Erol Fikrig

Adiponectin in the mammalian host influences ticks' acquisition of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia.

Xiaotian Tang, Yongguo Cao, Carmen J Booth, 2023, PLoS Biology.

Bulk and single-nucleus RNA sequencing highlight immune pathways induced in individuals during an Ixodes scapularis tick bite

M. Tomayko, Xiaotian Tang, Geoffrey E. Lynn, 2023, Infection and immunity.

mosGILT controls innate immunity and germ cell development in Anopheles gambiae

Andaleeb Sajid, Yuemei Dong, Jing Yang, 2024, BMC genomics.

Two mosquito salivary antigens demonstrate promise as biomarkers of recent exposure to P. falciparum infected mosquito bites

D. Ndiaye, A. Mbengue, A. Deme, 2024, medRxiv.

The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity

S. Halene, A. Ring, S. Thangamani, 2024, Science Immunology.

Salp14 epitope-based mRNA vaccination induces early recognition of a tick bite.

M. Alameh, Xiaotian Tang, Erol Fikrig, 2024, Vaccine.