Richard Ostfeld

Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters with Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA
Keesing, Felicia, Stacy Mowry, William Bremer, Shannon Duerr, Andrew S. Evans, Ilya R. Fischhoff, Alison F. Hinckley, et al. 2022. “Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters With Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA”. Emerging Infectious Diseases 28 (5). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): 957-66. doi:10.3201/eid2805.211146.
An Exploratory Study on the Microbiome of Northern and Southern Populations of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Predicts Changes and Unique Bacterial Interactions
Kumar, D, LP Downs, A Adegoke, E Machtinger, Kelly M. Oggenfuss, Richard S. Ostfeld, M Embers, and S Karim. (2026) 2022. “An Exploratory Study on the Microbiome of Northern and Southern Populations of Ixodes Scapularis Ticks Predicts Changes and Unique Bacterial Interactions”. PATHOGENS 11 (2). doi:10.3390/pathogens11020130.
Ecology of Lyme disease
Ostfeld, Richard S., Kathleen C. Weathers, David L. Strayer, and Gene E. Likens. 2021. “Ecology of Lyme Disease”. In Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science, 2nd ed. London, UK: Academic Press.
Blacklegged tick population synchrony between oak forest and non‐oak forest
Borgmann, Benjamin W., Kelly M. Oggenfuss, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Blacklegged Tick Population Synchrony Between Oak Forest and Non‐oak Forest”. Ecological Entomology 46 (4). Wiley: 827-33. doi:10.1111/een.13019.
Effects of physical impairments on fitness correlates of the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
Rubino, Francesca I., Kelly M. Oggenfuss, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Effects of Physical Impairments on Fitness Correlates of the White-Footed Mouse, Peromyscus Leucopus”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1962). The Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1942.
Dilution effects in disease ecology
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Dilution Effects in Disease Ecology”. Edited by Jonathan Chase. Ecology Letters. Wiley. doi:10.1111/ele.13875.
Ticks as novel sentinels to monitor environmental levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Aristizabal-Henao, Juan J., Hannah Brown, Emily K. Griffin, Richard S. Ostfeld, Kelly M. Oggenfuss, Brandon M. Parker, Samantha M. Wisely, and John A. Bowden. 2021. “Ticks As Novel Sentinels to Monitor Environmental Levels of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)”. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). doi:10.1039/d1em00209k.
Relations of peri-residential temperature and humidity in tick-life-cycle-relevant time periods with human Lyme disease risk in Pennsylvania, USA
Heaney, Christopher D., Katherine A. Moon, Richard S. Ostfeld, Jonathan Pollak, Melissa N. Poulsen, Annemarie G. Hirsch, Joseph DeWalle, John N. Aucott, and Brian S. Schwartz. 2021. “Relations of Peri-Residential Temperature and Humidity in Tick-Life-Cycle-Relevant Time Periods With Human Lyme Disease Risk in Pennsylvania, USA”. Science of The Total Environment 795. Elsevier BV: 148697. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148697.
Viewing Emerging Human Infectious Epidemics through the Lens of Invasion Biology
Vila, Montserrat, Alison M Dunn, Franz Essl, Elena Gomez-Diaz, Philip E Hulme, Jonathan M Jeschke, MartÍn A Nunez, et al. 2021. “Viewing Emerging Human Infectious Epidemics through the Lens of Invasion Biology”. BioScience. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/biosci/biab047.
Impacts of biodiversity and biodiversity loss on zoonotic diseases
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Impacts of Biodiversity and Biodiversity Loss on Zoonotic Diseases”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (17). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: e2023540118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2023540118.