development. Veterinary Parasitology 167: 175-186.
Villar, M., Torina, A., Nuñez, Y., Zivkovic, Z., Marina, A., Alongi, A., Scimeca, S., La Barbera, G., Caracappa, S., Vázquez, J., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Application of highly sensitive saturation labeling to the analysis of differential protein expression in infected ticks from limited samples. Proteome Science 8: 43.
Hornok, S., Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Fernández de Mera, I.G., Meli, M.L., Elek, V., Hajtós, I., Répási, A., Gönczi, E., Tánczos, B., Farkas, R., Lutz, H., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Survey on blood-sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) of ruminants and pigs with molecular detection of Anaplasma and Rickettsia spp. Veterinary Parasitology 174: 355-358.
Villar, M., Ayllón, N., Busby, A.T., Galindo, R.C., Blouin, E.F., Kocan, K.M., Bonzón-Kulichenko, E., Zivkovic, Z., Almazán, C., Torina, A., Vázquez, J., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Expression of heat shock and other stress response proteins in ticks and cultured tick cells in response to Anaplasma spp. infection and heat shock. International Journal of Proteomics 2010: 657261.
Anaplasma marginale
de la Fuente J, Passos LMF, Van Den Bussche RA, Ribeiro MFB, Facury-Filho EF, Kocan KM. 2004. Genetic diversity and molecular phylogeny of Anaplasma marginale isolates from Minas Gerais, Brazil, Veterinary Parasitology 121:307-316.
Coetzee JF, Apley MD, Kocan KM, Rurangirwa FR, Van Donkergoed J. 2004. Comparison of three oxytetrocycline regimes for the treatment of persistent Anaplasma marginale infections in beef cattle. Veterinary Parasitology 127:61-73.
Kocan KM, de la Fuente JC, Golsteyn Thomas EJ, Van Den Bussche RA, Hamilton RG, Tanaka EE, Druhan SE. 2004. Recent studies on the characterization of Anaplasma marginale isolated from North American bison. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1026:114-117.
Stich RW, Olah GA, Brayton KA, Brown WC, Fecheimer M, Green-Church K, Jittapalagong S, Kocan KM, McGuire TC, Rurangirwa FR, Palmer GH. 2004. Identification of a novel Anaplasma marginale appendage-associated protein that localizes with actin filaments during intraerythroctyic infection. Infection and Immunity 72:7257-7264.
Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Garcia-Garcia JC. 2004. Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales : Anaplasmataceae): recent advances in defining host-pathogen adaptations of a tick-borne rickettsia. Parasitology 129:S285-S300.
de la Fuente J, Torina A, Naranjo V, Caracappa S. Vicente J, Mangold AJ, Vicari D, Alongó A, Scimeca S, Kocan KM. 2005. Genetic diversity of Anaplasma marginale strains from cattle farms with different husbandry systems in the Province of Palermo, Sicily. Journal of Veterinary Medicine B 52:226-229.
de la Fuente J, Torina A, Caracappa S, Tumino G, Furlá R, Almazán C, Kocan KM. 2005. Serologic and molecular characterization of Anaplasma species infection in farm animals and ticks from Sicily. Veterinary Parasitology 133:357-362.
Kocan KM, Yoshioka J, Sonenshine DE, de la Fuente J, Ceraul SM, Blouin EF, Almazán C. 2005. Capillary tube feeding system for studying tick/pathogen interactions of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Anaplasma marginale (Rickettisales: Anaplasmataceae). Journal of Medical Entomology 42:864-874.
Dreher UM, de la Fuente J, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli MK, Pusteria N, Kocan KM, Woldehiwet A, Regula G, Stark KDC. 2005. Serologic cross-reactivity between Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 12:1177-1183.
Naranjo V, Ruiz-Fons, R, Höfle U, Fernändez der Mera IF, Villanúa D, Almazán C, Torina A, Caracappa S, Kocan KM, Gortázar C, de la Fuente J. 2006. Molecular epidemiology of human and bovine anaplasmosis in southern Europe. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1078:95-99.
Zweygarth E, Josemans AI, Spickett AM, Steyn HC, Putterill J, Troskie PC, Mtshali S. Bell-Sakyi L, Shkap V, Fish L, Kocan KM, Blouin EF. 2006. In vitro cultivation of a South African Isolate of an Anaplasma sp. in tick cell cultures. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 73:251-255.
Coetzee JF, Apley MD, Kocan KM, Jones JE. 2006. Flow cytometry evaluation of selected antimicrobials for clearance of Anaplasma marginale in short-term erythrocyte cultures, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 29:173-183.
Coetzee JF, Apley MD, Kocan KM. 2006. Comparison of the efficacy of enrofloxacin, imidocarb and oxytetracycline for clearance of persistent Anaplasma marginale infections. Veterinary Therapeutics 7:347-360.
de la Fuente J, Ayoubi P, Blouin EF, Almazán C, Naranjo V, Kocan KM. 2006. Anaplasmosis: focusing on host-vector-pathogen interactions for vaccine development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1078:416-423.
