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Barbara J. B. Johnson
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 80
Citations - 6595
Barbara J. B. Johnson is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Borrelia burgdorferi & Lyme disease. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 80 publications receiving 6300 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara J. B. Johnson include Government of the United States of America & Miles College.
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Seroepidemiology of infections due to spotted fever group rickettsiae and Ehrlichia species in military personnel exposed in areas of the United States where such infections are endemic.
Steven J. Yevich,Jose L. Sanchez,Robert F. DeFraites,Cornelia C. Rives,Jackie E. Dawson,Iyorlumun J. Uhaa,Barbara J. B. Johnson,Daniel B. Fishbein +7 more
TL;DR: Tickborne infections represent a significant threat to military personnel training in areas in which these infections are endemic, and use of permethrin-impregnated uniforms and bed nets increased risk by 4-fold.
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2-Tiered Antibody Testing for Early and Late Lyme Disease Using Only an Immunoglobulin G Blot with the Addition of a VlsE Band as the Second-Tier Test
John A. Branda,Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld,Mary Jane Ferraro,Barbara J. B. Johnson,Gary P. Wormser,Allen C. Steere +5 more
TL;DR: Compared with standard IgM and IgG testing, the new IgG algorithm (with VlsE band) eliminates the need for IgM testing; it provides comparable or better sensitivity, and it maintains high specificity.
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Mapping the ligand-binding region of Borrelia burgdorferi fibronectin-binding protein BBK32.
TL;DR: The structural and functional similarity between the ligand-binding region of BBK32 and the UR region of protein F1 suggests a common mechanism of cellular adhesion and entry for B. burgdorferi and S. pyogenes.
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The hamster immune response to tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi differs from the response to needle-inoculated, cultured organisms.
TL;DR: The results suggest that the hamster immune response to tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi differs from the response to needle inoculated, cultured organisms.
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Discovery Of An Enzootic Cycle Of Borrelia Burgdorferi In Neotoma Mexicana And Ixodes Spinipalpis From Northern Colorado, An Area Where Lyme Disease Is Nonendemic
Gary O. Maupin,Kenneth L. Gage,Joseph Piesman,John A. Montenieri,Steven L. Sviat,Lorna VanderZanden,Christine M. Happ,Marc C. Dolan,Barbara J. B. Johnson +8 more
TL;DR: An intensive enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi was seen in populations of the Mexican wood rat, Neotoma mexicana, and Ixodes spinipalpis ticks in northern Colorado and a tick-derived spirochete isolate was infectious to laboratory mice and I. scapularis, the principal vector of Lyme disease in endemic areas of the United States.