1993-05 Publications (Selected List)

Selected from a list of more than 224 papers, twelve book chapters, 32-plus abstracts and editorships of three published national/international symposia.

Oliver, J. H., Jr., M. R. Owsley, H. J. Hutcheson, A. M. James, C. Chen, W. S. Irby, E. M. Dotson and D. K. McLain.  1993.  Comspecificity of the tick Ixodes scapularis Say and Ixodes dammini Spielman, Clifford Piesman, and Corwin (Acari:  Ixodidae). J. Med. Entomol. 30: 54-63.

Oliver, J. H., Jr., F. W. Chandler, Jr., M. P. Luttrell, A. M. James, D. E. Stallknecht, B. S. McGuire, H. J. Hutcheson, G. A. Cummins and R. S. Lane. 1993. Isolation and transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete from southeastern United States.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 90: 7371-7375.

Oliver, J. H., Jr., G. A. Cummins, and M. S. Joiner.  1993.  Immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks parasitizing lizards from the southeastern U. S. A. J. Parasitol. 79: 684-689.

Klompen, J. S. H. and J. H. Oliver, Jr.  1993.  Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae).  Syst. Entomol. 18: 313-331.

Wesson, D. M., D. K. McLain, J. H. Oliver, Jr., J. Piesman and F. H. Collins.  1993.  Investigation of the validity of species status of Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) using rDNA.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 10221-10225.

Oliver, J. H., Jr., F. W. Chandler, Jr., A. M. James, F. H. Sanders, Jr., H. J. Hutcheson, L. O. Huey, B. S. McGuire and R. S. Lane.  1995.  Natural occurrence and characterization of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) from Georgia and Florida. J. Parasitol. 81: 30-36.

Sanders, F. H., Jr. and J. H. Oliver, Jr.  1995.  Evaluation of Ixodes scapularis, Amblyomma americanum, and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) from Georgia as vectors of a Florida strain of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. J. Med. Entomol. 32: 402-406.

Oliver, J. H., Jr.  1996.  Importance of systematics to public health: Ticks, microvs and disease.  Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83: 37-46.

Walker, D. H., A. G. Barbour, J. H. oliver, Jr., R. S. Lane, J. S. Dumler, D. T. Dennis, D. H. Persing, A. F. Azad and E. McSweegan.  1996.  Emerging bacterial zoonotic and vector-borne diseases: ecological and epidemiological factors. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 275: 463-469.

Oliver, J. H., Jr.  1996.  Lyme borreliosis in the southern United States: a review. J. Parasitol.  82: 926-935.

Mathiesen, D. A., J. H. Oliver, Jr., C. P. Kolbert, E. D. Tullson, B. J. B. Johnson, G. L. Campbell, P. D. Mitchell, K. D. Reed, S. R. Telford III, J. F. Anderson, R. S. Lane, and D. H. Persing.  1997. Genetic heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States.  Jour. Infect. Dis. 175: 98-107.

Oliver, J. H., Jr.  1997. Ecology of ticks and transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi.  Proc. 2nd Internat. Symp. Lyme Disease in Japan.  Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases Transmitted by Arthropod Vectors and Rodents.  Shizuoka, Japan. 83-95.

Klompen, J. S. H., J. H. Oliver, Jr., J. E. Keirans and P. J. Homsher.  1997.  A re-evaluation of relationships in the Metastriata (Acari: Parasitiformes: Ixodidae).  Systematic Parasitol. 38: 1-24.

James, A. M. and J. H. Oliver, Jr.  1997.  Purification and partial characterization of vitellin from the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis.  Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol.  27: 639-649.

Oliver, J. H., Jr., T. M. Kollars, Jr., F. W. Chandler, Jr., A. M. James, E. J. Masters, R. S. Lane, and L. O. Huey.  1998.  First isolation and cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Missouri.  Jour. Clin. Microbiol.  36: 1-5.

Balashov, Yu. S., L. A. Grigoryeva, and J. H. Oliver, Jr.  1998.  Interspecific crosses between ticks of the group Ixodes ricinus-Ixodes persulcatus.  Doklady Biological Sciences.  361: 383-385.

Clark, K. L., J. H. Oliver, Jr., D. B. McKechnie, and D. C. Williams.  1998.  Distribution, abundance, and seasonal activities of ticks from rodents and vegetation in South Carolina.  J. Vector Ecol. 23: 89-105.