Coetzee JF, Schmidt PL, Apley MD, Reinbold JB, Kocan KM. 2007. Comparison of the complement fixation and competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay tests for serodiagnosis of Anaplasma marginale infection in experimentally infected steers. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 68:872-878.
de la Fuente J, Ruybal P, Mtshali MS, Naranjo V. Li Shuqing L, Mangold AJ, Rodríguez SD, Jiménez R, Vicente J, Moretta R, Torina A, Almazán C, Mbati PM, Torioni de Echaide S, Farber M, Gortazar C, Kocan KM, 2007. Analysis of world strains of Anaplasma marginale using major surface protein 1a repeat sequences. Veterinary Microbiology 119:382-390.
de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Almazán C, Pérez de la Latra JM, Zivkovic Z, Jongejan F, Kocan KM. 2007. Functional genomic studies of tick cells in response to infection with the cattle pathogen, Anaplasma marginale. Genomics 90:712-722.
Mtshali MS, de la Fuente J, Ruybal P, Kocan KM, Vicente J, Mbati PA, Shkap V, Blouin EF, Mohale NE, Spickett AM, Latif AA. 2007. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Anaplasma marginale strains in cattle in South Africa. Zoonoses and Public Health 54:23-30.
Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Blouin EF. 2008. Characterization of the tick-pathogen-host interface of the tick-borne rickettsiae, Anaplasma marginale. In (Bowman & Nuttall, eds), Ticks: Biology, Diseases & Control, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 325-343.
Zivkovic A, Nijhof AM, de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, Jongejan F. 2007. Experimental transmission of Anaplasma marginale by male Dermacentor reticulatus. BMC Infectious Diseases 3:32.
de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Almazán C, Pérez de la Latra JM, Zivkovic Z, Jongejan F, Kocan KM. 2007. Functional genomic studies of tick cells in response to infection with the cattle pathogen, Anaplasma marginale. Genomics 90:712-722.
Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Blouin EF. 2008. Advances toward understanding the molecular biology of the Anaplasma-tick interface. Frontiers in Biosciences 13:7032-7045.
de la Fuente, J., Kocan, K.M., Blouin, E.F., Zivkovic, Z., Naranjo, V., Almazán, C., Esteves, E., Jongejan, J., Daffre, S., Mangold, A.J. 2008. Functional genomics and evolution of tick-Anaplasma interactions and vaccine development. Veterinary Parasitology, In press.
Coetzee JF, Kocan KM, Stasko JA, Higgins JJ, Apley MD, Jones DE. 2008. Ultrastructural and fluorochromatic changes of Anaplasma marginale exposed to oxytetracycline, imidocarb and enrofloxacin in short-term erythrocyte cultures. Veterinary Microbiology, doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.10.014.
Esteves E, Bastos CV, Zivkovic A, de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, Ribeiro MFB, Passos LMF, Daffre S. 2009. Propagation of a Brazilian isolate of Anaplasma marginale in a tick cell line (BME26) derived from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Veterinary Parasitology, doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.12.006.
Shkap V, Kocan KM, Molad T, Mazuz M, Leibovich B, Krigel Y, Michoytchenko A, Blouin E, de la Fuente J, Samish M, Mtshali M, Zweygarth E, Fleiderovich EL, Fish L. 2009. Experimental transmission of field Anaplasma marginale and the A. centrale vaccine strain by Hyalomma excavatum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus ticks. Veterinary Microbiology, 134:254-260.
Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Hyne WL, Sonenshine DE. 2008. Silencing of the defensin, varisin, in male Dermacentor variabilis by RNA interference results in reduced Anaplasma marginale infections. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 46:17-28.
Ruybal P, Moretta R, Perez A, Petrigh R, Zimmer P, Alcaraz E, Echaide I, Torioni de Echaide S, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Farber M. 2009. Genetic diversity of Anaplasma marginale in Argentina. Veterinary Parasitology, In press. Kocan, K.M., de la Fuente, J., Blouin, E.F., Coetzee, J.F., Ewing, S.A. 2010. The Natural History of Anaplasma marginale. Veterinary Parasitology 167: 95-107.
Bastos, C.V., Passos, L.M.F., Facury-Filho, E.J., Rabelo, E.M.L., de la Fuente, J., Ribeiro, M.F.B. 2010. Protection in the absence of exclusion between two Brazilian isolates of Anaplasma marginale in experimentally infected calves. The Veterinary Journal 186: 374-378.
Zivkovic, Z., Esteves, E., Almazán, C., Daffre, S., Nijhof, A.M., Kocan, K.M., Jongejan, F., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Differential expression of genes in salivary glands of male Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in response to infection with Anaplasma marginale. BMC Genomics 11: 186.
Villar M, Ayllón N, Busby AT, Galindo RC, Blouin EF, Kocan, KM, Bonzón-Kulichenko E, Zivkovic Z, Almazán, Torina A, Vázquez J, de la Fuente J. 2010. Expression of heat shock and other stress response proteins in ticks and cultured tick cells in response to Anaplasma spp. infection and heat shock. International Journal of Proteomics 2010: 657261.
de la Fuente J, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, Zivkovic Z, Naranjo V, Almazán C, Esteves E, Jongejan J, Daffre S, Mangold AJ. 2010. Functional genomics and evolution of tick-Anaplasma interactions and vaccine development. Veterinary Parasitology 167:175-186
Anaplasma ovis
de la Fuente J, Atkinson MW, Hogg JT, Miller DS, Naranjo V, Almazán C, Anderson N, Kocan KM. 2006. Genetic characterization of Anaplasma ovis strains from bighorn sheep in Montana. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42:381-385.
de la Fuente J, Atkinson MW, Naranjo V, Fernández de Mera IG, Mangold AJ, Keating KA, Kocan KM. 2007. Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anplasma ovis strains. Veterinary Microbiology 119:375-381.
