Science Translational Medicine March 2025. Ixodes scapularis is a primary vector of tick-borne pathogens in North Americ…
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2026. Lyme disease spirochetes are maintained in natural reservoirs before spilling ove…
Many of the diverse tick-borne diseases (TBD) in the US appear to be increasing in incidence, leading to concern that fa…
Survivors of Powassan encephalitis often have persistent neurological disease. A new mouse model replicates some…
Although laboratory strains of Mus musculus mice have successfully been leveraged to model acute human Lyme disease,…
Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the causative agent of Lyme disease, establishes a long-term infection and leads to disease…