Sara M ReeseSummaryAffiliation: Colorado Division of Wildlife Country: USA Publications
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Transmission dynamics of Francisella tularensis subspecies and clades by nymphal Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)Sara M Reese
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:645-52. 2010..Our results provide evidence of a high fitness cost and low transmission rates during the immature stages, suggesting that D. variabilis may play a limited role in enzootic maintenance of F. tularensis...
Transmission efficiency of Francisella tularensis by adult american dog ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)Sara M Reese
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO, USA
J Med Entomol 48:884-90. 2011..These findings support the concept that D. variabilis adults may play a significant role in epizootic transmission of F. tularensis, and as a bridging vector to humans...
Virulence differences among Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis clades in miceClaudia R Molins
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e10205. 2010..These findings indicate type A strains are not equivalent with respect to virulence and have important implications for public health as well as basic research programs...
Short report: time course of hematogenous dissemination of Francisella tularensis A1, A2, and Type B in laboratory miceRebecca J Eisen
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:259-62. 2009..Our study provides the basis for a mouse model needed as the starting point to address these questions...
An acarologic survey and Amblyomma americanum distribution map with implications for tularemia risk in MissouriHeidi E Brown
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:411-9. 2011..Our study provides an updated distribution map for A. americanum in Missouri and suggests a wide-spread risk of human exposure to A. americanum and their associated pathogens in this region...