Anaplasma platys
de la Fuente J, Torina A, Naranjo V, Nicosia S, Alongi A, La Mantia F, Kocan KM. 2006. Molecular characterization of Anaplasma platys strains from dogs in Sicily, Italy BMC Veterinary Research, 2:24-29.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
de la Fuente J, Ayoubi P, Blouin EF, Almazán C, Naranjo V, Kocan KM. 2005. Gene expression profiling of human promyelocytic cells in response to infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Cellular Microbiology 7:549-559.
Blas-Machado U, de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Almazán C, Kocan KM. 2007. Splenomegaly, a hallmark gross lesion of acute granulocytic anaplasmosis in C3H/HeJ Mice. Veterinary Pathology 44:64-73.
de la Fuente J, Manzano-Roman R, Blouin EF, Naranjo V, Kocan KM. 2007. Sp110 transcription is induced and required by Anaplasma phagocyptohilum for infection of human promyelocytic cells. BMC Infectious Diseases 7:110-114.
de la Fuente J, Massung RF, Wong S, Chu FK, Lutz H, Meli M, von Loewenich FD, Grzeszczuk A, Torina A, Caracappa S, Mangold AJ, Naranjo V, Stuen S, Kocan KM. 2005. Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43:1309-1317.
de la Fuente J, Naranjo V, Ruiz-Fons F, Höfle U, Fernández de Mera IG, Villanua, D., Almazán C, Torina A, Kocan KM, Gortázar C. 2005. Potential vertebrate reservoir hosts and invertebrate vectors of Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum in central Spain. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 5:390-401.
de la Fuente J, Torina A, Naranjo V, Caracappa S, Di Marco V, Alongi A, Russo M, Maggio AR, Kocan KM. 2005. Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a seronegative patient with confirmed granulocytic anaplasmosis in Sicily, Italy: Case Report. Annals Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 4:15.
Dreher UM, de la Fuente J, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli MK, Pusteria N, Kocan KM, Woldehiwet A, Regula G, Stark KDC. 2005. Serologic cross-reactivity between Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 12:1177-1183.
Dugan VG, Yabsley MJ, Tate CM, Mead DG, Munderloh UG, Herron MJ, Stallknecht DE, Little SE, Davidson WR. 2006. Evaluation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 6(2):192-207.
Naranjo V, Ruiz-Fons, R, Höfle U, Fernändez der Mera IF, Villanúa D, Almazán C, Torina A, Caracappa S, Kocan KM, Gortázar C, de la Fuente J. 2006. Molecular epidemiology of human and bovine anaplasmosis in southern Europe. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1078:95-99.
Manzano-Roman R, Almazán C, Naranjo V, Blouin EF, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2007. Expression of perilipin in human promyelocytic cells in response to Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection results in modified lipid metabolism. Journal of Medical Microbiology 27:159-163.
de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Almazán C, Pérez de la Lastra JM, Zivkovic Z, Massung RF, Jongejan F, Kocan KM. 2008. Expression of the tick protective antigen, subolesin, in Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum infected cells. New York Academy of Sciences 1149:27-35.
Galindo RC, Ayoubi A, García-Pérez AL, Naranjo V, Kocan KM, Gortazar C, de la Fuente J. 2008. Differential expression of inflammatory and immune response genes in sheep infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 126:27-34.
de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Almazán C, Pérez de la Lastra JM, Zivkovic Z, Massung RF, Jongejan F, Kocan KM. 2008. Differential expression of the tick protective antigen, subolesin, in Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum infected cells. New York Academy of Sciences 1149:27-35.
Reichard MV, Roman RM, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, de la Fuente J, Snider TA, Heinz RE, Massung RF, West MD, Little SE. 2008. Inoculation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ap-VI and NY-18 strains in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and microscopic demonstration of the rickettsia in acquisition fed Ixodes scapularis. Vector Borne Zoonotic Diseases Epub ahead of print. PMID 18973438.
Galindo RC, Strašek Smrdel K, Avsic-Zupanc T, Kocan KM, Gortazar C, de la Fuente J. 2011. Preliminary analysis of gene expression profiles of European wild boar naturally infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Journal of Genetics and Gernomics, In press.
Busby T, Nieves A, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, de la Fuente G. Galindo RC, Villar M, de la Fuente J. 2011. Expression of heat-shock proteins and subolesin affects stress responses, Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection and questing behavior in the tick, Ixodes scapularis. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, In press.
Torina A, Galindo RC, Vicente J, Di Marco V, Russo M, Aronica, Fiasconaro M, Scimeca S, Alongi A, Caracappa S, Kocan KM, Gortazar C, de la Fuente J. 2010. Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and A. ovis infection in a naturally infected sheep flock with poor health condition. Tropical Animal Health and Production 42: 1327-1331.
