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Lin YP*, Tufts DM*, Dupuis AP, Combs M, Marcinkiewicz AL, Hirsbrunner AD, Diaz AJ, Stout JL, Blom AM, Strle K, Davis AD, Kramer LD, Diuk-Wasser MA. (2022). Cellular and immunological mechanisms influence host-adapted phenotypes in a vector-borne microparasite. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289: 20212087. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2087
*These authors contributed equally
Tufts DM, Diuk-Wasser MA. (2021). First hemispheric report of invasive tick species Haemaphysalis punctata, first state report of Haemaphysalis longicornis, and range expansion of native tick species in Rhode Island, USA. Parasites and Vectors 14:394. https://rdcu.be/ctOPE
Ford L, Tufts DM. (2021). Lyme neuroborreliosis: Mechanisms of B. burgdorferi infection of the nervous system. Brain Science 11: 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060789
Tufts DM, McClure M, Diuk-Wasser, MA. (2021). Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphal survival and host-finding success in the Eastern United States. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58(2): 929-938. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa246.
Tufts DM, Diuk-Wasser MA. (2021). Vertical transmission: A vector-independent transmission pathway of Babesia microti in the natural reservoir host Peromyscus leucopus. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 223(10): 1787-1795. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa595.
Tufts DM, Goodman LB, Benedict MC, Davis, AD, VanAcker, MC, Diuk-Wasser MA. (2021). Association of the invasive Haemaphysalis longicornis tick with vertebrate hosts, other native tick vectors, and tick-borne pathogens in New York City. International Journal of Parasitology 51: 149-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.08.008
Tufts DM, Sameroff S, Tagliafierro T, Jain K, Oleynik A, VanAcker MC, Diuk-Wasser MA Lipkin WI, Tokarz R. (2020). A metagenomic examination of the pathobiome of the invasive tick species, Haemaphysalis longicornis, collected from a New York City borough, USA. Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases 11(6): 101516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101516
Ronai IJ*, Tufts DM*, Diuk-Wasser MA. (2020). Aversion of the invasive Asian longhorned tick to the white-footed mouse, the dominant reservoir of tick-borne pathogens in the USA. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 34: 369-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12441
Tufts DM, Hart TM, Chen G, Kolokotronis SO, Diuk-Wasser MA, Lin YP. (2019). Outer surface protein polymorphisms linked to host-spirochete association in Lyme borreliae. Molecular Microbiology 111(4): 868-882. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14209
Tufts DM, VanAcker M, Fernandez MP, DeNicola A, Egizi, A, Diuk-Wasser MA. (2019). Distribution, host-seeking phenology, and host and habitat associations of Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks, Staten Island, New York, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases 25(4): 792-796. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181541