Willie Burgdorfer

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Lyme disease: A tick-borne spirochetosis (1983) (2165)
The spirochetal etiology of Lyme disease. (1983) (1505)
Lyme disease-a tick-borne spirochetosis? (1983) (1148)
Spirochetes isolated from the blood of two patients with Lyme disease. (1983) (752)
Lyme borreliosis: relation of its causative agent to its vectors and hosts in North America and Europe. (1991) (478)
Changes in infectivity and plasmid profile of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, as a result of in vitro cultivation (1988) (393)
Serologic typing of rickettsiae of the spotted fever group by microimmunofluorescence. (1978) (255)
Microimmunofluorescence test for the serological study of rocky mountain spotted fever and typhus (1976) (245)
The western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus: a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi. (1985) (242)
Rickettsiae and rickettsial diseases (1981) (222)
Antibodies of patients with Lyme disease to components of the Ixodes dammini spirochete. (1983) (185)
Hemolymph test. A technique for detection of rickettsiae in ticks. (1970) (180)
Nonpathogenic rickettsiae in Dermacentor andersoni: a limiting factor for the distribution of Rickettsia rickettsii. (1980) (175)
Discovery of the Lyme disease spirochete and its relation to tick vectors. (1984) (165)
MECHANISMS OF TRANSOVARIAL INFECTION OF SPOTTED FEVER RICKETTSIAE IN TICKS (1975) (163)
Rickettsia peacockii sp. nov., a new species infecting wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, in western Montana. (1997) (161)
Trans-stadial and transovarial development of disease agents in arthropods. (1967) (155)
The urinary bladder, a consistent source of Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally infected white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) (1988) (151)
Natural Distribution of the Ixodes dammini spirochete. (1983) (147)
Tick-borne relapsing fever in the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada. (1998) (136)
Spirochetes in Ixodes dammini and mammals from Connecticut. (1983) (136)
Ixodes ricinus: vector of a hitherto undescribed spotted fever group agent in Switzerland. (1979) (131)
A review of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (tick-borne typhus), its agent, and its tick vectors in the United States. (1975) (129)
Neurologic abnormalities in Lyme disease without erythema chronicum migrans. (1986) (128)
Immunoglobulin responses in acute Q fever (1985) (127)
Antigenic changes of Borrelia burgdorferi as a result of in vitro cultivation. (1987) (122)
Rickettsia bellii sp. nov.: a Tick-Borne Rickettsia, Widely Distributed in the United States, That Is Distinct from the Spotted Fever and Typhus Biogroups (1983) (114)
Pathophysiology of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in ixodid ticks. (1989) (109)
Confirmation that Rickettsia helvetica sp. nov. is a distinct species of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. (1993) (98)
Reactivation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Dermacentor andersoni ticks: an ultrastructural analysis (1982) (97)
Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and complement fixation and indirect fluorescent-antibody tests for detection of Coxiella burnetii antibody (1987) (96)
Antibody to a 39-kilodalton Borrelia burgdorferi antigen (P39) as a marker for infection in experimentally and naturally inoculated animals (1991) (82)
Rhipicephalus sanguineus: vector of a new spotted fever group rickettsia in the United States (1975) (80)
Isolation of a spirochete from the soft tick, Ornithodoros coriaceus: a possible agent of epizootic bovine abortion. (1985) (79)
Aspects of Lyme Borreliosis (1993) (75)
Stillbirth following maternal Lyme disease. (1987) (75)
Outbreak of tick-borne relapsing fever in Spokane County, Washington. (1969) (75)
Transovarial and transstadial passage of Borrelia burgdorferi in the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae). (1987) (74)
Isolation of a cultivable spirochete fromIxodes ricinus ticks of Switzerland (1983) (66)
Parasitism by Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) and antibodies to spirochetes in mammals at Lyme disease foci in Connecticut, USA. (1984) (66)
Clinical, hematologic, and humoral immune response in female dogs inoculated with Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia montana. (1988) (65)
Isolation and characterization of symbiotes from the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni. (1973) (65)