Babesia spp.
Yeagley TJ, Reichard MV, Hempstead JE, Allen KE, Parsons L, Little SE, White M, Meinkoth JH. 2009. Infection of Babesia gibsoni in confiscated pit bull terriers. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, In press.
KM Kocan, de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Coetzee JF, Ewing SA. 2009. The natural history of Anaplasma marginale. Veterinary Parasitology, In press,
Reichard MV, Gray KM, Van Den Bussche RA, . d’Offay JM, White GL, Simecka CM, Wolf RM. 2010. Detection and Experimental transmission of Babesia sp. in Captive Olive Baboons (Papio cyanocephalus anubis). Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science, JAALAS-10-000142, In press.
Allison, R, TYeagley Y, Levis K, and Reichard MV. 2010. Babesia canis rossi infection in a Texas dog. Veterinary Clinical Pathology: In Press
Perez de Leon AA, Strickman DA, Knowles DP, Fish D, Thacker E, de la Fuente J, Krause P, Wike, SK, Miller RS, Wagner GG, Almazán C, Hillman R, Messenger MT, Ugstad PO, Duhaime RA, Teel PD, Ortega-Santos A, Hewitt DG, Bowers EJ, Bent S, Cochran MH, McElwain TF, Scoles GA, Suarez CE, Davey R, Howell Freeman JM, Lohmeyer K, Li A, Guerrero F, Kammlah D, Phillips P, Pound JM, for the Group for Emerging Babesioses and One Health Research and Development in the U.S. 2010. One health approach to identify research needs in bovine and human babesioses: Workshop report. Parasites and Vectors 3: 36.
Yeagley TJ, Reichard MV, Hempstead JE, Allen KE, Parsons LM, White MA, Little SE, Meinkoth JH. 2009. Detection of Babesia gibsoni and the canine small Babesia sp. “Spanish Isolate” in confiscated pit bull terriers. JAVMA. 235:535-9.
Borrelia burgdorferi
Revel AT, Blevins JS, Almazán C, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J, Hagman KE, Norgard MV. 2005. bptA(bbe16) is essential for the persistence of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in its natural tick vector. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 102:6972-6977.
Borrelia lonestari
Varela, AS, Luttrell MP, Howerth EW, Moore VA, Stallknecht DE, Davidson WR, Little SE. 2004. First culture isolation of Borrelia lonestari, putative agent of southern tick-associated rash illness. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42(3):1163-1169.
Moyer PL, Varela AS, Luttrell MP, Moore VA, Stallknecht DE, Little SE. 2006. White-tailed deer develop spirochetemia following experimental infection with Borrelia lonestari. Veterinary Microbiology. 115(1-3):229-36.
Little SE, Heise SR, Blagburn BL, Callister SM, Mead PS. 2010. Lyme borreliosis in dogs and people in the USA. Trends Parasitology. 26(4): 213-218.
Murdock JM, Yabsley MJ, Ramaswamy C, O’Conner T, Little SE. 2009. Distribution of Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in the eastern United States. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 9(6):729-36.
Coxiella burnetti
Thompson HA, Hoover TA, Vodkin MH, Shaw EI. 2003. Do Chromosomal Deletions in the Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthetic Regions Explain All Cases of Phase Variation in Coxiella burnetii Strains? An Update. In Rickettsiology: Present and Future Directions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 990:664-670.
Shaw EI, Moura H, Woolfitt AR, Ospina M, Thompson HA, Barr JR. 2004. Identification of Biomarkers of Whole Coxiella burnetii Phase I by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry 76(14), 4017-4022.
McQuiston JH, Nargund J, Miller JD, Priestley R, Shaw EI, Thompson HA. 2005. Prevalence of Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii among Veterinary School Dairy Herds in the United States, 2003. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 5(1), 90-91.
Miller JD, Shaw EI, Thompson HA. 2006. Coxiella burnetii, Q fever, and Bioterrorism. In: Microbial Infection and Bioterrorism. In B. Anderson, H. Friedman, M. Bendinelli (Eds), January 2006.
Pierce CY, Barr JA, Woolfitt AR, Moura H, Shaw EI, Thompson HA, Massung RF, Fernandez FM. 2007. Strain and phase identification of the U.S. category B agent Coxiella burnetii by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and multivariate patter recognition. Analytica Chimica Acta 583:23-31.
Herrin B, Mahapatra S, Blouin EF, Shaw EI. 2011. Growth of Coxiella burnetii in the Ixodes scapularis-derived IDE8 tick cell line. Vector Borne Zoonotic Diseases, Jan. 22.
Mahapatra S, Ayoubi P, Shaw EI. 2010. Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile II proteins modulate gene expression of monocytic host cells during infection. BMC Microbiology 20;10(1):244. (Designated a “Highly Accessed” manuscript by BMC).
Morgan JK, Leudtke BE, Thompson HA, Shaw EI. 2010. Coxiella burnetii type IVB secretion system Region I genes are expressed early during infection of host cells. FEMS Microbiology Letters 311:61-69.
