Ira Schwartz

MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>

Gabriele Margos, Anne G. Gatewood, David M. Aanensen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 330 citations · Full text

Molecular Epidemiology, Genetics, European Origin +19

Profiling of Temperature-Induced Changes in<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>Gene Expression by Using Whole Genome Arrays

Caroline Ojaimi, Chad S. Brooks, Sherwood Casjens et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2003 · 287 citations · Full text

Analysis of the RpoS regulon in <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> in response to mammalian host signals provides insight into RpoS function during the enzootic cycle

Melissa J. Caimano, Radha Iyer, Christian H. Eggers et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2007 · 262 citations · Full text

Enzootic Cycle, Microbial Pathogens, Innate Immune System +17

<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>Genotype Predicts the Capacity for Hematogenous Dissemination during Early Lyme Disease

Gary P. Wormser, Dustin Brisson, Dionysios Liveris et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 224 citations · Full text

Diagnosis of early Lyme disease by polymerase chain reaction amplification and culture of skin biopsies from erythema migrans lesions

Ira Schwartz, Gary P. Wormser, John J. Schwartz et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1992 · 220 citations · Full text

Skin Biopsies, Pathogen Detection, Diagnosis +21