Felz, M. W., F. W. Chandler, Jr., J. H. Oliver, Jr., D. W. Rahn, and M. E. Schriefer.  1999.  Solitary Erythema migrans in Georgia and South Carolina.  Arch. Dermatol.  35:1317-1326.

Oliver, J. H., Jr., L. A. Magnarelli, H. J. Hutcheson, and J. F. Anderson.  1999.  Ticks and antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi from mammals at Cape Hatteras N. C. and Assateague Island, MD and VA.  J. Med. Entomol.  36:578-587.

Fukunaga, M., M. Yabuki, A. Hamase, J.H. Oliver, Jr., and M. Nakao. 2000.  Molecular phylogenetic analysis of ixodid ticks based on the ribosomal DNA spacer, internal transcribed spacer 2, sequences. Jour. Parasitol. 86: 38-43.

Whitlock, J.E., Q.Q. Fang, L.A. Durden, and J.H.Oliver, Jr. 2000.  Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in Amblyomma americanum (Acari:Ixodidae) from the Georgia Coast and Barrier Islands. J. Med. Entomol. 37: 276-280.

Kinsey, A.A., L.A. Durden, and J.H. Oliver Jr. 2000.  Tick infestation of birds during fall migration in coastal Georgia and Alabama. J. Parasitol. 86: 251-254.

Kollars, T.M., Jr., J.H. Oliver, Jr., P.G. Kollars, A.M. James, A. Richardson, L.A. Durden, D. Miles, and E.J. Masters. 2000.  Phenotypic variation in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and isolates from Missouri, USA. Intern. J. Acarol. 26; 167-172.

Lin, T., Oliver, J.H.Jr, Gao, L., Kollars, T.M. Jr., Clark, K.L. 2001. Genetic Heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Southern United States Based on Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Sequence Analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39: 2500-2507.

Clark, K.L., Oliver, J.H., JR., Grego,J.M., James, A.M., Durden, L.A., and C.W. Banks. 2001. Host Associations of Ticks Parasitizing rodents at Borrelia burgdorferi- Enzootic Sites in South Carolina. Journal of Parasitology. 87: 1379-1386.

Clark, K. L., J. H. Oliver, Jr., A. M. James, L. A. Durden, and C. W. Banks.  2002.  Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection among rodents and host-seeking ticks in South Carolina.  J. Med. Entomol.  39: 198-206.

Lin, T., J. H. Oliver, Jr., and L. H. Gao. 2002.  Genetic diversity of the outer surface protein C gene of southern Borrelia isolates and its possible epidemiological, clinical, and pathogenetic implications. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40: 2572-2583.

Ushizima, Y., J. H. Oliver, Jr., J. E. Keirans, M. Tsurumi, H. Kawabata, H. Watanabe, and M. Fukunaga.  2003.  Mitochondrial sequence variation in Carios capensis (Neumann), a parasite of seabirds, collected on Torishima island in Japan.  J. Parasitol.  89: 196-198.

Oliver, J. H., Jr., T. Lin, L. Gao, K. L. Clark, C. W. Banks, L. A. Durden, A. M. James, and F. W. Chandler, Jr.  2003.  A novel enzootic transmission cycle of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in the southeastern United States. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.  100: 11642-11645.

Lin, T., J. H. Oliver, Jr., and L. Gao.  2003.  Comparative analysis of Borrelia isolates from southeastern USA based on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprint and 16s ribosomal gene sequence analyses.  Fed/ Eur. Microbiol. Soc. Microbiol. LE.  228: 249-257.

Lin, T., J. H. Oliver, Jr., and L. Gao. 2004.  Molecular characterization of Borrelia isolates from ticks and mammals from southern states.  J. Parasitol. 90: 1298-1307.

Lin, T., L. Gao, A. Seyfang, and J. H. Oliver, Jr.  2004. 'Candidatus Borrelia texasensis', from the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis.  Internat. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.  55: 685-693.

Grubhoffer, L., L. Golovchenko, M. vancova, K. Zacharovova-Slavickov, N. Rudenko, and J. H. Oliver, Jr.  2005.  Lyme borreliosis: insights into thick/host-borrelia relations.  Folia Parasitologia.  52: 279-294.

Tsuji N, Battsetseg B, Boldbaatar D, Miyoshi T, Xuan X, Oliver J.H. Jr & Fujisaki K 2007. Babesial vector tick defensin against Babesia parasites Infect. Immun. 75: 3633-3640.