Morgan JK, Leudtke BE, Shaw EI. 2010. Polar localization of the Coxiella burnetii Type IVB Secretion System. FEMS Microbiology Letters 305:177-183.
Cytauxzoon felis
Reichard MV, Van Den Bussche,RA, Meinkoth JH, Hoover JP, Kocan AA. 2005. A new species of Cytauxzoon from Pallas’ Cats Caught in Mongolia and Comments on the Systematics and Taxonomy of Piroplasmids. Journal of Parasitology 91(2):420-426.
Joyner PH, Reichard MV, Meinkoth JH. Milne VE, Confer AW, Kocan AA, Hoover JP. 2007. Experimental infection of domestic cats (Felis domesticus) with a novel Cytauxzoon-like piroplasm Veterinary Parasitology 146:302-306.
Reichard MV, Baum KA, Cadenhead SC, Snider TA. 2008. Temporal occurrence and environmental risk factors associated with infection of Cytauxzoon felis in domestic cats. Veterinary Parasitology 152:314-320.
Reichard MV, Meinkoth JH, Edwards AC, Snider TA, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, Little SE. 2008. Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to a domestic cat by Amblyomma americanum. Veterinary Parasitology 161:110-115.
Reichard MV, Edwards AC, Meinkoth JH, Snider TA, Meinkoth KR, Heinz RE, Little SE. 2010. Confirmation of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) as a vector for Cytauxzoon felis (Piroplasmorida: Theileridae) to domestic cats. Journal of Medical Entomology 47: 890-896.
Ehrlichia spp.M J Yabsley, Loftis A, Little SE. 2008. Natural and experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginanus) with an Ehrlichia sp. closely related to Ehrlichia ruminantium. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44:381-387.
Little SE. 2010. Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in dogs and cats. Veterinary Clinics of North America 40(6):1121-1140.
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Yabsley MJ, Dugan VG, Stallknecht DE, Little SE, Lockhart JM, Dawson JE, Davidson WR. 2003. Evaluation of a prototype Ehrlichia chaffeensis surveillance system using white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 3(4):195-207.
Yabsley MJ., Little SE, Sims EJ, Dugan VG, Stallknecht DE, Davidson WR. 2003. Molecular variation in the variable-length PCR target and 120-kilodalton antigen genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from white-tailed deer. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41:5202-5206.
Dawson JE, Ewing SA, Davidson WR, Childs JE, Little SE, Standaert SM. 2005. Human monocytic ehrlichiosis. (Chapter 14, pp. 239-257) In: Tick-borne Diseases of Humans, In Goodman, J., Dennis, D., and Sonenshine, D. (eds), American Society of Microbiology Press, Washington, D.C.
Yabsley MJ, Wimberly MC, Dugan VG, Little SE, Stallknecht DE, Davidson WR. 2005. Spatial analysis of the distribution of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, causative agent of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 72(6):840-50.
Varela AS, Stokes JV, Davidson WR, Little SE. 2006. Co-infection of white-tailed deer with multiple strains of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 6(2):140-151.
Ehrlichia canis
Bremer WG, Schaefer JJ, Wagner ER, Ewing SA, Rikihisa Y, Needham GR, Jittapalapong S, Moore DL, Stich RW. 2005. Transstadial and intrastadial experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis by male Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Veterinary Parasitology, 131:95-105.
Ehrlichia ewingii
Little SE, O’Connor TP, Hempstead J, Saucier J, Reichard MV, Meinkoth K, Meinkoth JH, Andrews B, Ullom S, Ewing SA, Chandrashekar R. 2010. Ehrlichia ewingii infection and exposure rates in dogs from the south central United States. Veterinary Parasitology 172: 355-360.
Yabsley MJ, Adams DS, O’Connor TP, Chandrashekar R, Little SE. 2011. Experimental primary and secondary infections of domestic dogs with Ehrlichia ewingii. Veterinary Microbiology, In press.
Little SE, O’Connor TP, Hempstead JE, Saucier J, Reichard MV, Meinkoth K, Meinkoth JH, Andrews B, Ullom S, Ewing SA, Chandrashekar R. 2010. Ehrlichia ewingii infection and exposure rates in dogs from the south central United States. Veterinary Parasitology 172(3-4):355-360.
Ehrlichia risticii
Pusterla N, Johnson EM, Chae JS and Madigan JE. Digenetic trematodes, Acanthatrium sp. And Lecithodendrium sp., as vectors of Neorickettsia risticii, the agent of Potomac horse fever. Journal of Helminthology, 77:335-339, 2003.
Francisella tularensis
Petrosino JF, Xiang Q, Jiang H, Yerrapragada S, Liu Y, Karpathy SE, Kalafus K, Gioia J, Hemphill L., Gonzalez A, Uzman A, Fox GE, Highlander S, Reichard MV, Morton R, Clinkenbeard K, Weinstock GE. 2006. Chromosome rearrangement and diversification of Francisella tularensis revealed by the type B (OSU18) genome sequence. Journal of Bacteriology, 188(19):6977-85.
Hepatozoon spp.
Ewing SA, DuBois JG, Mathew JS, Panciera RJ. 2002. Larval Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) [Acari: Ixodidae] as host for Hepatozoon americanum [Apicomplexa: Adeleroina]. Veterinary Parasitology, 103:43-51.
