Submissions from 2021
Why Lyme Disease is Common in the Northern US, but Rare in the South: The Roles of Host Choice, Host-seeking Behavior, and Tick Density, Howard S. Ginsberg, Graham J. Hickling, Russell L. Burke, Nicholas H. Ogden, Lorenza Beati, Roger Lebrun, Isis M. Arsnoe, Richard Gerhold, Seungeun Han, Kaetlyn Jackson, Lauren Maestas, Teresa Moody, Genevieve Pang, Breann Ross, Eric L. Rulison, and Jean I. Tsao
Facilitating Multifunctional Green Infrastructure Planning in Washington, DC through a Tableau Interface, John Taylor, Mamatha Hanumappa, Lara Miller, Brendan Shane, and Matthew L. Richardson
Designing multifunctional urban agroforestry with people in mind, John Taylor and Sarah Taylor Lovell
Submissions from 2020
Prioritizing Water Security in the Management of Vector Borne Diseases: Lessons from Oaxaca Mexico, Ali S. Akanda, Kristin Johnson, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Janelle Couret
Datana drexelii (Lepidoptera: Notododontidae) occurrence and larval survival on highbush blueberry cultivars, Alex K. Baranowski, Steven R. Alm, and Evan L. Preisser
Biological control of Aedes mosquito larvae with carnivorous aquatic plant, Utricularia macrorhiza, Janelle Couret, Marco Notarangelo, Sarashwathy Veera, Noah LeClaire-Conway, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Roger Lebrun
Compost and Black Polyethylene Mulches Improve Spring Production of Romaine Lettuce in Southern New England, Rahmatallah Gheshm and Rebecca Brown
The Effects of Black and White Plastic Mulch on Soil Temperature and Yield of Crisphead Lettuce in Southern New England, Rahmatallah Gheshm and Rebecca Brown
A Four-Year, Seven-State Reforestation Trial with Eastern Hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis) Resistant to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae), Ian G. Kinahan, Gabrielle Grandstaff, Alana Russell, Chad M. Rigsby, Richard A. Casagrande, and Evan L. Preisser
Interrupted Blood Feeding in Ticks: Causes and Consequences, Djamel Tahir, Leon Meyer, Josephus Fourie, Frans Jongejan, Thomas N. Mather, Valérie Choumet, Byron Blagburn, Reinhard K. Straubinger, and Marie Varloud
Molecular Characterization of Haemaphysalis Species and a Molecular Genetic Key for the Identification of Haemaphysalis of North America, Alec T. Thompson, Kristen Dominguez, Christopher A. Cleveland, Shaun J. Dergousoff, Kandai Doi, Richard C. Falco, Talleasha Greay, Peter Irwin, L. Robbin Lindsay, Jingze Liu, Thomas N. Mather, Charlotte L. Oskam, Roger I. Rodriguez-Vivas, Mark G. Ruder, David Shaw, Stacey L. Vigil, Seth White, and Michael J. Yabsley
Submissions from 2019
Staple Food Item Availability among Small Retailers in Providence, RI, Yuyao Huang, Alison Tovar, John Taylor, and Maya Vadiveloo
Is selenoprotein K required for Borrelia burgdorferi infection within the tick vector Ixodes scapularis?, Deepak Kumar, Monica Embers, Thomas N. Mather, and Shahid Karim
Bioabsorption and Effectiveness of Long-Lasting Permethrin-Treated Uniforms over Three Months among North Carolina Outdoor Workers, Kristin M. Sullivan, Alison Poffley, Sheana Funkhouser, Jeffrey Driver, John Ross, Maria Ospina, Antonia M. Calafat, Charles B. Beard, Avian White, Jo Anne Balanay, Stephanie Richards, Megan Dyer, Thomas N. Mather, and Steven Meshnick
Submissions from 2018
Ixonnexin from Tick Saliva Promotes Fibrinolysis by Interacting with Plasminogen and Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator, and Prevents Arterial Thrombosis, Teresa C. Assumpcao, Daniella M. Mizurini, Dongying Ma, Robson Q. Monteiro, Sydney Ahlstedt, Morayma Reyes, Michail Kotsyfakis, Thomas N. Mather, John F. Andersen, Jan Lukszo, Jose MC Ribeiro, and Ivo MB Francischetti
Submissions from 2016
Design for mosquito abundance, diversity, and phenology sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network, D. Hoekman, Y. P. Springer, C. M. Barker, R. Barrera, M. S. Blackmore, W. E. Bradshaw, D. H. Foley, Howard S. Ginsberg, M. H. Hayden, C. M. Holzapfel, S. A. Juliano, L. D. Kramer, S. L. LaDeau, T. P. Livdahl, C. G. Moore, R. S. Nasci, W. K. Reisen, and H. M. Savage
Immunomodulatory effects of tick saliva on dermal cells exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, Dorothy C. Scholl, Monica E. Embers, John R. Caskey, Deepak Kaushal, Thomas N. Mather, Wayne R. Buck, Lisa A. Morici, and Mario T. Philipp
