Infection history of the blood-meal host dictates pathogenic potential of the Lyme disease spirochete within the feeding tick vector

Identification of a defined linear epitope in the OspA protein of the Lyme disease spirochetes that elicits bactericidal antibody responses: Implications for vaccine development

(2017) Jerilyn R. Izac et al.   VACCINE

The Pathogenic Potential of a Microbe

(2017) Arturo Casadevall   mSphere

Fitness estimates from experimental infections predict the long-term strain structure of a vector-borne pathogen in the field

(2017) Jonas Durand et al.   Scientific Reports

Virulence of the Lyme disease spirochete before and after the tick bloodmeal: a quantitative assessment

(2016) Irene N. Kasumba et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Vectors as Epidemiological Sentinels: Patterns of Within-Tick Borrelia burgdorferi Diversity

(2016) Katharine S. Walter et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Cross-Immunity and Community Structure of a Multiple-Strain Pathogen in the Tick Vector

(2015) Jonas Durand et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-reactive acquired immunity influences transmission success of the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia afzelii

(2015) Maxime Jacquet et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Evolution and population genomics of the Lyme borreliosis pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi

(2015) Stephanie N. Seifert et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Evidence for Strain-Specific Immunity in Patients Treated for Early Lyme Disease

(2014) Camilo E. Khatchikian et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Bacterial Heterogeneity Is a Requirement for Host Superinfection by the Lyme Disease Spirochete

(2014) Artem S. Rogovskyy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

(2014) Wei-Gang Qiu et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Stage-specific global alterations in the transcriptomes of Lyme disease spirochetes during tick feeding and following mammalian host adaptation

(2014) Radha Iyer et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Population Bottlenecks during the Infectious Cycle of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

(2014) Ryan O. M. Rego et al.   PLoS One

Differentiation of Reinfection from Relapse in Recurrent Lyme Disease

(2012) Robert B. Nadelman et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Borrelia burgdorferi Requires the Alternative Sigma Factor RpoS for Dissemination within the Vector during Tick-to-Mammal Transmission

(2012) Star M. Dunham-Ems et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Defining the Plasmid-Borne Restriction-Modification Systems of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

(2010) R. O. M. Rego et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

(2010) A. G. Barbour et al.   mBio

Borrelia burgdorferi bba74 Is Expressed Exclusively during Tick Feeding and Is Regulated by Both Arthropod- and Mammalian Host-Specific Signals

(2009) V. B. Mulay et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Live imaging reveals a biphasic mode of dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks

(2009) Star M. Dunham-Ems et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Impact of Clinical Variables on Borrelia burgdorferi-Specific Antibody Seropositivity in Acute-Phase Sera from Patients in North America with Culture-Confirmed Early Lyme Disease

(2008) G. P. Wormser et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Presence of Multiple Variants of Borrelia burgdorferi in the Natural Reservoir Peromyscus leucopus Throughout a Transmission Season

(2008) Katherine I. Swanson et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES