2020
Repeat tick exposure elicits distinct immune responses in guinea pigs and mice
Kurokawa C, Narasimhan S, Vidyarthi A, Booth CJ, Mehta S, Meister L, Diktas H, Strank N, Lynn GE, DePonte K, Craft J, Fikrig E. Repeat tick exposure elicits distinct immune responses in guinea pigs and mice. Ticks And Tick-borne Diseases 2020, 11: 101529. PMID: 32993942, PMCID: PMC7530331, DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuinea pigsElicit distinct immune responsesDistinct immune responsesGuinea pig modelLocal blood flowImmune animalsInflammatory pathwaysTick rejectionMechanisms of resistanceImmune responseMouse modelVaccine candidatesBite siteBlood flowPig modelCoagulation pathwayComplement activationAcquired ResistanceProtective antigenTick detachmentTick proteinsBlood mealMiceTick infestationRNA sequencing
1983
The Spirochetal Etiology of Lyme Disease
Steere A, Grodzicki R, Kornblatt A, Craft J, Barbour A, Burgdorfer W, Schmid G, Johnson E, Malawista S. The Spirochetal Etiology of Lyme Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 1983, 308: 733-740. PMID: 6828118, DOI: 10.1056/nejm198303313081301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme diseaseAntibody titersIgM titersSpecific IgM antibody titersSpecific IgG antibody titersElevated IgM titersI. dammini spirocheteIgG antibody titersIgM antibody titersTiters of IgGOnset of diseaseInfectious mononucleosisControl patientsImmunologic featuresIgG titersEarly diseaseControl subjectsSpirochetal etiologySkin lesionsCerebrospinal fluidPatientsLate manifestationSixth weekDiseaseTiters