Ehrlichia risticii sp. nov.: Etiological Agent of Equine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Synonym, Potomac Horse Fever) (1985) (61)
The New Zealand white rabbit: an experimental host for infecting ticks with Lyme disease spirochetes. (1984) (58)
Sexual transmission of spotted fever group rickettsiae by infected male ticks: detection of rickettsiae in immature spermatozoa of Ixodes ricinus (1980) (56)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs and its differentiation from canine ehrlichiosis. (1985) (54)
A comparison of serologic methods for diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (1977) (53)
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE RELAPSING FEVERS (1976) (52)
Ultrastructure of Rickettsia rhipicephali, a new member of the spotted fever group rickettsiae in tissues of the host vector Rhipicephalus sanguineus (1979) (52)
Borrelia coriaceae sp. nov.: Putative Agent of Epizootic Bovine Abortion (1987) (50)
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of chronic Q fever (1988) (50)
Vector/host relationships of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. (1989) (48)
Relationship of Borrelia burgdorferi to its arthropod vectors. (1991) (47)
Susceptibility of the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, to the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. (1986) (47)
Susceptibility and reservoir potential of the dog to spotted fever-group rickettsiae. (1984) (47)
Evaluation of the complement fixation and indirect immunofluorescence tests in the early diagnosis of primary Q fever (1985) (47)
Plaque Formation in Tissue Cultures by Rickettsia rickettsi Isolated Directly from Whole Blood and Tick Hemolymph (1972) (47)
Bacteriophage in the Ixodes dammini spirochete, etiological agent of Lyme disease (1983) (46)
Natural history of tick-borne spotted fever in the USA. Susceptibility of small mammals to virulent Rickettsia rickettsii. (1966) (46)
DNA typing of rickettsiae in naturally infected ticks using a polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism system. (1994) (45)
Intranuclear growth of Rickettsia rickettsii (1968) (45)
A search for the epidemic typhus agent in Ethiopian ticks. (1973) (44)
ANTIBODIES TO LYME-DISEASE SPIROCHAETE IN EUROPEAN LYMPHOCYTIC MENINGORADICULITIS (BANNWARTH'S SYNDROME) (1983) (44)
Ticks and Lyme disease in the United States. (1983) (43)
Lyme disease in Wisconsin: epidemiologic, clinical, serologic, and entomologic findings. (1984) (43)
Susceptibility of the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) to the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi). (1987) (43)
Tick-borne diseases in the United States: Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Colorado tick fever. A review. (1977) (42)
Antibodies to spotted fever-group rickettsiae in dogs in North Carolina. (1987) (41)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN MISSISSIPPI: SURVEY FOR SPOTTED FEVER ANTIBODIES IN DOGS AND FOR SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIAE IN DOG TICKS (1976) (41)
Fine Structure of Rickettsia canada in Tissues of Dermacentor andersoni Stiles (1971) (40)
Concurrent neuroborreliosis and Alzheimer's disease: analysis of the evidence. (1989) (40)
Zoonotic potential (Rocky Mountain spotted fever aed tularemia) in the Tennessee Valley region. II. Prevalence of Rickettsia rickettsi and Francisella tularensis in mammals and ticks from Land Between the Lakes. (1974) (40)
Cellular and Subcellular Organization of the 277F Agent, a Spiroplasma from the Rabbit Tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Acari: Ixodidae) (1976) (38)
Acute febrile cerebrovasculitis: a syndrome of unknown, perhaps rickettsial, cause. (1986) (38)
Antibodies to Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia platys, and spotted fever group rickettsiae in Louisiana dogs. (1988) (38)
Zoonotic potential (Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia) in the Tennessee Valley region. I. Ecologic studies of ticks infesting mammals in Land Between the Lakes. (1974) (37)
Spirochete from the Rabbit Tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard) I. Isolation and Preliminary Characterization (1968) (37)
Rickettsia conorii isolated fromRhipicephalus sanguineus introduced into Switzerland on a pet dog (2004) (36)
Lyme borreliosis: Ten years after discovery of the etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi (1991) (36)
Investigation of “transovarial transmission” of Rickettsia rickettsii in the wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni (1963) (35)
