Cellular and immunological mechanisms influence host-adapted phenotypes in a vector-borne microparasite

The macroecology and evolution of avian competence for Borrelia burgdorferi

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Host tropism determination by convergent evolution of immunological evasion in the Lyme disease system

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Integration of shared-pathogen networks and machine learning reveals the key aspects of zoonoses and predicts mammalian reservoirs

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Viral zoonotic risk is homogenous among taxonomic orders of mammalian and avian reservoir hosts

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Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk

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Complement Evasion Contributes to Lyme Borreliae–Host Associations

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Towards a mechanistic understanding of competence: a missing link in diversity–disease research

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The problem of mediocre generalists: population genetics and eco-evolutionary perspectives on host breadth evolution in pathogens

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Multi-scale drivers of immunological variation and consequences for infectious disease dynamics

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Cross-species pathogen spillover across ecosystem boundaries: mechanisms and theory

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Distinct spread of DNA and RNA viruses among mammals amid prominent role of domestic species

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Genotyping and quantifying Lyme pathogen strains by deep sequencing of the outer surface protein C (ospC) locus

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Core genome phylogenetic analysis of the avian associated Borrelia turdi indicates a close relationship to Borrelia garinii

(2018) Gabriele Margos et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Stress hormones predict a host superspreader phenotype in the West Nile virus system

(2017) Stephanie S. Gervasi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Borrelia burgdorferi Manipulates Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Establish Persistence in Rodent Reservoir Hosts

(2017) Karen E. Tracy et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Genomic insights into the ancient spread of Lyme disease across North America

(2017) Katharine S. Walter et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Borrelia burgdorferi induces a type I interferon response during early stages of disseminated infection in mice

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Evidence for Host-Genotype Associations of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto

(2016) Samir Mechai et al.   PLoS One

Accelerated phenology of blacklegged ticks under climate warming

(2015) T. Levi et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The context of host competence: a role for plasticity in host–parasite dynamics

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Pathogen evolution and the immunological niche

(2014) Sarah Cobey   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Lyme disease risk not amplified in a species-poor vertebrate community: Similar Borrelia burgdorferi tick infection prevalence and OspC genotype frequencies

(2014) S.L. States et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Evolutionary genomics of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: Findings, hypotheses, and the rise of hybrids

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Occurrence and transmission efficiencies of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC types in avian and mammalian wildlife

(2014) Holly B. Vuong et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Disentangling the interaction among host resources, the immune system and pathogens

(2013) Clayton E. Cressler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Species' Life-History Traits Explain Interspecific Variation in Reservoir Competence: A Possible Mechanism Underlying the Dilution Effect

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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi Suggests Existence of Lineages with Differential Pathogenic Properties in Humans

(2013) Klara Hanincova et al.   PLoS One

Generalism and the evolution of parasite virulence

(2013) Helen C. Leggett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins

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Genetics ofBorrelia burgdorferi

(2012) Dustin Brisson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Experimental Infections of the Reservoir Species Peromyscus leucopus with Diverse Strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, a Lyme Disease Agent

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Ecological and inhost factors promoting distinct parasite life-history strategies in Lyme borreliosis

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Borrelia burgdorferi RST1 (OspC Type A) Genotype Is Associated with Greater Inflammation and More Severe Lyme Disease

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Evidence for a Trade-Off between Host-Range Breadth and Host-Use Efficiency in Aphid Parasitoids

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Critical windows of disease risk: amphibian pathology driven by developmental changes in host resistance and tolerance

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Pervasive Recombination and Sympatric Genome Diversification Driven by Frequency-Dependent Selection inBorrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Bacterium

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Evolution and Distribution of the ospC Gene, a Transferable Serotype Determinant of Borrelia burgdorferi

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Climate and Tick Seasonality Are Predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotype Distribution

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Genetic specificity and potential for local adaptation between dengue viruses and mosquito vectors

(2009) Louis Lambrechts et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Comprehensive seroprofiling of sixteen B. burgdorferi OspC: Implications for Lyme disease diagnostics design

(2009) Larisa Ivanova et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Ability to Replicate in the Cytoplasm Predicts Zoonotic Transmission of Livestock Viruses

(2009) Juliet R. C. Pulliam et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Origins of Ecological Diversity in Prokaryotes

(2008) Frederick M. Cohan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Viral Host Jumps: Moving toward a Predictive Framework

(2008) Juliet R. C. Pulliam   EcoHealth

A MODEL OF ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF COLOR POLYMORPHISM

(2008) Anders Forsman et al.   ECOLOGY