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Michael J. Yabsley is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on parasitology and infectious diseases, with significant work intersecting immunology, microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their subfields of study highlight a specialization in Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Michael J. Yabsley's research topics cover:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Dermatological diseases and infestations

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Kayla B. Garrett
  • Christopher A. Cleveland
  • Alec T. Thompson
  • Nicole M. Nemeth
  • Mark G. Ruder

The venues where Michael J. Yabsley has published most often include:

  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael J. Yabsley are:

  • Sarcoptic mange: An emerging panzootic in wildlife (2021), Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • First glimpse into the origin and spread of the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, in the United States (2020), Zoonoses and Public Health
  • Surveys for ticks on wildlife hosts and in the environment at Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis)-positive sites in Virginia and New Jersey, 2018 (2020), Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Theileria orientalis Ikeda in host-seeking Haemaphysalis longicornis in Virginia, U.S.A. (2020), Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • A Review of Pathogen Transmission at the Backyard Chicken-Wild Bird Interface (2020), Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' Disease in the United States

    Caryn Bern;Sonia Kjos;Michael J. Yabsley;Susan P. Montgomery

  • Natural history of Zoonotic Babesia: Role of wildlife reservoirs.

    Michael J. Yabsley;Barbara C. Shock

  • Tick-Borne Diseases in North Carolina: Is “Rickettsia amblyommii” a Possible Cause of Rickettsiosis Reported as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

    Charles S. Apperson;Barry Engber;William L. Nicholson;Daniel G. Mead

  • Ecological havoc, the rise of white-tailed deer, and the emergence of Amblyomma americanum-associated zoonoses in the United States.

    C. D. Paddock;M. J. Yabsley

  • Multistate Infestation with the Exotic Disease–Vector Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis — United States, August 2017–September 2018

    C. Ben Beard;James Occi;Denise L. Bonilla;Andrea M. Egizi

  • Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana.

    Patricia L. Dorn;Leon Perniciaro;Michael J. Yabsley;Dawn M. Roellig

  • Prevalence of Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma platys, Babesia canis vogeli, Hepatozoon canis, Bartonella vinsonii berkhoffii, and Rickettsia spp. in dogs from Grenada

    Michael J. Yabsley;John McKibben;Calum N. Macpherson;Peggy F. Cattan

  • Genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii in wildlife from North America revealed widespread and high prevalence of the fourth clonal type

    J. P. Dubey;G. V. Velmurugan;C. Rajendran;M. J. Yabsley

  • Factors affecting the geographic distribution of West Nile virus in Georgia, USA: 2002-2004

    Samantha E J Gibbs;Michael C Wimberly;Marguerite Madden;Janna Masour

  • Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

    Michael J. Yabsley;Andrea S. Varela;Cynthia M. Tate;Vivien G. Dugan

  • The North American bullfrog as a reservoir for the spread of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Brazil

    L. M. Schloegel;C. M. Ferreira;T. Y. James;M. Hipolito

  • Molecular Typing of Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates, United States

    Dawn M. Roellig;Emily L. Brown;Christian Barnabé;Michel Tibayrenc

  • Seroprevalence of Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in dogs in North America

    Melissa J Beall;A Rick Alleman;Ed B Breitschwerdt;Leah A Cohn

  • Influenza-A viruses in ducks in northwestern Minnesota: fine scale spatial and temporal variation in prevalence and subtype diversity.

    Benjamin R. Wilcox;Gregory A. Knutsen;James Berdeen;Virginia Goekjian

  • Molecular Characterization of the Trichomonas gallinae Morphologic Complex in the United States

    Richard W. Gerhold;Michael J. Yabsley;Autumn J. Smith;Elissa Ostergaard

  • Sarcoptic Mange: An Emerging Panzootic in Wildlife.

    Luis E Escobar;Scott Carver;Paul C Cross;Luca Rossi

  • Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Among Eleven Potential Reservoir Species from Six States Across the Southern United States

    Emily L. Brown;Dawn M. Roellig;Matthew E. Gompper;Ryan J. Monello

  • Identification of bloodmeal sources and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from residential settings in Texas, the United States.

    Sonia A. Kjos;Paula L. Marcet;Michael J. Yabsley;Uriel Kitron

  • Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi with opposing evidence for the theory of carnivory.

    Dawn M. Roellig;Angela E. Ellis;Michael J. Yabsley

  • A preliminary investigation of Ehrlichia species in ticks, humans, dogs, and capybaras from Brazil

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Jere W. McBride;Luis Marcelo A. Camargo;Daniel M. Aguiar

  • Evidence of tick-borne organisms in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from the western United States.

    Michael J. Yabsley;William R. Davidson;David E. Stallknecht;Andrea S. Varela

  • Absence of Rickettsia rickettsii and Occurrence of Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks from Tennessee

    Abelardo C. Moncayo;Sara B. Cohen;Charissa M. Fritzen;Eileen Huang

  • Theileria orientalis Ikeda Genotype in Cattle, Virginia, USA.

    Vanessa J. Oakes;Michael J. Yabsley;Diana Schwartz;Tanya LeRoith

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Davidson
William R. Davidson University of Georgia
Susan E. Little
Susan E. Little Oklahoma State University
Mark L. Eberhard
Mark L. Eberhard Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roy D. Berghaus
Roy D. Berghaus University of Georgia
Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service
John C. Maerz
John C. Maerz University of Georgia
Michael C. Wimberly
Michael C. Wimberly University of Oklahoma
Ulrike G. Munderloh
Ulrike G. Munderloh University of Minnesota
Edward B. Breitschwerdt
Edward B. Breitschwerdt North Carolina State University
Thomas A. Richards
Thomas A. Richards University of Oxford

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