Richard Ostfeld

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.
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.
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.
Crossing the Interspecies Barrier: Opening the Door to Zoonotic Pathogens
Gortazar, Christian, Leslie A. Reperant, Thijs Kuiken, José de la Fuente, Mariana Boadella, Beatriz Martínez-Lopez, Francisco Ruiz-Fons, et al. 2014. “Crossing the Interspecies Barrier: Opening the Door to Zoonotic Pathogens”. PLoS Pathogens 10 (6): e1004129. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.100412910.1371/journal.ppat.1004129.g00110.1371/journal.ppat.1004129.g00210.1371/journal.ppat.1004129.t001.
Climate Change and Species Interactions: Ways Forward
Ostfeld, Richard S., Amy Angert, and Shannon LaDeau. 2013. Climate Change and Species Interactions: Ways Forward. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 1297. New York Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1111/nyas.12286.