Tick‐, mosquito‐, and rodent‐borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network, Yuri P. Springer, Howard S. Ginsberg, and et al
Passive Surveillance of Ixodes scapularis (Say), Their Biting Activity, and Associated Pathogens in Massachusetts, Guang Xu, Thomas N. Mather, Craig S. Hollingsworth, and Stephen M. Rich
Submissions from 2015
Different Populations of Blacklegged Tick Nymphs Exhibit Differences in Questing Behavior That Have Implications for Human Lyme Disease Risk, Isis M. Arsnoe, Graham J. Hickling, Howard S. Ginsberg, Richard McElreath, and Jean I. Tsao
Application of M13 Phage Display for Identifying Immunogenic Proteins from Tick (Ixodes scapularis) Saliva, Martin Becker, André Felsberger, André Frenzel, Wendy M.C. Shattuck, Megan C. Dyer, Jonas Kügler, Jonas Zantow, Thomas N. Mather, and Michael Hust
Submissions from 2014
Relative Humidity and Activity Patterns of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), K. A. Berger, Howard S. Ginsberg, L. Gonzalez, and Thomas N. Mather
Adverse Moisture Events Predict Seasonal Abundance of Lyme Disease Vector Ticks (Ixodes scapularis), Kathryn A. Berger, Howard S. Ginsberg, Katherine D. Dugas, Lutz H. Hamel, and Thomas N. Mather
Comparison of Survival Patterns of Northern and Southern Genotypes of the North American Tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) under Northern and Southern Conditions, Howard S. Ginsberg, Eric L. Rulison, Alexandra Azevedo, Genevieve C. Pang, Isis M. Kuczaj, Jean I. Tsao, and Roger A. LeBrun
Use of Early Ripening Cultivars to Avoid Infestation and Mass Trapping to Manage Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericales: Ericaceae), Emily Hampton, Carissa Koski, Olivia Barsoian, Heather Faubert, Richard S. Cowles, and Steven R. Alm
Purification of a serine protease and evidence for a protein C activator from the saliva of the tick, Ixodes scapularis, Sivakamasundari Pichu, José M.C. Ribeiro, Thomas N. Mather, and Ivo M.B. Francischetti
Effect of Temperature on Feeding Period of Larval Blacklegged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Eastern Fence Lizards, Eric L. Rulison, Roger A. LeBrun, and Howard S. Ginsberg
Quantitative Factors Proposed to Influence the Prevalence of Canine Tick-Borne Disease Agents in the United States, Roger W. Stich, Byron L. Blagburn, Dwight D. Bowman, Christopher Carpenter, M. Roberto Cortinas, Sidney A. Ewing, Desmond Foley, Janet E. Foley, Holly Gaff, Graham J. Hickling, R. Ryan Lash, Susan E. Little, Catherine Lund, Robert Lund, Thomas N. Mather, Glen R. Needham, William L. Nicholson, Julia Sharp, Andrea Varela-Stokes, and Dongmei Wang
Submissions from 2013
Virulence of Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae Isolated from Poa annua, Arielle Chaves and Nathaniel Mitkowski
Laboratory Assessment of Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) strain GHA for Control of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Adults, Christopher Clavet, Emily Hampton, Matthew Requintina, and Steven R. Alm
Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC genotypes in canine tissue following tick infestation: Implications for Lyme disease vaccine and diagnostic assay design, D. V.L. Rhodes, C. G. Earnhart, Thomas N. Mather, P. F.M. Meeus, and R. T. Marconi
Submissions from 2012
Distribution of Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Its Displacement of Cotesia glomerata in Eastern North America, M. V. Herlihy, R. G. Van Driesche, M. R. Abney, J. Brodeur, A. B. Bryant, Richard A. Casagrande, D. A. Delaney, T. E. Elkner, S. J. Fleischer, R. L. Groves, D. S. Gruner, J. P. Harmon, G. E. Heimpel, K. Hemady, T. P. Kuhar, C. M. Maund, A. M. Shelton, A. J. Seaman, M. Skinner, R. Weinierl, K. V. Yeargan, and Z. Szendrei
Submissions from 2011
Half-sandwich ruthenium–arene complexes with thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis and biological evaluation of [(η6-p-cymene)Ru(piperonal thiosemicarbazones)Cl]Cl complexes, Floyd Beckford, Deidra Dourth, Michael Shaloski Jr., Jacob Didion, Jeffrey Thessing, Jason Woods, Vernon Crowell, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Antonio Gonzalez-Sarrías, and Navindra P. Seeram