Ewing SA, Mathew JS, Panciera RJ. 2002. Transmission of Hepatozoon americanum (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) by ixodids (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 39:631-634.
Ewing SA, Panciera RJ. 2003. American canine hepatozoonosis. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 16:688-697.
Cummings CA, Panciera RJ, Kocan KM, Mathew JS, Ewing SA. 2005. Characterization of stages of Hepatozoon americanum and of parasitized canine host cells. Veterinary Pathology, 42:788-796.
Forlano M, Scofield A, Elisei C, Fernandes KR, Ewing SA, Massard CL. 2005. Diagnosis of Hepatozoon spp. in Amblyomma ovale and its experimental transmission in domestic dogs in Brazil. Veterinary Parasitology, 134:1-7.
Garrett JJ. Panciera RJ, Bahr RJ, Ewing SA, Reichard MV, Kocan AA. 2005. Experimental Hepatozoon americanum Infection in Adult and Juvenile Coyotes (Canis latrans). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 41(3):588-592.
Forlano MD, Teixeira KRS, Scofield A, Elisei C. Yotoko KCS, Fernandes KR, Linhares, GFC, Ewing SA, Massard CL. 2007. Molecular characterization of Hepatozoon sp. from Brazilian dogs and its phylogenetic relationship with other Hepatozoon spp. Veterinary Parasitology, 145:21-30.
Johnson EM, Allen K, Breshears M, Panciera R, Little S, Ewing S. 2007. Experimental transmission of Hepatozoon americanum to rodents. Veterinary Parasitology, 151:164-169.
Johnson EM, Allen K, Panciera R, Ewing SA, Little SE, Reichard M. 2007. Field survey of rodents for Hepatozoon infections in endemic focus of American canine hepatozoonosis, Veterinary Parasitology, 150:27-32.
Johnson EM, Allen K, Panciera R, Little SE, Ewing SA. 2008. Infectivity of Hepatozoon americanum cystozoites for a dog. Veterinary Parasitology, 154:148-150.
Allen KE, Kaltenboeck B, Johnson EM, Reichard MV, Panciera RJ, Little SE. 2008. Diversity of Hepatozoon species in naturally infected dogs in the southern United States. Veterinary Parasitology, 154:220-225.
Li L, Wang C, Allen K, Little SE, Ahluwalia S, Gao D, Macintire DK, Blagburn BL, Kaltenboeck B. 2008. Diagnosis of canine Hepatozoon spp. infection by quantitative PCR. Veterinary Parasitology 157:50-58.
Little SE, Allen KE, Johnson EM, Panciera RJ, Reichard MV, Ewing SA. 2009. New developments in canine hepatozoonosis in North America: a review. Parasites & Vectors, 2(Suppl 1):S5.
Allen KE, Little S E, Johnson EJ, Hosterler J., Panciera RJ, SA Ewing, S.A. 2010. Treatment of Hepatozoon americanum infection: Review of the literature and experimental evaluation of efficacy. Veterinary Therapeutics 11: E1-E8.
Allen KE, Yabsley MJ, Johnson EM, Reichard MV, Panciera RJ, Ewing SA, Little SE. 2011. Novel Hepatozoon species in vertebrates from the southern United States. J. Parasitology, In press.
Little SE, Allen KE, Johnson EM, Panciera RJ, Reichard MV, Ewing SA. 2009. New developments in canine hepatozoonosis in North America: a review. Parasites and Vectors 26(2):1-5.
Johnson EM, Panciera RJ, Allen KE, Sheets ME, Bela JD, Ewing SA, Little SE. 2009. Alternate pathway of infection with Hepatozoon americanum and the epidemiologic importance of predation. JVIM 23(6):1315-8.
Johnson EM, Allen KE, Panciera RJ, Ewing SA, Little SE. 2009. Experimental transmission of Hepatozoon americanum to New Zealand white rabbits and infectivity of cystozoites for a dog. Veterinary Parasitology 164:162-6.
PiroplasmsLack JB, Reichard MV, Van Den Bussche RA. 2012. Phylogeny and evolution of the Piroplasmida as inferred from 18s rRNA sequences. International Journal for Parasitology. International Journal for Parasitology 42:353-363
Rickettsia spp.
Billeter SA, Blanton HL, Little SE, Levy MG, Breitschwerdt EB. 2007. Detection of Rickettsia amblyommii in association with a tick bite rash. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 7(4):607-610.
Theileria cervi
Reichard MV, Kocan AA. 2006. Vector Competency of Genetically Distinct Populations of Amblyomma americanum in the Transmission of Theileria cervi. Comparative Parasitology, 73(2):214-221.
Other Pathogens:Brucella ovis
Galindo RC, Muñoz PM, Migue MJ, Marin CM, Blasco JM, Gortazar C, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2009. Differential expression of inflammatory and immune response genes in rams experimentally infected with a rough virulent strain of Brucella ovis. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 127:295-303.
Galindo RC, Muñoz PM, de Miguel MJ, Marin, CM, Blasco JM, Gortazar C, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2009. Characterization of possible correlates of protective response against Brucella ovis infection in rams immunized with the B. melitensis Rev 1 vaccine. Vaccine, 27:3039-3044.
