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List of works by Tom G Schwan

A novel surface antigen of relapsing fever spirochetes can discriminate between relapsing fever and Lyme borreliosis

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A system for site-specific genetic manipulation of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii

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Acquisition and subsequent transmission of Borrelia hermsii by the soft tick Ornithodoros hermsi

scientific article published on July 2011

Antigenic variation by Borrelia hermsii occurs through recombination between extragenic repetitive elements on linear plasmids

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Bacterial pathogens modulate an apoptosis differentiation program in human neutrophils

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Bloodmeal Size and Spirochete Acquisition of Ornithodoros hermsi (Acari: Argasidae) During Feeding

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Borrelia

scientific article published in 2018

Borrelia hermsii acquisition order in superinfected ticks determines transmission efficiency

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Characterization of a novel relapsing fever spirochete in the midgut, coxal fluid, and salivary glands of the bat tick Carios kelleyi

scientific article published on December 2009

Characterization of anti-hemostatic factors in the argasid, Argas monolakensis: implications for the evolution of blood-feeding in the soft tick family

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Clonal polymorphism of Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 MI: implications for mutagenesis in an infectious strain background

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Colony formation in solid medium by the relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia hermsii and Borrelia turicatae

scientific article published on 12 November 2017

Comparative sialomics between hard and soft ticks: implications for the evolution of blood-feeding behavior

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Cotransmission of divergent relapsing fever spirochetes by artificially infected Ornithodoros hermsi

scientific article published on 30 September 2011

Defining plasmids required by Borrelia burgdorferi for colonization of tick vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Detection of Borrelia theileri in Rhipicephalus geigyi from Mali

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Detection of Lassa virus, Mali

scientific article published in July 2010

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

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Diversity and distribution of Borrelia hermsii

scientific article published on March 2007

Ecological niche modeling and distribution of Ornithodoros hermsi associated with tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

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

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Experimental infection of Ixodes scapularis larvae (Acari: Ixodidae) by immersion in low passage cultures of Borrelia burgdorferi

scientific article published in May 2003

First isolation of the relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia hermsii, from a domestic dog.

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Fleas and trypanosomes of peridomestic small mammals in sub-Saharan Mali

scientific article (publication date: 11 October 2016)

Geographic distribution and genetic characterization of Lassa virus in sub-Saharan Mali

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Glycerol-3-phosphate acquisition in spirochetes: distribution and biological activity of glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) among Borrelia species

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Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase gene (glpQ) of Borrelia lonestari identified as a target for differentiating Borrelia species associated with hard ticks (Acari:Ixodidae).

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Host Competency of the Multimammate Rat Mastomys natalensis Demonstrated by Prolonged Spirochetemias with the African Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia crocidurae

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

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

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Identical strains of Borrelia hermsii in mammal and bird

scientific article published on December 2009

Identification of conserved antigens for early serodiagnosis of relapsing fever Borrelia

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

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Laboratory Response to 2014 Ebola Virus Outbreak in Mali

scientific article published on October 2016

Large linear plasmids of Borrelia species that cause relapsing fever

scientific article published on 07 June 2013

Novel relapsing fever spirochete in bat tick

scientific article published in March 2008

Nucleotide sequence and analysis of the gene inBorrelia burgdorferiencoding the immunogenic P39 antigen

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Outer surface protein A protects Lyme disease spirochetes from acquired host immunity in the tick vector

scientific article published on 08 September 2008

Outer-surface protein C of the Lyme disease spirochete: a protein induced in ticks for infection of mammals

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

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Phylogenetic analysis of the spirochetes Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia turicatae and the potential for tick-borne relapsing fever in Florida

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Population dynamics of a heterogeneous Borrelia burgdorferi B31 strain in an experimental mouse-tick infectious cycle

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Prevalence and Strains of Colorado Tick Fever Virus in Rocky Mountain Wood Ticks in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Purine salvage pathways among Borrelia species

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Relapsing fever spirochaetes produce a serine protease that provides resistance to oxidative stress and killing by neutrophils.

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Relapsing fever spirochetes contain chromosomal genes with unique direct tandemly repeated sequences

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Relapsing fever spirochetes retain infectivity after prolonged in vitro cultivation

scientific article published on December 2008

SUSPECTED LYME BORRELIOSIS IN A CAPTIVE ADULT CHIMPANZEE (PAN TROGLODYTES).

scientific article published in June 2015

Serosurvey of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Cattle, Mali, West Africa

scientific article published on June 2017

Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana

scientific article published on September 1, 2003

Tick-borne relapsing fever

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Tick-borne relapsing fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Tick-borne relapsing fever in North America

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Tickborne relapsing fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA

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

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Unique strain of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Mali

scientific article published on May 2014

Vaccination with the variable tick protein of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii protects mice from infection by tick-bite

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Variable tick protein in two genomic groups of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii in western North America

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