Jean I. Tsao, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Area:
intertidal & theoretical ecology

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2021 Foster E, Burtis J, Sidge JL, Tsao JI, Bjork J, Liu G, Neitzel DF, Lee X, Paskewitz S, Caporale D, Eisen RJ. Inter-annual variation in prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) at long-term surveillance sites in the upper midwestern United States: Implications for public health practice. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 13: 101886. PMID 34929604 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101886  0.374
2021 Sidge JL, Foster ES, Buttke DE, Hojgaard A, Graham CB, Tsao JI. Lake Michigan insights from island studies: the roles of chipmunks and coyotes in maintaining Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi in the absence of white-tailed deer. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12: 101761. PMID 34167044 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101761  0.393
2021 Tsao JI, Hamer SA, Han S, Sidge JL, Hickling GJ. The Contribution of Wildlife Hosts to the Rise of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in North America. Journal of Medical Entomology. PMID 33885784 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab047  0.372
2021 Ginsberg HS, Hickling GJ, Burke RL, Ogden NH, Beati L, LeBrun RA, Arsnoe IM, Gerhold R, Han S, Jackson K, Maestas L, Moody T, Pang G, Ross B, Rulison EL, ... Tsao JI, et al. Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host-seeking behavior, and tick density. Plos Biology. 19: e3001066. PMID 33507921 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001066  0.395
2020 Han S, Hickling GJ, Ogden NH, Ginsberg HS, Kobbekaduwa V, Rulison EL, Beati L, Tsao JI. Seasonality of acarological risk of exposure to Borrelia miyamotoi from questing life stages of Ixodes scapularis collected from Wisconsin and Massachusetts, USA. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12: 101556. PMID 33035757 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2020.101556  0.43
2020 Bron GM, Fernandez MDP, Larson SR, Maus A, Gustafson D, Tsao JI, Diuk-Wasser MA, Bartholomay LC, Paskewitz SM. Context matters: Contrasting behavioral and residential risk factors for Lyme disease between high-incidence states in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 11: 101515. PMID 32993935 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2020.101515  0.409
2019 Ginsberg HS, Rulison EL, Miller JL, Pang G, Arsnoe IM, Hickling GJ, Ogden NH, LeBrun RA, Tsao JI. Local abundance of Ixodes scapularis in forests: Effects of environmental moisture, vegetation characteristics, and host abundance. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 101271. PMID 31677969 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2019.101271  0.416
2019 Fernandez MP, Bron GM, Kache PA, Larson SR, Maus A, Gustafson D, Tsao JI, Bartholomay LC, Paskewitz SM, Diuk-Wasser MA. Usability and Feasibility of a Smartphone App to Assess Human Behavioral Factors Associated with Tick Exposure (The Tick App): Quantitative and Qualitative Study. Jmir Mhealth and Uhealth. 7: e14769. PMID 31651409 DOI: 10.2196/14769  0.328
2019 Gomes-Solecki M, Arnaboldi PM, Backenson PB, Benach JL, Cooper CL, Dattwyler RJ, Diuk-Wasser M, Fikrig E, Hovius JW, Laegreid W, Lundberg U, Marconi RT, Marques AR, Molloy P, Narasimhan S, ... ... Tsao J, et al. Protective Immunity and New Vaccines for Lyme Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. PMID 31620776 DOI: 10.1093/Cid/Ciz872  0.373
2019 Han S, Lubelczyk C, Hickling GJ, Belperron AA, Bockenstedt LK, Tsao JI. Corrigendum to "Vertical transmission rates of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes scapularis collected from white-tailed deer" [Ticks Tick-Borne Dis. 10 (2019) 682-689]. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. PMID 31129067 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2019.05.003  0.313
2019 Han S, Lubelczyk C, Hickling GJ, Belperron AA, Bockenstedt LK, Tsao JI. Vertical transmission rates of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes scapularis collected from white-tailed deer. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. PMID 30846418 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2019.02.014  0.423
