Transovarial Transmission of <i>Borrelia hermsii</i> by Its Tick Vector and Reservoir Host <i>Ornithodoros hermsi</i>

by Tom G. Schwan, Sandra J. Raffel
Published 2021-09-01

Inactivation of genes for antigenic variation in the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii reduces infectivity in mice and transmission by ticks.

by Sandra J Raffel, James M Battisti, Robert J Fischer, Tom G Schwan
Published 2014-04-01

Diversity and Distribution of Borrelia hermsii

by Tom G. Schwan, Sandra J. Raffel, Merry E. Schrumpf, Stephen F. Porcella
Published 2007-03-01

Identical Strains of Borrelia hermsii in Mammal and Bird

by Robert J. Fischer, Tammi L. Johnson, Sandra J. Raffel, Tom G. Schwan
Published 2009-12-01

Host associations and genomic diversity of Borrelia hermsii in an endemic focus of tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America

by Tammi L. Johnson, Robert J. Fischer, Sandra J. Raffel, Tom G. Schwan
Published 2016-11-01

Tickborne Relapsing Fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA

by Joshua Christensen, Robert J. Fischer, Brandi N. McCoy, Sandra J. Raffel, Tom G. Schwan
Published 2015-02-01

Novel Relapsing Fever Spirochete in Bat Tick

by James S. Gill, Amy J. Ullmann, Amanda D. Loftis, Tom G. Schwan, Sandra J. Raffel, Merry E. Schrumpf, Joseph Piesman
Published 2008-03-01

Tick-borne Relapsing Fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA

by Tom G. Schwan, Sandra J. Raffel, Merry E. Schrumpf, Larry S. Webster, Adriana R. Marques, Robyn Spano, Michael Rood, Joe Burns, Renjie Hu
Published 2009-07-01

Development of genetic system to inactivate a Borrelia turicatae surface protein selectively produced within the salivary glands of the arthropod vector.

by Job E Lopez, Hannah K Wilder, Reid Hargrove, Christopher P Brooks, Karin E Peterson, Paul A Beare, Daniel E Sturdevant, Vijayaraj Nagarajan, Sandra J Raffel, Tom G Schwan
Published 2013-01-01

Endemic foci of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia crocidurae in Mali, West Africa, and the potential for human infection.

by Tom G Schwan, Jennifer M Anderson, Job E Lopez, Robert J Fischer, Sandra J Raffel, Brandi N McCoy, David Safronetz, Nafomon Sogoba, Ousmane Maïga, Sékou F Traoré
Published 2012-01-01

Transcriptional Profiling the 150 kb Linear Megaplasmid of Borrelia turicatae Suggests a Role in Vector Colonization and Initiating Mammalian Infection.

by Hannah K Wilder, Sandra J Raffel, Alan G Barbour, Stephen F Porcella, Daniel E Sturdevant, Benjamin Vaisvil, Vinayak Kapatral, Daniel P Schmitt, Tom G Schwan, Job E Lopez
Published 2016-01-01

Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali

by David Safronetz, Job E. Lopez, Nafomon Sogoba, Sékou F. Traore’, Sandra J. Raffel, Elizabeth R. Fischer, Hideki Ebihara, Luis M. Branco, Robert F. Garry, Tom G. Schwan, Heinz Feldmann
Published 2010-07-01

Periplasmic flagellar export apparatus protein, FliH, is involved in post-transcriptional regulation of FlaB, motility and virulence of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia herm...

by Cyril Guyard, Sandra J Raffel, Merry E Schrumpf, Eric Dahlstrom, Daniel Sturdevant, Stacy M Ricklefs, Craig Martens, Stanley F Hayes, Elizabeth R Fischer, Bryan T Hansen, Stephen F Porcella, Tom G Schwan
Published 2013-01-01

Global Profiling of Lysine Acetylation in Borrelia burgdorferi B31 Reveals Its Role in Central Metabolism

by Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo, Charlotte Gaviard, Charlotte Gaviard, Crystal L. Richards, Takfarinas Kentache, Takfarinas Kentache, Sandra J. Raffel, Kevin A. Lawrence, Joseph C. Schindler, Joseph Lovelace, Daniel P. Dulebohn, Robert G. Cluss, Julie Hardouin, Julie Hardouin, Frank C. Gherardini
Published 2018-08-01