Tick Bite Protection With Permethrin-Treated Summer-Weight Clothing, Nathan J. Miller, Erin E. Rainone, Megan C. Dyer, M. Liliana Gonzalez, and Thomas N. Mather
Submissions from 2010
Susceptability of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Adults from Southern New England Golf Courses to Chlorpyrifos, Christopher D. Clavet, Edwin D. Requintina Jr., Darryl Ramoutar, and Steven R. Alm
Functional Genomics Tool: Gene Silencing in Ixodes scapularis Eggs and Nymphs by Electroporated dsRNA, Shahid Karim, Emily Troiano, and Thomas N. Mather
The ecology of a keystone seed disperser, the ant Rhytidoponera violacea, Dave Lubertazzi, Maria A. Aliberti Lubertazzi, Neil McCoy, Aaron D. Gove, Jonathan D. Majer, and Robert R. Dunn
Submissions from 2009
Biological Control of Fenusa pusilla (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in the Northeastern United States: A Thirty-four Year Perspective on Efficacy, Richard A. Casagrande, R. G. van Driesche, M. Mayer, R. Fuester, D. Gilrein, L. Tewksbury, and Heather H. Faubert
Purification and characterization of a novel salivary antimicrobial peptide from the tick, Ixodes scapularis, Sivakamasundari Pichu, José M.C. Ribeiro, and Thomas N. Mather
Distribution and Abundance of Host-seeking Culex Species at Three Proximate Locations with Different Levels of West Nile Virus Activity, Ilia Rochlin, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Scott R. Campbell
Submissions from 2008
RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing in Tick Synganglia: A Proof of Concept Study, Shahid Karim, Bronwyn Kenny, Emily Troiano, and Thomas N. Mather
Comparative Analysis of Distribution and Abundance of West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus Vectors in Suffolk County, New York, Using Human Population Density and Land Use/Cover Data, I. Rochlin, K. Harding, Howard S. Ginsberg, and S. R. Campbell
Submissions from 2007
Selective Cysteine Protease Inhibition Contributes to Blood-feeding Success of the Tick Ixodes scapularis, Michalis Kotsyfakis, Shahid Karim, John F. Andersen, Thomas N. Mather, and José M. C. Ribeiro
Human Babesia microti Incidence and Ixodes scapularis Distribution, Rhode Island, 1998–2004, Sarah E. Rodgers and Thomas N. Mather
Seasonal Variation in Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Abundance in Southern New England Forests, Sarah E. Rodgers, Nathan J. Miller, and Thomas N. Mather
Duration of Exposure to Suboptimal Atmospheric Moisture Affects Nymphal Blacklegged Tick Survival, Sarah E. Rodgers, Christine P. Zolnik, and Thomas N. Mather
Submissions from 2006
Antiinflammatory and Immunosuppressive Activity of Sialostatin L, a Salivary Cystatin from the Tick Ixodes scapularis, Michalis Kotsyfakis, Anderson Sá-Nunes, Ivo M. B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, John F. Anderson, and José M. Ribeiro
Reservoir Competency of Goats for the Ap-Variant 1 Strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Robert F. Massung, Thomas N. Mather, and Michael L. Levin
Trapping Phyllophaga spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the United States and Canada Using Sex Attractants, Paul S. Robbins, Steven R. Alm, and et al
Submissions from 2005
Tick saliva is a potent inhibitor of endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis, Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, and José M.C. Ribeiro
The transcriptome of the salivary glands of the female western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae), Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Van My Pham, Ben J. Mans, John F. Andersen, Thomas N. Mather, Robert S. Lane, and José M.C. Ribeiro
Submissions from 2004
ACMES: fast multiple-genome searches for short repeat sequences with concurrent cross-species information retrieval, Jeff Reneker, Chi-Ren Shyu, Peiyu Zeng, Joseph C. Polacco, and Walter Gassmann
Susceptibility of Selected Ericaceous Ornamental Host Species to Phytophthora ramorum, P. W. Tooley, K. L. Kyde, and Larry Englander
Submissions from 2003
Cloning of a salivary gland metalloprotease and characterization of gelatinase and fibrin(ogen)lytic activities in the saliva of the Lyme disease tick vector Ixodes scapularis, Ivo M.B. Francischetti, Thomas N. Mather, and José M.C. Ribeiro
