1990-2011 Publications
(Selected List)

Selected from a list of more than 245 papers, twelve book chapters, 32-plus abstracts and editorships of three published national/international symposia.

1990-1991   1992   1993   1994   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006-2011

1990-1991

• James, A.M. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1990. Feeding and host preference of immature Ixodes dammini, I. scapularis, and I. pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Entomol. 27(3): 324-330.
• Zhu, X.X., J.H. Oliver, Jr. and E.M. Dotson. 1991. Epidermis as the source of ecdysone in an argasid tick. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88: 3744-3747.
• Magnarelli, L.A., J.H. Oliver, Jr., H.J. Hutcheson and J.F. Anderson. 1991. Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in deer and raccoons. J. Wildl. Dis. 27: 562-568.
• Zhu, X.X. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1991. Immunocytochemical localization of an insulin like substance in the synganglion of the tick Ornithodoros parkeri (Acari: Argasidae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 13: 153-159.
• Dotson, E.M. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1991. Effect of synganglion removal on development in nymphal and adult Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae). Am. Zool. 31(5): 87A.

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1992

• Szlendak, E., J. Boczek and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1992. Effects of radiation on spermatogenesis in Acarus siro L. (Acari: Acaridae). J. Econ. Entomol. 85(1): 162-167.
• Oliver, J.H. Jr., X.X. Zhu, G.N. Vogel and E.M. Dotson. 1992. Role of synganglion in oogenesis of the tick Ornithodoros parkeri (Acari: Argasidae). J. Parasitol. 78: 93-98.
• Keirans, J.E., H.J. Hutcheson and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1992. Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae: Argasidae), a parasite of seabirds, established along the southeastern seacoast of the U. S. J. Med. Entomol. 29(2): 371-373.
• Magnarelli, L.A., J.H. Oliver, Jr., H.J. Hutcheson, J.L. Boone and J.F. Anderson. 1992. Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in rodents in the eastern and southern United States. J. Clin. Microbiol. 30(6): 1449-1452.
• Szlendak, E. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1992. Anatomy of synganglia, including their neurosecretory regions, in unfed, virgin female Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Morphol. 213: 349-364.
• Galbe, J. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1992. Immune response of lizards and rodents to larval Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Entomol. 29: 774-783.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1992. Lyme disease in southeastern USA. p. 664. In: Proc. XIX Int. Congress Entomol., Beijing, China, June 28 July 4, 1992.
• Zhu, X.X., J.H. Oliver, Jr. and E. Dotson. 1992. Ecdysteroids in the nymph of the tick Ornithodoros parkeri. p. 669. In: Proc. XIX Int. Congress Entomol., Beijing, China, June 28 July 4, 1992.
• Szlendak, E. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1992. Anatomy of synganglion, structure and function of neurosecretory system in ticks. p. 669. In: Proc. XIX Int. Congress Entomol., Beijing, China, June 28 July 4, 1992.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1992. Endocrine relationships during tick development and spermatogenesis. pp. 151-157. In: Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on Tick Borne Pathogens at the Host Vector Interface: An Agenda for Research, St. Paul, MN, Sept. 15 18, 1992.
• Keirans, J.E., J.H. Oliver, Jr. and G.R. Needham. 1992. The Ixodes ricinus/persulcatus complex defined. p. 302. In: Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on Tick Borne Pathogens at the Host Vector Interface: An Agenda for Research, St. Paul, MN, Sept. 15 18, 1992.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr., D. Stallknecht, F.W. Chandler, A.M. James, B.S. McGuire and E. Howerth. 1992. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in laboratory reared Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) fed on experimentally inoculated white tailed deer. J. Med. Entomol. 29: 980-984.
• Tobolewski, J., M.J. Kaliszewski, R.K. Colwell and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1992. Detection and identification of mammalian DNA from the gut of museum specimens of ticks. J. Med. Entomol. 29: 1049-1051.
• Durden, L.A. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1992. Book Review. C. H. Calisher (ed.) Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, tick and mosquito borne viruses. Archives of Virology, Suppl. 1, 1991. J. Med. Entomol. 29: 1067-1068.

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1993

• 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.

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1994

• Davis, H.H., E.M. Dotson and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1994. Localization of an insulin like peptide in the synganglion of nymphal and adult Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 18: 111-122.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1994. Book review. Ecology and environmental management of Lyme disease. H. Ginsberg (ed.), Rutgers Univ. Press, Rutgers, NJ. Science 263: 544-545.
• Zhu, X.X., J.H. Oliver, Jr., E.M. Dotson and H. L. Ren. 1994. Correlation between ecdysteroids and cuticulogenesis in nymphs of the tick O. parkeri (Acari: Argasidae). J. Med. Entomol. 31: 479-485.