2019 Arsnoe I, Tsao JI, Hickling GJ. Nymphal Ixodes scapularis questing behavior explains geographic variation in Lyme borreliosis risk in the eastern United States. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. PMID 30709659 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2019.01.001  0.423
2018 Ogden NH, Pang G, Ginsberg HS, Hickling GJ, Burke RL, Beati L, Tsao JI. Evidence for Geographic Variation in Life-Cycle Processes Affecting Phenology of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. PMID 29986046 DOI: 10.1093/Jme/Tjy104  0.366
2017 Lantos PM, Tsao J, Nigrovic LE, Auwaerter PG, Fowler VG, Ruffin F, Foster E, Hickling G. Geographic Expansion of Lyme Disease in Michigan, 2000-2014. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4: ofw269. PMID 28480261 DOI: 10.1093/Ofid/Ofw269  0.334
2017 Couret J, Dyer MC, Mather TN, Han S, Tsao JI, Lebrun RA, Ginsberg HS. Acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi Infection by Larval Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated With Engorgement Measures. Journal of Medical Entomology. PMID 28399208 DOI: 10.1093/Jme/Tjx053  0.43
2017 Ginsberg HS, Albert M, Acevedo L, Dyer MC, Arsnoe IM, Tsao JI, Mather TN, LeBrun RA. Environmental Factors Affecting Survival of Immature Ixodes scapularis and Implications for Geographical Distribution of Lyme Disease: The Climate/Behavior Hypothesis. Plos One. 12: e0168723. PMID 28076359 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0168723  0.358
2016 Gray JS, Kahl O, Lane RS, Levin ML, Tsao JI. Diapause in ticks of the medically important Ixodes ricinus species complex. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. PMID 27263092 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2016.05.006  0.382
2016 Han S, Hickling GJ, Tsao JI. High Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi among Adult Blacklegged Ticks from White-Tailed Deer. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22: 316-318. PMID 26811985 DOI: 10.3201/Eid2202.151218  0.348
2015 Arsnoe IM, Hickling GJ, Ginsberg HS, McElreath R, Tsao JI. Different populations of blacklegged tick nymphs exhibit differences in questing behavior that have implications for human lyme disease risk. Plos One. 10: e0127450. PMID 25996603 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0127450  0.422
2015 Melotti JR, Muzzall PM, O'brien DJ, Cooley TM, Tsao JI. Low prevalence of echinococcus multilocularis in Michigan, U.S.A.: A survey of coyotes (Canis latrans), Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes), and Gray Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), 2009-2012 Comparative Parasitology. 82: 285-290. DOI: 10.1654/4752.1  0.331
2014 Ginsberg HS, Rulison EL, Azevedo A, Pang GC, Kuczaj IM, Tsao JI, LeBrun RA. Comparison of survival patterns of northern and southern genotypes of the North American tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) under northern and southern conditions. Parasites & Vectors. 7: 394. PMID 25160464 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-394  0.338
2014 Hamer SA, Hickling GJ, Walker ED, Tsao JI. Increased diversity of zoonotic pathogens and Borrelia burgdorferi strains in established versus incipient Ixodes scapularis populations across the Midwestern United States. Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases. 27: 531-42. PMID 24953506 DOI: 10.1016/J.Meegid.2014.06.003  0.441
2014 Rulison EL, Kerr KT, Dyer MC, Han S, Burke RL, Tsao JI, Ginsberg HS. Minimal role of eastern fence lizards in Borrelia burgdorferi transmission in central New Jersey oak/pine woodlands. The Journal of Parasitology. 100: 578-82. PMID 24871138 DOI: 10.1645/14-503.1  0.441
2013 Rulison EL, Kuczaj I, Pang G, Hickling GJ, Tsao JI, Ginsberg HS. Flagging versus dragging as sampling methods for nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Vector Ecology : Journal of the Society For Vector Ecology. 38: 163-7. PMID 23701621 DOI: 10.1111/J.1948-7134.2013.12022.X  0.327