Mycobacterium avium
Garrido JM, Vicente J, Carrasco-García R, Galindo RC, Minguijón E, Ballesteros C, Aranaz, A, Romero B, Sevilla I, Juste R, de la Fuente J, Gortazar C. 2010. Experimental infection of Eurasian wild boar with Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium. Veterinary Microbiology 144: 240-245.
Mycobacterium bovis
Naranjo V, Höfle U, Vicent J, Martín MP, Ruiz-Fons F, Gortázar C., Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2006. Genes differentially expressed in oropharyngeal tonsils and mandibular lymph nodes of diseased and healthy European wild boar naturally exposed to Mycobacterium bovis. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 46:298-312.
Naranjo V, Ayoubi P, Vicente, J, Ruiz-Fons F, Gortazar C, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2006. Selected genes upregulated in tuberculosis-free European wild boar are possible correlates of resistance to Mycobacterium bovis infection. Veterinary Microbiology, 116:224-231.
Naranjo V, Villar M, Paz Martín-Hernando M, Vidal D, a Höfle U, Gortazar C, Kocan KM, Vázquez J, de la Fuente J. 2007. Characterization of differential stress/inflammatory responses in mandibular lymph nodes of European wild boars naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Proteomics, 7:220-231.
Galindo RC, Muñoz PM, de Miguel MJ, Marin CM, Blasco JM, Gortazar C, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2008. Characterization of possible correlates of protective response against Brucella ovis infection in rams immunized with the B. melitensis Rev 1 vaccine. Vaccine, 27:3039-3044.
Galindo, R.C., Muñoz, P.M., Migue, M.J., Marin, C.M., Blasco, J.M., Gortazar, C., Kocan, K.M., de la Fuente, J. 2009. Differential expression of inflammatory and immune response genes in rams experimentally infected with a rough virulent strain of Brucella ovis. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 127:295-303.
Galindo RC, Ayoubi P, Naranjo V, Gortazar C, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. 2009. Gene expression profiles of European wild boar naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 129:119-125.
VirusesBoadella M, Casas M, Martín M, Vicente J, Segalés J, de la Fuente J, Gortázar C. 2010. Increasing trend of contact with hepatitis E virus in red deer from south-western Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16:1994-1996.
Other Parasites:Faulkner CT, Patton S, Munson L, Johnson EM, and Coonan TJ. 2001. Angiocaulus gubernaculatus in the island fox (Urocyon littoralis) from the California Channel Islands and comments on the diagnosis of Angiostrongylidae nematodes in canid and mustelid hosts. Journal of Parasitology, 87(5):1174-1176.
Lamberski N, Reader JR, Cook LF, Johnson EM, Baker DG, Lowenstine LJ. 2002. A retrospective study of 11 cases of lungworm (Didelphostrongylus hayesi) infection in opossums (Didelphis virginiana). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 33(2):151-156. Reichard MV, Caudell D, Kocan AA. 2004. Survey of Helminth Lung Parasites of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Comparative Parasitology, 71(1):88-90.
Chen Z, Madden RD, Dillwith JW. 2005. Effect of precocene II on fatty acid metabolism in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, under cold stress. Journal of Insect Physiology, 51:411-416.
Reichard MV, Wolf RF, Carey DW, Garrett JJ, Briscoe HA. 2007. Efficacy of Fenbendazole and Milbemycin Oxime for Treating Baboons infected with Trichuris trichiura. Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science 46(2):42-45.
Reichard MV, Wolf RF, Clingenpeel LC, Doan SK, Jones AN, Gray KM. 2008. Efficacy of Fenbendazole Formulated in a Commercial Primate Diet for Treating Specific Pathogen Free Baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis) Infected with Trichuris trichiura. Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science 47: 51-55
Reichard MV, Torretti L, Snider TA, Garvon JM, Marucci G, Pozio E. 2008. Trichinella T6 and Trichinella nativa in wolverines (Gulo gulo) from Nunavut. Parasitology Research 103: 657-661.
Reichard MV, Torretti L, Garvon JM, Dubey JP. 2008. Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in wolverines from Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Parasitology 94(3): 764-765.
Drake D, Carreno AD, Blagburn BL, Little SE, West MD, Hendrix CD, Johnson CM. 2008. Proliferative sparganosis in a Florida dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 233:1756-60.
Criffield MA, Reichard MV, Hellgren EC, Leslie DM Jr., Freel K. 2009. Parasites of the Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) from western Oklahoma. The Southwestern Naturalist, In press.
Genova SG, Streeter RN, Velguth KE, Snider TA, Kocan KM, PhD, DVM, Simpson KM. 2010. Severe anemia associated with Mycoplasma wenyonii infection in a mature cow. The Canadian Veterinary Journal In press.
Galindo, R.C., Muñoz, P.M., de Miguel, M.J., Marin, C.M., Labairu, J., Revilla, M., Blasco, J.M., Gortazar, C., de la Fuente, J. 2010. Gene expression changes in spleens of the wildlife reservoir species, Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), naturally infected with Brucella suis biovar 2. Journal of Genetics and Genomics 37: 1-12.