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1995

• 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.
• Dotson, E.M. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1995. Reduced longevity of Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) molting from immatures fed on Rattus norvegicus. J. Med. Entomol. 32: 234 240.
• McLain, D.K., D.M. Wesson, J.H. Oliver, Jr. and F.H. Collins. 1995. Variation in ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers 1 among eastern populations of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Entomol. 32: 353-360.
• J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1995. Arthropod research in the southeastern U. S. J. Agromedicine 2: 79-84.
• Zhang, W., X.X. Zhu and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1995. Ecdysteroids and spermatogenesis in the fourth instar nymph of the tick Ornithodoros parkeri. Invert. Reprod. Develop. 25: 1-9.
• Zhu, X.X., W.Y. Zhang and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1995. Immunocytochemical mapping of FMRFamide like peptides in the argasid tick Ornithodoros parkeri and the ixodid tick Dermacentor variabilis. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 19: 1-9.
• 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.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., L.A. Durden, J.E. Keirans, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1995. First records of Haemaphysalis (Aboimisalis) chordeilis, Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) banksi and Ixodes (Ixodes) brunneus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Missouri. J. Entomol. Sci. 30: 511-512.
• Hutcheson, H.J. , J.H. Oliver, Jr., M.A. Houck and R.E. Strauss. 1995. Multivariate morphometric discrimination of nymphal and adult forms of the black legged tick (Acari: Ixodidae), a principal vector of the agent of Lyme disease in eastern North America. J. Med. Entomol. 32: 827-842.
• McLain, D.K., D.M. Wesson, F.H. Collins and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1995. Evolution of the rDNA spacer, ITS2, in the ticks Ixodes scapularis and I. pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae). Heredity 75: 303-319.

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1996

• Klompen, J.S.H., W.C. Black IV, J.E. Keirans and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Evolution of ticks. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 41: 141-161.
• Chambers, C.M., E.M. Dotson and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Ecdysteroid titers during postembryonic development of Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae). J. Med. Entomol. 33: 11-14.
• Durden, L.A., G.N. Vogel and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Nocturnal questing by adult blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Parasitol. 82: 174-175.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1996. Importance of systematics to public health: Ticks, microbes 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.
• Lavender, D.R. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Bulloch County, Georgia. J. Med. Entomol. 33: 224-231.
• Klompen, J.S.H., J.E. Keirans, N.A. Filippova and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Idiosomal lyrifissures, setae, and small glands as taxonomic characters and potential indicators of ancestral segmentation patterns in larval ixodidae. International J. Acarol. 22: 113-134.
• Felz, M.W., L.A. Durden, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Ticks parasitizing humans in the southeastern United States. J. Parasitol. 82: 505-508.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1996. Lyme borreliosis in the southern United States: a review. J. Parasitol. 82: 926-935.
• Hutcheson, H.J. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Multivariate morphometrics of larvae of the blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) with notes on nomenclature. J. Parasitol. 82: 916-925.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr., F.W. Chandler, Jr., A M. James, L.O. Huey, G.N. Vogel, and F.H. Sanders, Jr. 1996. Unusual Strain of Borrelia burgdorferi Isolated from Ixodes dentatus in Central Georgia. J. Parasitol. 82: 936-940.
• James, A.M. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. Vitellogenin concentrations in the hemolymph and ovaries of Ixodes scapularis during vitellogenesis. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 20: 639-647.
• Durden, L.A., J.E. Keirans and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1996. The U. S. National Tick Collection: A vital resource for systematics and human and animal welfare. Am. Entomol. 42: 239-243.

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1997

• 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.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., L.A. Durden, E.J. Masters, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1997. Some factors affecting infestation of white-tailed deer by blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, and winter ticks, Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae) in southeastern Missouri. J. Med. Entomol. 34: 372-375.
• Durden, L.A. C.W. Banks, K.L. Clark, B.V. Belbey, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1997. Ectoparasite fauna of the eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana: composition, origin, and comparison with ectoparasite faunas of western woodrat species. J. Parasitol. 83: 374-381.
• Balashov, Yu,S., L.A. Grigoryeva, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1997. Location of Borreliae in different stages of the tick Ixodes persulcatus. Parasitology 31: 97-106 (In Russian).
• James, A.M., X.X. Zhu and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1997. Vitellogenin and ecdysteroid titers in Ixodes scapularis during vitellogenesis. J. Parasitol. 83: 559-563.
• 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.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., L.A. Durden and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1997. Fleas and Lice parasitizing mammals in Missouri. Jour. Vector Ecol. 22: 125-132.
• Durden, L.A., R.G. McLean, J.H. Oliver, Jr., S.R. Ubico and A.M. James. 1997. Ticks, Lyme disease spirochetes and antibody to encephalitis viruses in wild birds from coastal Georgia and South Carolina, USA. J. Parasitol. 83: 1178-1182.
• Fukunaga, M., M. Yabuki, M. Nakao and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1997. Vector tick and Borrelia. Proc. 2nd Internat. Symp. Lyme Dis. Japan, Emerging and Re-emerging Dis. Transmitted by Arthropod Vectors and Rodents. 97-105.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., P.G. Kollars, J.H. Oliver, Jr., E.J. Masters and D. Miles. 1997. Effects of two commonly used anesthetics on the in vitro growth of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia garinii. J. Spirochetal Tick-borne Dis. 4: 21-23.

