Richard Ostfeld

Reservoir Targeted Vaccine Against Borrelia burgdorferi: A New Strategy to Prevent Lyme Disease Transmission
Richer, L. M., Dustin Brisson, R. Melo, Richard S. Ostfeld, N. Zeidner, and M. Gomes-Solecki. 2014. “Reservoir Targeted Vaccine Against Borrelia Burgdorferi: A New Strategy to Prevent Lyme Disease Transmission”. Journal of Infectious Diseases 209 (12): 1972-80. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiu005.
When is a parasite not a parasite? Effects of larval tick burdens on white-footed mouse survival
Hersh, Michelle H., Shannon L. LaDeau, Andrea Previtali, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “When Is a Parasite Not a Parasite? Effects of Larval Tick Burdens on White-Footed Mouse Survival”. Ecology 95 (5): 1360-69. doi:10.1890/12-2156.1.
Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America
Keesing, Felicia, Diana J. McHenry, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America”. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91 (2): 302-9. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0525.
The Prevalence of Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes Scapularis Collected in the Hudson Valley, New York State
Aliota, Matthew T., Alan P. Dupuis, Michael P. Wilczek, Ryan J. Peters, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Laura D. Kramer. 2014. “The Prevalence of Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes Scapularis Collected in the Hudson Valley, New York State”. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 14 (4): 245-50. doi:10.1089/vbz.2013.1475.
Reply to De Coster et al.: Exploring the complexity of ecosystem-human health relationships
Myers, S.S., L. Gaffikin, C. D. Golden, Richard S. Ostfeld, K. H. Redford, T. H. Ricketts, W. R. Turner, and S. A. Osofsky. 2014. “Reply to De Coster Et al.: Exploring the Complexity of Ecosystem-Human Health Relationships”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (18): E1816 - E1816. doi:10.1073/pnas.1402671111.
Effects of environmental change on zoonotic disease risk: an ecological primer
Estrada-Peña, Agustin, Richard S. Ostfeld, Townsend Peterson, Robert Poulin, and José de la Fuente. 2014. “Effects of Environmental Change on Zoonotic Disease Risk: An Ecological Primer”. Trends in Parasitology 30 (4): 205-14. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.003.
Life History and Demographic Drivers of Reservoir Competence for Three Tick-Borne Zoonotic Pathogens
Ostfeld, Richard S., Taal Levi, Anna E. Jolles, Lynn B. Martin, Parviez R. Hosseini, and Felicia Keesing. 2014. “Life History and Demographic Drivers of Reservoir Competence for Three Tick-Borne Zoonotic Pathogens”. PLoS ONE 9 (9): e107387. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107387.
Occurrence and transmission efficiencies of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC types in avian and mammalian wildlife
Vuong, Holly, Charles D. Canham, Dina M. Fonseca, Dustin Brisson, Peter J. Morin, Peter E. Smouse, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “Occurrence and Transmission Efficiencies of Borrelia Burgdorferi OspC Types in Avian and Mammalian Wildlife”. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 27: 594-600. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2013.12.011.
Of Mice and Men: Lyme Disease and Biodiversity
Granter, Scott R., A. Bernstein, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “Of Mice and Men: Lyme Disease and Biodiversity”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 57 (2): 198-207. doi:10.1353/pbm.2014.0015.
Co-Infection of Blacklegged Ticks with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi Is Higher than Expected and Acquired from Small Mammal Hosts
Hersh, Michelle H., Richard S. Ostfeld, Diana J. McHenry, Michael Tibbetts, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Felicia Keesing. 2014. “Co-Infection of Blacklegged Ticks With Babesia Microti and Borrelia Burgdorferi Is Higher Than Expected and Acquired from Small Mammal Hosts”. PLoS ONE 9 (6): e99348. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099348.