2013 Johnston E, Tsao JI, Muñoz JD, Owen J. Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in American robins and gray catbirds: an assessment of reservoir competence and disease in captive wildlife. Journal of Medical Entomology. 50: 163-70. PMID 23427666 DOI: 10.1603/Me12141  0.435
2012 Hamer SA, Hickling GJ, Keith R, Sidge JL, Walker ED, Tsao JI. Associations of passerine birds, rabbits, and ticks with Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia andersonii in Michigan, U.S.A. Parasites & Vectors. 5: 231. PMID 23057837 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-231  0.396
2012 Margos G, Tsao JI, Castillo-Ramírez S, Girard YA, Hamer SA, Hoen AG, Lane RS, Raper SL, Ogden NH. Two boundaries separate Borrelia burgdorferi populations in North America. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78: 6059-67. PMID 22729536 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00231-12  0.34
2012 Scott MC, Harmon JR, Tsao JI, Jones CJ, Hickling GJ. Reverse line blot probe design and polymerase chain reaction optimization for bloodmeal analysis of ticks from the eastern United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 49: 697-709. PMID 22679879 DOI: 10.1603/Me11162  0.396
2012 Diuk-Wasser MA, Hoen AG, Cislo P, Brinkerhoff R, Hamer SA, Rowland M, Cortinas R, Vourc'h G, Melton F, Hickling GJ, Tsao JI, Bunikis J, Barbour AG, Kitron U, Piesman J, et al. Human risk of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, in eastern United States. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 86: 320-7. PMID 22302869 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.2012.11-0395  0.436
2012 Hamer SA, Hickling GJ, Sidge JL, Walker ED, Tsao JI. Synchronous phenology of juvenile Ixodes scapularis, vertebrate host relationships, and associated patterns of Borrelia burgdorferi ribotypes in the midwestern United States. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 3: 65-74. PMID 22297162 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ttbdis.2011.11.004  0.485
2011 Mize EL, Tsao JI, Maurer BA. Habitat correlates with the spatial distribution of ectoparasites on Peromyscus leucopus in southern Michigan. Journal of Vector Ecology : Journal of the Society For Vector Ecology. 36: 308-20. PMID 22129402 DOI: 10.1111/J.1948-7134.2011.00171.X  0.361
2011 Hamer SA, Hickling GJ, Sidge JL, Rosen ME, Walker ED, Tsao JI. Diverse Borrelia burgdorferi strains in a bird-tick cryptic cycle. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77: 1999-2007. PMID 21257811 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.02479-10  0.436
2010 Scott MC, Rosen ME, Hamer SA, Baker E, Edwards H, Crowder C, Tsao JI, Hickling GJ. High-prevalence Borrelia miyamotoi infection among [corrected] wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Tennessee. Journal of Medical Entomology. 47: 1238-42. PMID 21175079 DOI: 10.1603/Me10075  0.37
2010 Hamer SA, Tsao JI, Walker ED, Hickling GJ. Invasion of the lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis: implications for Borrelia burgdorferi endemicity. Ecohealth. 7: 47-63. PMID 20229127 DOI: 10.1007/S10393-010-0287-0  0.482
2010 Diuk-Wasser MA, Vourc'h G, Cislo P, Hoen AG, Melton F, Hamer SA, Rowland M, Cortinas R, Hickling GJ, Tsao JI, Barbour AG, Kitron U, Piesman J, Fish D. Field and climate-based model for predicting the density of host-seeking nymphal Ixodes scapularis, an important vector of tick-borne disease agents in the eastern United States Global Ecology and Biogeography. 19: 504-514. DOI: 10.1111/J.1466-8238.2010.00526.X  0.419
2009 Ogden NH, Tsao JI. Biodiversity and Lyme disease: dilution or amplification? Epidemics. 1: 196-206. PMID 21352766 DOI: 10.1016/J.Epidem.2009.06.002  0.415
2009 Barbour AG, Bunikis J, Travinsky B, Hoen AG, Diuk-Wasser MA, Fish D, Tsao JI. Niche partitioning of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in the same tick vector and mammalian reservoir species. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 81: 1120-31. PMID 19996447 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.2009.09-0208  0.373
2009 Fenichel EP, Tsao JI, Jones ML. Modeling fish health to inform research and management: Renibacterium salmoninarum dynamics in Lake Michigan. Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America. 19: 747-60. PMID 19425436 DOI: 10.1890/08-0564.1  0.607