Potential role of native and exotic deer and their associated ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the ecology of Lyme disease in California, USA. (1986) (35)
Fine structure of normal hemocytes in Dermacentor andersoni Stiles (Acari:Ixodidae). (1971) (34)
Susceptibility of Various Species of Rodents to the Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Borrelia hermsii (1970) (34)
Isolation of California encephalitis virus from the blood of a snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) in western Montana. (1961) (33)
Artificial feeding of ixodid ticks for studies on the transmission of disease agents. (1957) (33)
Changing patterns in the incidence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever on Long Island (1971-1976). (1977) (32)
Distribution and prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from South Carolina, with an epidemiological survey of persons bitten by infected ticks. (1978) (32)
Endemicity of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Connecticut. (1981) (32)
Histology and fine structure of spermatozoa and egg passage in the female tract of Dermacentro andersoni stiles (acari-Ixodidae). (1974) (31)
Evaluation of three commercial tick removal tools. (1998) (31)
Rapid Fluorescent-Antibody Conjugation Procedure (1971) (30)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (tick-borne typhus) in South Carolina: an educational program and tick/rickettsial survey in 1973 and 1974. (1975) (29)
Diurnal host seeking of adult Pacific Coast ticks, Dermacentor occidentalis (Acari: Ixodidae), in relation to vegetational type, meteorological factors, and rickettsial infection rates in California, USA. (1985) (29)
Ecology of tick vectors of American spotted fever. (1969) (29)
Kinetics of IgM and IgG responses to experimental and naturally acquired Rickettsia rickettsii infection in dogs. (1990) (28)
Spotted fever group rickettsiae in Dermacentor variabilis from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (1980) (28)
The enlarging spectrum of tick-borne spirochetoses: R. R. Parker Memorial Address. (1986) (26)
THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE RELAPSING FEVERS (1976) (26)
Serological diagnosis of Q fever endocarditis. (1986) (26)
Arthropod vectors as reservoirs of microbial disease agents. (1961) (26)
How the discovery of Borrelia burgdorferi came about. (1993) (26)
Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia montana from Ixodid ticks in Connecticut. (1986) (25)
USE OF MOUSE SERUM IN IDENTIFICATION AND SEROLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF RICKETTSIA AKARI AND RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS. (1965) (25)
Properties of selected rickettsiae of the spotted fever group (1980) (25)
Discovery of the Lyme disease spirochete: a historical review. (1986) (24)
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in British Columbia, Canada: First Isolation of Borrelia hermsii (1998) (24)
Importation into the United States from Africa of Rhipicephalus simus on a boutonneuse fever patient. (1981) (24)
Detection of Trypanosoma theileri in Ethiopian cattle ticks. (1973) (23)
Vector—Spirochete Relationships in Louse-Borne and Tick-Borne Borrelioses with Emphasis on Lyme Disease (1989) (22)
The Ecology of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe (1993) (22)
[New aspects of the part of the vector played by Ixodes ricinus L. in Switzerland. Preliminary note (author's transl)]. (1979) (21)
Studies of the ecology of Colorado tick fever virus in Western Montana. (1959) (21)
Antibodies to spotted fever-group rickettsiae in dogs and prevalence of infected ticks in southern Connecticut. (1982) (21)
Identification of Rickettsia rickettsii in the wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, by means of fluorescent antibody. (1960) (20)
The possible role of ticks as vectors of leptospirae. I. Transmission of Leptospira pomona by the argasid tick, Ornithodoros turicata, and the persistance of this organism in its tissues. (1956) (20)
Lyme borreliosis: a relapsing fever-like disease? (1991) (20)
Arthropod-Borne Spirochetoses: A Historical Perspective (2001) (20)
Kawasaki syndrome: a controlled study of an outbreak in Wisconsin. (1986) (20)
Clinical and epidemiologic features of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mississippi, 1933-1973. (1975) (20)
Ultrastructure of Borrelia burgdorferi (1993) (19)
Rocky mountain spotted fever in Connecticut: human cases, spotted-fever group rickettsiae in ticks, and antibodies in mammals. (1979) (19)
Hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) as a source for infecting immature Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) with Rickettsia rickettsii. (1990) (18)
Intranuclear Growth of Rickettsia canada, a Member of the Typhus Group (1970) (18)
[Analysis of the infection course in Ornithodorus moubata (Murray) and natural transmission of Spirochaeta duttoni]. (1951) (18)
IDENTIFICATION OF THE VIRUS OF COLORADO TICK FEVER IN MOUSE TISSUES BY MEANS OF FLUORESCENT ANTIBODIES (1960) (17)
CALIFORNIA ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS. SEROLOGIC SURVEY OF SMALL WIND MAMMALS IN NORTHERN UNITED STATES AND SOUTHERN CANADA AND ISOLATION OF ADDITIONAL STRAINS. (1963) (17)
Ecology of rocky mountain spotted fever in Western Montana. I. Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from wild mammals. (1962) (16)
[Tick-borne meningoradiculitis--a form of spirochetosis]. (1984) (16)
EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF COLUMBIAN BLACK-TAILED DEER WITH THE LYME DISEASE SPIROCHETE (1994) (16)
Colorado tick fever. II. The behavior of Colorado tick fever virus in rodents. (1960) (16)
Erythema chronicum migrans--a tickborne spirochetosis. Short communication (1983) (15)
A microfilaria of exceptional size from the ixodid tick, Ixodes dammini, from Shelter Island, New York. (1984) (14)
The spotted fever-group diseases. (1980) (14)
Spotted fever group rickettsiae in immature and adult ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from a focus of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Connecticut. (1985) (13)
Field and laboratory studies on the hosts and vectors of the Snowshoe hare strain of California virus. (1971) (13)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Clermont County, Ohio. II. Distribution of population and infected ticks in an endemic area. (1980) (13)
Development of Colorado tick fever virus in the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni. (1959) (13)
Rickettsiae-infected ticks (acari: Ixodidae) and seropositive mammals at a focus for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Connecticut, USA. (1983) (12)
Trypanosomes in Amblyomma americanum from Oklahoma. (1976) (12)
Tick infestations of the eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) and small rodentia in northwest Alabama and implications for disease transmission. (2005) (11)
The role of cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus spp.) in the ecology of Rickettsia rickettsii in the United States. (1980) (11)
Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from rodents in western Montana. (1963) (11)
RICKETTSIA-LIKE ORGANISMS IN TICKS AND ANTIBODIES TO SPOTTED FEVER-GROUP RICKETTSIAE IN MAMMALS FROM NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI1 (1985) (11)
Colorado tick fever; the behavior of CTF virus in the porcupine. (1959) (10)
Development of Rickettsia prowazeki in certain species of ixodid ticks. (1968) (9)
CALIFORNIA ENCEPHALITIS, COLORADO TICK FEVER AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN EASTERN CANADA. SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE. (1964) (9)
The behavior of rabies virus in ticks. (1957) (9)
Frozen sections of arthropods for histological studies and fluorescent antibody investigations. (1961) (9)
Detection of fibrils associated with Rickettsia rickettsii (1983) (8)
Observations on Rickettsia canada a recently described member of the typhus group rickettsiae. (1968) (8)
Serologic Reactivity to Borrelia burgdorferi in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (1988) (8)
Colorado tick fever. I. Further ecological studies in Western Montana. (1960) (7)
Reinfection in erythema migrans disease (2005) (7)
Establishment of cell cultures persistently infected with spotted fever group rickettsiae. (1982) (7)
Experimental studies on argasid ticks as possible vectors of tularemia. (1956) (7)
Comparison of latex agglutination, indirect immunofluorescent antibody, and enzyme immunoassay methods for serodiagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs. (1993) (7)
On the susceptibility of the guinea pig to the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia duttonii. (1954) (7)
A technique employing embryonated chicken eggs for the infection of argasid ticks with Coxiella burnetii, Bacterium tularense, Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae, and western equine encephalitis virus. (1954) (7)