Comparison of Biodegradable, Plastic and Wodden Imidacloprid-Treated Spheres for Control of Rhagoletis mendax (Diptera: Tephritidae) Flies, Jon E. Hamill, Oscar E. Liburd, and Steven R. Alm
Submissions from 2002
The Horse and Deer Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Rhode Island, Kristen Bartlett, Steven R. Alm, Roger Lebrun, and Howard S. Ginsberg
Genetic Variants of Ehrlichia phagocytophila, Rhode Island and Connecticut, Robert F. Massung, Michael J. Mauel, Jessice H. Owens, Nancy Allan, Joshua W. Courtney, Kirby C. Staffordt, and Thomas N. Mather
Two New Rhabdoviruses (Rhabdoviridae) Isolated from Birds During Surveillance for Arboviral Encephalitis, Northeastern United States, Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa, Thomas N. Mather, Tsutomu Takeda, Chris A. Whitehouse, Robert E. Shope, Vsevold L. Popov, Hilda Guzman, Lark Coffey, Tais P. Araujo, and Robert B. Tesh
Exploring the sialome of the tick Ixodes scapularis, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Ivo M. B. Francischetti, Van My Pham, Mark K. Garfield, Thomas N. Mather, and José M. C. Ribeiro
Submissions from 2001
Oviposition, Development, and Feeding of Scymnus (Neopullus) sinuanodulus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): a Predator of Adelges tsugae (Homoptera: Adelgidae), Wenhua Lu and Michael E. Montgomery
Submissions from 2000
Purification, Cloning, and Expression of a Novel Salivary Anticomplement Protein from the Tick, Ixodes scapularis, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Rosane Charlab, Thomas N. Mather, and José M. C. Ribeiro
Submissions from 1998
Nested PCR Assay for Detection of Granulocytic Ehrlichiae, Robert F. Massung, Kim Slater, Jessica H. Owens, William L. Nicholson, Thomas N. Mather, Victoria B. Solberg, and James G. Olson
Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of Three Granulocytic Ehrlichia Genes Encoding High-Molecular-Weight Immunoreactive Proteins, James R. Storey, Linda A. Doros-Richert, Cindy Gingrich-Baker, Kenneth Munroe, Thomas N. Mather, Richard T. Coughlin, Gerald A. Beltz, and Cheryl I. Murphy
Longitudinal study of Lyme borreliosis in a high risk population in Switzerland, E. Zhioua, L. Gern, A. Aeschlimann, M. J. Sauvain, S. Van der Linden, and H. Fahrer
Submissions from 1997
Influence of Environmental Stress on Biomass Partitioning in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing the Movement Protein of Tobacco Mosaic Virus, S. Balachandran, Richard J. Hull, R. A. Martins, Y. Vaadia, and W. J. Lucas
Duration of Immunity to Reinfection with Tick-Transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi in Naturally Infected Mice, Joseph Piesman, Marc C. Dolan, Christine M. Happ, Benjamin J. Luft, Sean E. Rooney, Thomas N. Mather, and William T. Golde
Serologic and Molecular Detection of Granulocytic Ethrlichiosis in Rhode Island, Min-Tsung Yeh, Thomas N. Mather, Richard T. Coughlin, Cindy Gingrich-Baker, John W. Sumner, and Robert F. Massung
Submissions from 1995
Hemocytic Rickettsia-Like Organisms in Ticks: Serologic Reactivity with Antisera to Ehrlichiae and Detection of DNA of Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis by PCR, Louis A. Magnarelli, Kirby C. Stafford III, Thomas N. Mather, Min-Tsung Yeh, Kevin D. Horn, and J. Stephen Dumler
Submissions from 1993
Nutrient resorption in desert shrubs, Keith T. Killingbeck
Five Nodulation Mutants of White Sweetclover (Melilotus alba Desr.) Exhibit Distinct Phenotypes Blocked at Root Hair Curling, Infection Thread Development, and Nodule Organogenesis, Linda J. Utrup, Andrew J. Cary, and Joanna Hanks Norris
Submissions from 1991
Physical, Chemical, Developmental, and Genetic Factors that Modulate the Agrobacterium-Vitis Interaction, Brenda Ann Lowe and William Robert Krul
Submissions from 1987
Metabolic Requirement of Cucurbita pepo for Boron, Robert W. Krueger, Carol J. Lovatt, and Luke S. Albert
Submissions from 1984
Root-exuded oxygen in the aquatic angiosperm Ruppia maritima, Glen B. Thursby
Submissions from 1981
Synthesis, Salvage, and Catabolism of Uridine Nucleotides in Boron-Deficient Squash Roots, Carol J. Lovatt, Luke S. Albert, and George C. Tremblay
Limited-host-range plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens: molecular and genetic analyses of transferred DNA., M. Yanofsky, A. Montoya, V. Knauf, B. Lowe, M. Gordon, and E. Nester