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1998

• Banks, C.W, J.H. Oliver, Jr., C.E. Hopla, and E.M. Dotson. 1998. Laboratory life cycle of Ixodes woodi (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Entomol. 35: 177-179.
• Hutcheson, J.H., and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1998. The question of fluctuating asymmetry in the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Experimental Applied Acarology. 22: 51-60.
• 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.
• Banks, C.W., J.H. Oliver, Jr., J.B. Phillips, and K. L. Clark. 1998. Life Cycle of Ixodes minor (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Laboratory. J. Med. Entomol. 35: 496-499.
• Hu, R., K.E. Hyland, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1998. A review on the use of Ixodiphagus wasps (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) as natural enemies for the control of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Syst Applied Acarol. 3: 19-27.
• Durden, L.A. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1998. Georgia Southern University's Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology: A center for excellence in research, service and teaching. Georgia J. Sci. 56: 83-93.
• 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.
• Balashov, Yu.S., L.A. Grigoryeva, and J. Oliver. 1998. Reproductive isolation and interspecific hybridization in ixodid ticks of the Ixodes ricinus-I. persulcatus group (Acarina, Ixodidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozreniae. 77: 713-723.
• 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.

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1999

• 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.
• James, A.M., X.X. Zhu and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Localization of vitellogenin production in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 35: 81-87.
• Magnarelli, L.A., K.C. Stafford, III, J.W. Ijdo, E. Fikrig, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Antibodies to granulocytic ehrlichiae in white-footed and cotton mice in eastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 35: 259-265.
• Woodrum J.E. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Investigation of venereal, transplacental, and contact transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in syrian hamsters. J. Parasitol. 85: 426-430.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., J.H. Oliver, Jr., P.G. Kollars, and L.A. Durden. 1999. Seasonal Activity and Host Associations of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Southeastern Missouri. J. Med. Entomol. 36: 720-726.
• Hutcheson, H.J. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Morphometrics of North American tick vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• James, A.M. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Vitellogenesis and its hormonal regulation in Ixodida. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• Zhu, A.A., W. Zhang, E.M. Dotson and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Immunoreactivity of some neuropeptides in the synganglion of ticks. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• Dotson, E.M., X.X. Zhu, A.M. James, W. Zhang and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Ecdysteroids in development and reproduction of ticks. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• Keirans, J.E., G.R. Needham and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. The Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus complex worldwide: Diagnosis of the species in the complex, hosts and distribution. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• Keirans, J.E. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Tribute to Harry Hoogstraal. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1999. Enzootiology of Lyme borreliosis in southern USA. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• McLain, D.K., J. Li and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. rDNA D3 sequence and analysis of geographic differentiation in Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus across Eurasia. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.
• Durden, L.A. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 1999. Ecology of Ixodes scapularis and Lyme disease in Coastal Georgia, U.S.A. Needham, Glen R., Rodger Mitchell, David J. Horn, and W. Calvin Welbourn, editors. 1999. Acarology IX: Volume 2, Symposia. xvii + 507 pp. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, Ohio.

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2000

• Oliver, J.H. Jr., K.L. Clark, F.W. Chandler, Jr., L.Tao, A.M. James, C.W. Banks, L.O. Huey, A.R. Banks, D.C. Williams, and L.A. Durden. 2000. Isolation, cultivation, and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi from rodents and ticks in the Charleston area of South Carolina. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38: 120-124.
• 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. J. 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.
• Hu, Renjie, L.A. Durden, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2000. Winter ectoparasites of mammals in the northeastern Piedmont area of Georgia. J. Vector Ecol. 25: 23-27.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., J.H. Oliver, Jr., P.G. Kollars, and L.A. Durden. 2000. Host associations and seasonal activity of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Missouri. J. Parasitol. 86: 1150 - 1159.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr., and J.E. Keirans. 2000. Dedication to Harry Hoogstraal 1917 - 1986. J. Parasitol. 86: 897 - 898.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., J.H. Oliver, Jr., E.J. Masters, P.G. Kollars, and L.A. Durden. 2000. Hosts and seasonal occurrence of Dermacentor species in Missouri (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 24: 631-643.
• Durden, L.A., R. Hu, J.H. Oliver, Jr., and J.E. Cilek. 2000. Rodent ecotparasites from two locations in northwestern Florida. J. Vec. Ecol. 25: 222-228.