2009 Tsao JI. Reviewing molecular adaptations of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in the context of reproductive fitness in natural transmission cycles. Veterinary Research. 40: 36. PMID 19368764 DOI: 10.1051/Vetres/2009019  0.418
2009 Gatewood AG, Liebman KA, Gwenaël Vourc'h, Bunikis J, Hamer SA, Cortinas R, Melton F, Cislo P, Kitron U, Tsao J, Barbour AG, Fish D, Diuk-Wasser MA. Climate and tick seasonality are predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi genotype distribution Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 2476-2483. PMID 19251900 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.02633-08  0.402
2009 Hamer SA, Tsao JI, Walker ED, Mansfield LS, Foster ES, Hickling GJ. Use of tick surveys and serosurveys to evaluate pet dogs as a sentinel species for emerging Lyme disease. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 70: 49-56. PMID 19119948 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.1.49  0.336
2008 Fenichel EP, Tsao JI, Jones M, Hickling GJ. Fish pathogen screening and its influence on the likelihood of accidental pathogen introduction during fish translocations. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 20: 19-28. PMID 18536499 DOI: 10.1577/H07-005.1  0.593
2008 Fenichel EP, Tsao JI, Jones ML, Hickling GJ. Real options for precautionary fisheries management Fish and Fisheries. 9: 121-137. DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-2979.2007.00270.X  0.563
2007 Hamer SA, Roy PL, Hickling GJ, Walker ED, Foster ES, Barber CC, Tsao JI. Zoonotic pathogens in Ixodes scapularis, Michigan. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 13: 1131-3. PMID 18214207 DOI: 10.3201/Eid1307.070046  0.481
2006 Kurtenbach K, Hanincová K, Tsao JI, Margos G, Fish D, Ogden NH. Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosis. Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 4: 660-9. PMID 16894341 DOI: 10.1038/Nrmicro1475  0.35
2006 Diuk-Wasser MA, Gatewood AG, Cortinas MR, Yaremych-Hamer S, Tsao J, Kitron U, Hickling G, Brownstein JS, Walker E, Piesman J, Fish D. Spatiotemporal patterns of host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States Journal of Medical Entomology. 43: 166-176. PMID 16619595 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0166:Spohis]2.0.Co;2  0.422
2004 Tsao JI, Wootton JT, Bunikis J, Luna MG, Fish D, Barbour AG. An ecological approach to preventing human infection: vaccinating wild mouse reservoirs intervenes in the Lyme disease cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101: 18159-64. PMID 15608069 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0405763102  0.613
2004 Madhav NK, Brownstein JS, Tsao JI, Fish D. A dispersal model for the range expansion of blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 41: 842-52. PMID 15535611 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.842  0.402
2004 Bunikis J, Tsao J, Garpmo U, Berglund J, Fish D, Barbour AG. Typing of Borrelia relapsing fever group strains Emerging Infectious Diseases. 10: 1661-1664. PMID 15498172 DOI: 10.3201/Eid1009.040236  0.312
2004 Bunikis J, Garpmo U, Tsao J, Berglund J, Fish D, Barbour AG. Sequence typing reveals extensive strain diversity of the Lyme borreliosis agents Borrelia burgdorferi in North America and Borrelia afzelii in Europe Microbiology. 150: 1741-1755. PMID 15184561 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.26944-0  0.322
2004 Bunikis J, Tsao J, Luke CJ, Luna MG, Fish D, Barbour AG. Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a natural population of Peromyscus leucopus mice: A longitudinal study in an area where lyme borreliosis is highly endemic Journal of Infectious Diseases. 189: 1515-1523. PMID 15073690 DOI: 10.1086/382594  0.374
2001 Tsao J, Barbour AG, Luke CJ, Fikrig E, Fish D. OspA immunization decreases transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes from infected Peromyscus leucopus mice to larval Ixodes scapularis ticks Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 1: 65-74. PMID 12653137 DOI: 10.1089/153036601750137705  0.361
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