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Anne M. Kjemtrup is affiliated with the California Department of Public Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to medicine, immunology, and microbiology, with a strong emphasis on parasitology and infectious diseases. The scientist's work also intersects with public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as ecological and behavioral studies within biology.

Their main topics of interest involve vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and their vectors, and mosquito-borne diseases and control. Additional focal areas include vector-borne animal diseases, research on Yersinia bacterium and plague, as well as studies of plant viruses and Bartonella species infections.

Notable frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Vicki L. Kramer
  • Christopher D. Paddock
  • Jill K. Hacker
  • Kerry A. Padgett
  • Sharon Messenger

Publications by Anne M. Kjemtrup appear often in journals dedicated to infectious and tropical diseases, including the following frequent venues:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Selected recent publications authored or co-authored by Anne M. Kjemtrup include:

  • "A forty-year review of Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in California shows clinical and epidemiologic changes," 2022, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Other relevant papers in the broader research network where Anne M. Kjemtrup has contributed or been cited alongside colleagues include:

  • "Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010-2016," 2022, Emerging infectious diseases
  • "Transfusion-transmitted Babesia spp.: a changing landscape of epidemiology, regulation, and risk mitigation," 2023, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi seroprevalence in California blood donors," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Soft Tick Relapsing Fever - United States, 2012-2021," 2023, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

The body of work by Anne M. Kjemtrup reflects a sustained engagement with vector-borne diseases and their epidemiology within the United States, particularly in the state of California. Their research contributes to understanding the clinical, epidemiologic, and public health aspects of infectious diseases transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes, addressing risk mitigation, disease prevalence, and changes over time.

Best Publications

  • Human babesiosis : an emerging tick-borne disease

    A. M. Kjemtrup;Patricia A Conrad

  • Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: Consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control

    A. Marm Kilpatrick;Andrew D. M. Dobson;Taal Levi;Daniel J. Salkeld

  • Description of Babesia duncani n.sp. (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae) from humans and its differentiation from other piroplasms.

    Patricia A. Conrad;Anne M. Kjemtrup;Ramon A. Carreno;John Thomford

  • Babesia conradae, sp. Nov., a small canine Babesia identified in California.

    Anne M. Kjemtrup;Katlyn Wainwright;Melissa Miller;B.L. Penzhorn

  • There are at least three genetically distinct small piroplasms from dogs

    A. M. Kjemtrup;A. A. Kocan;L. Whitworth;J. Meinkoth

  • Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis in Washington State: First Reported Case Caused by a WA1-Type Parasite

    Barbara L. Herwaldt;Anne M. Kjemtrup;Patricia A. Conrad;Robert C. Barnes

  • Phylogenetic relationships of human and wildlife piroplasm isolates in the western United States inferred from the 18S nuclear small subunit RNA gene.

    A. M. Kjemtrup;J. Thomford;T. Robinson;Patricia A Conrad

  • Theileriosis in a Missouri beef herd caused by Theileria buffeli: case report, herd investigation, ultrastructure, phylogenetic analysis, and experimental transmission.

    Steve L. Stockham;A. M. Kjemtrup;Patricia A Conrad;D. A. Schmidt

  • A review of the small canine piroplasms from California: Babesia conradae in the literature.

    Anne M. Kjemtrup;Patricia A. Conrad

  • The third described case of transfusion‐transmitted Babesia duncani

    Evan M. Bloch;Barbara L. Herwaldt;David A. Leiby;Annette Shaieb

  • Investigation of transfusion transmission of a WA1‐type babesial parasite to a premature infant in California

    Anne M. Kjemtrup;Brian Lee;Curtis L. Fritz;Cherie Evans

  • Babesia leo n. sp. from lions in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, and its relation to other small piroplasms.

    Barend L. Penzhorn;Anne M. Kjemtrup;Laura M. López-Rebollar;Patricia A. Conrad

  • Seroepidemiology of Emerging Tickborne Infectious Diseases in a Northern California Community

    Curtis L. Fritz;Anne M. Kjemtrup;Patricia A. Conrad;George R. Flores

  • The Eco-epidemiology of Pacific Coast Tick Fever in California.

    Kerry A. Padgett;Denise L. Bonilla;Marina E. Eremeeva;Carol A. Glaser

  • Large Scale Spatial Risk and Comparative Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ixodes pacificus

    Kerry Padgett;Denise Bonilla;Anne Kjemtrup;Inger-Marie Vilcins

  • Evidence for transmission of the zoonotic apicomplexan parasite Babesia duncani by the tick Dermacentor albipictus.

    Andrea Swei;Kerry E. O'Connor;Lisa I. Couper;Jose Thekkiniath

  • Risk Factors for Human Lice and Bartonellosis among the Homeless, San Francisco, California, USA

    Denise L. Bonilla;Charsey Cole-Porse;Anne Kjemtrup;Lynn Osikowicz

  • Seasonal activity patterns of the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus, in relation to onset of human Lyme disease in northwestern California

    Daniel J. Salkeld;Martin B. Castro;Denise Bonilla;Anne Kjemtrup

  • A genotypically unique Babesia gibsoni-like parasite recovered from a dog in Oklahoma.

    A. Alan Kocan;Anne Kjemtrup;J. Meinkoth;Lisa C. Whitworth

  • Description and epidemiology of Theileria youngi n. sp. from a northern Californian dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma Fuscipes) population.

    Anne M. Kjemtrup;Thomas Robinson;Patricia A. Conrad

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia A. Conrad
Patricia A. Conrad University of California, Davis
Mark L. Eberhard
Mark L. Eberhard Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert S. Lane
Robert S. Lane University of California, Berkeley
William K. Reisen
William K. Reisen University of California, Davis
Alan G. Barbour
Alan G. Barbour University of California, Irvine
Jonathan S. Towner
Jonathan S. Towner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John D. Klena
John D. Klena Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barend Louis Penzhorn
Barend Louis Penzhorn University of Pretoria
Daniel J. Salkeld
Daniel J. Salkeld Colorado State University
Stuart T. Nichol
Stuart T. Nichol Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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