Girish Neelakanta

Anaplasma phagocytophilum induces Ixodes scapularis ticks to express an antifreeze glycoprotein gene that enhances their survival in the cold

Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana, Durland Fish et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2010 · 204 citations · Full text

Microbial Pathogens, Humoral Response, Immunology +16

Exosomes serve as novel modes of tick-borne flavivirus transmission from arthropod to human cells and facilitates dissemination of viral RNA and proteins to the vertebrate neuronal cells

Wenshuo Zhou, Michael Woodson, Biswas Neupane et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2018 · 186 citations · Full text

Extracellular Vesicles, Novel Modes, Molecular Virology +12

Exosomes mediate Zika virus transmission through SMPD3 neutral Sphingomyelinase in cortical neurons

Wenshuo Zhou, Michael Woodson, Michael B. Sherman et al. · Emerging Microbes & Infections · 2019 · 120 citations · Full text

Immunology, Viral Pathogenesis, Zikv Viral Rna +20

Arthropod EVs mediate dengue virus transmission through interaction with a tetraspanin domain containing glycoprotein Tsp29Fb

Ashish Vora, Wenshuo Zhou, Berlin Londoño-Rentería et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 116 citations · Full text

Outer Surface Protein B Is Critical for Borrelia burgdorferi Adherence and Survival within Ixodes Ticks

Girish Neelakanta, Xin Li, Utpal Pal et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2007 · 92 citations · Full text

Biology, Outer Surface Protein, Vector-borne Pathogen +11