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2001

• 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. J. Parasitol. 87: 1379-1386.
• Durden, L.A., J.H. Oliver, Jr., and A.A. Kinsey. 2001. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and spirochetes (Spirochaetaceae: Spirochaetales) recovered from birds on a Georgia barrier Island. J. Med. Entomol. 38: 231-236.
• McLain, D.K., J. Li, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2001. Interspecific and geographical variation in the sequence of rDNA expansion segment D3 of Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Heredity. 86: 234-242.
• Magnarelli, L.A., J.W. Ijdo, A.E. Van Andel, C. Wu, J.H. Oliver, Jr., and E. Fikrig. 2001. Reactivity of serum samples of dogs and horses tested by use of class-specific recombinant-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Am. J. Vet. Research. 62: 1365-1369.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr., A.R. Varman. 2001. Hormonal Control of Moulting in the Tick, Ornithodorus parkeri (Cooley). Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta. 54: 1-5.

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2002

• 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.
• Zhu, X.X. and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2002. Cockroach allatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the synganglion of the American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 25: 1005-1013.
• Kurtti, T.J., A.T. Palmer, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2002. Rickettsiella-like bacteria in Ixodes woodi (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Entomol. 39: 534-540.
• Durden, L.A., J.H. Oliver, Jr., C.W. Banks, and G.N. Vogel. 2002. Parasitism of reptiles by immature stages of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari. Ixodidae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 26: 257-266.

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2003

• 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.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2003. Host associations and seasonal occurrence of Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, Ixodes brunneus, I. cookei, I. dentatus, and I. texanus (Acari: Ixodidae) in southeastern Missouri. J. Med. Entomol. 40: 103-107.
• Kollars, T.M., Jr., J. H. Oliver, Jr., and K. Wongkalasin. 2003. Variation in the flagellin gene detected by heteroduplex mobility assay of five Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains isolated from ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected in Missouri, USA. Int. J. Acarology. 29: 145-147.

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2004

• 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.
• Oliver, J.H., Jr. 2004. Lyme Borreliosis: Biology, Epidemiology and Control. Edited by J. S. Gray, O. Kahl, R. S. Lane and G. Stanek. CABI Publishing. CAB International 2002. J. Parasitol. 90: p. 315.
• Mixson, T.R., Q.Q. Fang, D.K. McLain, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2004. Population structure of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis revealed by SSCP data using the mitochondrial Cyt b and the nuclear ITS1 markers. Acta Zoologica Sinica. 50: 176-186.
• Durden, L.A., B.A. Ellis, C.W. Banks, J.D. Crowe, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2004. Ectoparasites of gray squirrels in two different habitats and screening of selected ectoparasites for Bartonellae. J. Parasitol. 90: 485-489.
• Durden, L.A., R.N. Polur, T. Nims, C.W. Banks, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2004. Ectoparasites and other epifaunistic arthropodsof sympatric cotton mice and golden mice: comparisons and implications for vector-borne zoonotic diseases. J. Parasitol. 90: 1293-1297.

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2005

• 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.
• Lin, T., L. Gao, A. Seyfang and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2005. 'Candidatus Borrelia texasensis', from the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 685-693.

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2006-2011

• Tsuji N, Battsetseg B, Boldbaatar D, Miyoshi T, Xuan X, Oliver J.H. Jr. and Fujisaki K. 2007. Babesial vector tick defensin against Babesia parasites. Infect. Immun. 75: 3633-3640.
• Grubhoffer, L., R.O.M. Rego, O. Hajdusek, V. Hypsa, V. Kovar, N. Rudenko, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2008. Tick lectins and fibrinogen-related proteins. In Ticks: biology, disease, and control. Eds. A.S. Bowman, P.A. Nuttall, Cambridge Univ. Press, 127-142.
• Oliver, J.H. Jr., L. Gao, and T. Lin. 2008. Comparison of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. isolated from the tick Ixodes scapularis in southerastern and northeastern United States. J. Parasitol. 94: 1351-1356.
• Rudenko, N., M. Golovchenko, L. Grubhoffer, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2009. Borrelia carolinensis s.p. nov., a new (14th) member of the Borrelia burgdoreri sensu lato complex from the Southeastern region of the United States. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38: 134-141.
• Rudenko, N., M. Golovchenko, T. Lin, L. Gao, L. Grubhoffer, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2009. Delineation of a new species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, Borrelia americana sp.nov. J. Clin. Microbiol. 47, issue 12, 3875–3880. Full text
• Rudenko, N., M. Golovchenko, T. Lin, L. Gao, L. Grubhoffer, and J.H. Oliver, Jr. 2011. Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex isolated from rodents and a tick from the south-eastern USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61:381-383.

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