Antibodies to Rickettsia rickettsii in Peromyscus leucopus from a focus of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Connecticut. (1984) (6)
[Epidemiological survey in a natural focus of Rickettsia transmitted by Ixodes ricinus in Switzerland (author's transl)]. (1981) (6)
Ticks as vectors of Rickettsia prowazeki--a controversial issue. (1972) (6)
Experimental infections of Rickettsia prowazeki among domestic livestock and ticks. (1971) (6)
Lyme borreliosis. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Lyme Disease and Related Disorders. Vienna, 1985. (1986) (6)
Electron Microscope Characterization of Cloned and Uncloned Strains of Borrelia burgdorferi (1988) (5)
Evaluation of the fluorescent antibody technique for the detection of Rocky Mountain spotted fever rickettsiae in various tissues. (1961) (5)
Presence of micro-organisms in ticks from the Ivory Coast (1981) (5)
Relapsing fever spirochetes: an aberrant strain of Borrelia parkeri from Oregon. (1955) (5)
Critical comment. Microfilaria of exceptional size is larva of muspiceoid nematode [corrected]. (1987) (4)
Bannwarth's syndrome in the Netherlands. (1987) (4)
The Historical Road to the Discovery of Borrelia burgdorferi (1993) (4)
The possible role of ticks as vectors of Leptospire. II. Infection of the ixodid ticks, Dermacentor andersoni and Amblyomma maculatum, with Leptospira pomona. (1959) (4)
Neurologic Abnormalities in Lyme Erythema Chronicum Migrans Disease without (1986) (4)
Susceptibility of small mammals to nonvirulent spotted fever group rickettsiae. (1985) (3)
Interview with Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D. Interview by Vicki Glaser. (2006) (3)
[Parasitologic and clinical observations on cases of Q fever in Switzerland]. (1951) (2)
On the occult infection in relapsing fevers. (1954) (2)
Experimental infection of the African relapsing fever tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Murray), with Borrelia latychevi (Sofiev). (1954) (2)
Rapid processing of biopsy specimens for examination by electron microscopy. (1982) (2)
[Epidemiologic study on sheep ticks (Dermacentor marginatus) of rickettsial infections]. (1978) (2)
Experimental infections of lambs with Rickettsia prowazeki. (1971) (2)
[Discovery of Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi)]. (1985) (1)
Cellular and Subcellular Organization of the 277 F Agent , a Spiroplasma from the Rabbit Tick Haemaphysalis leporispal ustris ( Acari : Ixodidae ) (2008) (1)
Detection of the Rocky Mountain spotted fever agent, Rickettsia rickettsii, in dead ticks, Dermacentor andersoni (1978) (1)
Immunoglobulin Responses inAcuteQ Fever (1985) (1)
Current Topics in Vector Research (1987) (1)
[Ornithodorus moubata in Q fever tests in Switzerland]. (1951) (1)
761 PRIMARY HUMAN MONOCYTE CULTURE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ROCKY MT. SPOTTED FEVER (RMSF) (1978) (1)
[Differential behavior of various strains of Spirochaeta duttoni in the white mouse]. (1951) (1)
IXth International Congress of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Munich, July 20–26, 1986 (2005) (0)
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayforDiagnosis ofChronic Q Fever (1988) (0)
Analysis of the Course of Infection in O. moubata and natural Transmission of S. duttoni. (1951) (0)
Rocky mountain spotted fever: A study of Rickettsia rickettsi in its vector tick, Dermacentor andersoni (1965) (0)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mississippi: survey for spotted fever antibodies in dogs and for spotted fever group reckettsiae in dog ticks. (1976) (0)
Fatal Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis That Invaded the Postoperative Abdominal Wall Wound in an Immunocompetent Host (1999) (0)
So-called " Inapparent " Spirochaetoses. (1954) (0)
Parasitological and Clinical Studies of Q Fever in Switzerland. (1951) (0)
Specific immunoglobulin responses in primary Q fever (2005) (0)
27 Therapy of Tick Bite (1993) (0)
Introduction to the rickettsioses (1975) (0)
TRANSOVARIAL INFECTION OF DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI WITH RICKETTSIA RICKETTSI (1999) (0)
Isolation of Two Strains of Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) Virus from Ixodes Ricinus Collected in a Marshy Forest in Switzerland (1980) (0)
Therapy of Tick Bite (1993) (0)
[Unapparent spirochetosis]. (1954) (0)
NATURAL HISTORY OF TICK-BORNE AMERICAN SPOTTED FEVER (1966) (0)
NOTES RapidFluorescent-Anti body Conjugation Procedure (1971) (0)
Ticks : an ever increasing public health menace / (1984) (0)

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