Muñoz PM, Boadella M, Arnal MC, de Miguel MJ, Revilla M, Martinez D, Vicente J, Acevedo P, Oleaga A, Ruiz-Fons, F., Marín, C.M., Prieto, J.M., de la Fuente, J., Barral, M., Barberán, M., Fernández de Luco D, Blasco JM, Gortazar C. 2010. Spatial distribution and risk factors of Brucellosis in Iberian wild ungulates. BMC Infectious Diseases 10: 46.
Little SE, Johnson EM, Lewis D, Jaklitsch R, Payton M, Blagburn B, Bowman D, Tams T, Rich L, Aucoin D. 2009. Prevalence of intestinal parasites in pet dogs in the United States. Veterinary Parasitology 166:144-52.
MiscellaneousSaenz D, Baum KA, Conner RN, Rudolph DC, Costa R. 2002. Large-scale reintroduction strategies for reintroducing Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. Journal of Wildlife Management, 66:212-221.
Buzas-Stephens P, Pessagno EA, Jr., Bowen CJ. 2002. Update on species names for Ammonia and Elphidium, common foraminifera along the Texas gulf coast. The Texas Journal of Science, 54(1):3-16
Buzas-Stephens PA, Pessagno EA Jr., Bowen CJ. 2003. Foraminiferal response to habitat disruption: Arroyo Colorado, Texas. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 33(4):294-308
Rubink WL, Murray KD, Baum KA, Pinto MA. 2003. Long term preservation of DNA from honey bees (Apis mellifera) collected in aerial pitfall traps. Texas Journal of Science, 55:159-168.
Baum KA, Haynes KJ, Dillemuth FP, Cronin JT. 2004. The matrix enhances the effectiveness of corridors and stepping stones. Ecology, 85:2671-2676.
Baum KA, Rubink WL, Coulson RN, Bryant VM. 2004. Pollen selection by feral honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in a coastal prairie landscape. Environmental Entomology, 33:727-739.
Baum KA, Rubink WL, Pinto MA, Coulson RN. 2005. Spatial and temporal distribution and nest site characteristics of feral honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in a coastal prairie landscape. Environmental Entomology, 34:610-618.
Coulson RN, Pinto MA, Tchakerian MD, Baum KA, Rubink WL, Johnston JS. 2005. Feral honey bees in pine forest landscapes of East Texas. Forest Ecology and Management, 215:91-102.
Bowen CJ, Horner NV, Cook WB. 2004. Pitfall trap survey of gnaphosid spiders from Wichita County of north-central Texas (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77(3):181-192.
Dayton GH, Saenz D, Baum KA, Langerhans RB, DeWitt TJ. 2005. Body shape, burst speed and escape behavior of larval anurans. Oikos, 111:582-591.
Donnelly BE, Madden RD, Ayoubi P, Porter DR, Dillwith JW. 2005. The wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) leaf proteome. Proteomics, 5:1624-1633.
Baum KA, Rubink WL, Coulson RN. 2006. Trapping of feral honey bee workers (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a coastal prairie landscape: effects of season and vegetation type. The Canadian Entomologist, 138:228-234.
Saenz D, Baum KA, Fitzgerald LA, Conner RN. 2006. Abiotic correlates of breeding activity in an anuran community. Herpetological Monographs, 20:64-82.
Baum KA, Tchakerian MD, Thoenes SC, Coulson RN. 2008. Africanized honey bees in urban environments: a spatial-temporal analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning, 85: 123-132.
Snider TA, Reichard MV. 2008. Non-nutritive suckling causing preputial obstruction and urine-induced cellulitis in a male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn. Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science, 47(4): 61-63.
Kocan KM. 2010. Book review: Ultrastructural Pathology, The comparative Cellular Basis of Disease, 2nd Edition, Norman F. Cheville,Wiley-Blackwell, Ames, Iowa, pp.973. JAVMA 236:641.
Dubey JP, Reichard MV, Torretti L, Garvon JM, Sundar N, Grigg ME. 2010. Two new species of Sarcocystis, S. kalvikus and S. kitikmeotensis infecting the wolverine (Gulo gulo) from Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Parasitology 96: 972-976.
Ballesteros C, Camarero PR, Cristòfol C, Vicente J, Gortazar C, de la Fuente J, Mateo R. 2010. Analysis by LC/ESI-MS of iophenoxic acid derivatives and evaluation as markers of oral baits to deliver pharmaceuticals to wildlife. Journal of Chromatography B 878: 1997-2002.
Boadella M, Casas M, Martín M, Vicente J, Segalés J, de la Fuente J, Gortázar C. 2010. Increasing trend of contact with hepatitis E virus in red deer from south-western Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16: 1994-1996.
Ballesteros C, Vicente J, Morriss G, Jockney I, Rodríguez O, Gortázar C, de la Fuente J. 2011. Acceptance and palatability for domestic and wildlife hosts of baits designed to deliver a tuberculosis vaccine to wild boar piglets. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 98: 198-203.
Johnson EM. 2010. Canine Shistosomiasis in North America: an underdiagnosed disease with an expanding distribution. Compendium, 32: E1-E4.
Little SE. 2010. ClinQuiz – Zoonotic Parasites. Veterinary Medicine 104(9): 414-416. |
