Richard Ostfeld

Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America
Keesing, Felicia, Diana J. McHenry, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America”. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91 (2): 302-9. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0525.
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 L. 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.
The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2013
Ostfeld, Richard S., and William H. Schlesinger. 2013. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2013. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 1286. Wiley Blackwell, NY. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.2013.1286.issue-1/issuetoc.
Biodiversity and Human Health
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2013. “Biodiversity and Human Health”. In S. Levin, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd ed. Academic Press.