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Timothy J. Kurtti

Researcher at University of Minnesota

Publications -  124
Citations -  6235

Timothy J. Kurtti is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ixodes scapularis & Tick. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 121 publications receiving 5789 citations. Previous affiliations of Timothy J. Kurtti include Rutgers University & Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

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Direct cultivation of the causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.

TL;DR: The cultivation of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in cell culture is described to lead to a better understanding of the biology, treatment, and epidemiology of this emerging infection.
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Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

Monika Gulia-Nuss, +124 more
TL;DR: Insights from genome analyses into parasitic processes unique to ticks, including host ‘questing', prolonged feeding, cuticle synthesis, blood meal concentration, novel methods of haemoglobin digestion, haem detoxification, vitellogenesis and prolonged off-host survival are reported.
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Endosymbionts of ticks and their relationship to Wolbachia spp. and tick-borne pathogens of humans and animals.

TL;DR: The presence, internal distribution, and phylogenetic position of endosymbiotic bacteria from four species of specific-pathogen-free ticks were studied and it was indicated that the symbionts of these four tick species were not related to the Wolbachia species found in insects.
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Establishment, maintenance and description of cell lines from the tick Ixodes scapularis.

TL;DR: Several new cell lines derived from embryonated eggs of northern (IDE lines) and southern (ISE lines) populations of the tick Ixodes scapularis were developed to facilitate investigations of the vector phase of tick-borne disease agents in vitro.
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Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a spotted fever group Rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park.

TL;DR: Rickettsia monacensis joins a growing list of SFG rickettsiae that colonize ticks but whose infectivity and pathogenicity for vertebrates are unknown.