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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
67
Citations
12659
World Ranking
218
National Ranking
70

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  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award

Overview

Robert S. Lane is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, focusing primarily on parasitology, infectious diseases, and insect science, with specific expertise in vector-borne infectious diseases.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentration on ticks and tick-borne diseases, with notable works including:

  • Prevalence of Babesia canis DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in forest and urban ecosystems in west-central Poland (2021), published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Modeling future climate suitability for the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, in California with an emphasis on land access and ownership (2021), published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Detection and Isolation of Rickettsia tillamookensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) From Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) From Multiple Regions of California (2022), published in Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Recovery of western black-legged tick and vertebrate populations after a destructive wildfire in an intensively-studied woodland in northern California (2023), published in Journal of Vector Ecology
  • Rickettsia rickettsii subsp californica subsp nov, the Etiologic Agent of Pacific Coast Tick Fever (2024), published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Robert S. Lane's work frequently appears in the following journals:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Journal of Vector Ecology
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Their research addresses major topics such as:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Insect and pesticide research

Main fields of study include immunology and microbiology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Subfields that characterize their work are parasitology, infectious diseases, insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and ecological modeling.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kerry A. Padgett
  • Christopher D. Paddock
  • Sandor E. Karpathy
  • Maria L. Zambrano
  • Emily L. Pascoe

Best Publications

  • Lyme borreliosis: relation of its causative agent to its vectors and hosts in North America and Europe.

    R S Lane;J Piesman;W Burgdorfer

  • The western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus: a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi.

    Willy Burgdorfer;Robert S. Lane;Alan G. Barbour;Robert A. Gresbrink

  • Lyme Disease in California: a Novel Enzootic Transmission Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

    Richard N. Brown;Robert S. Lane

  • Infection with a Babesia-Like Organism in Northern California

    David H. Persing;Barbara L. Herwaldt;Carol Glaser;Robert S. Lane

  • Expanded Diversity among Californian Borrelia Isolates and Description of Borrelia bissettii sp. nov. (Formerly Borrelia Group DN127)

    D. Postic;N. Marti Ras;R. S. Lane;M. Hendson

  • Research on the ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens--methodological principles and caveats.

    Agustín Estrada-Peña;Jeremy S. Gray;Olaf Kahl;Robert S. Lane

  • BORRELIACIDAL FACTOR IN THE BLOOD OF THE WESTERN FENCE LIZARD (SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS)

    R S Lane;G B Quistad

  • Diapause in ticks of the medically important Ixodes ricinus species complex.

    Jeremy S. Gray;Olaf Kahl;Robert S. Lane;Michael L. Levin

  • Spatial dynamics of lyme disease: a review.

    Mary E. Killilea;Andrea Swei;Robert S. Lane;Cheryl J. Briggs

  • Evidence Implicating Nymphal Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Epidemiology of Lyme Disease in California

    James R. Clover;Robert S. Lane

  • The transcriptome of the salivary glands of the female western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae).

    Ivo M.B. Francischetti;Van My Pham;Ben J. Mans;John F. Andersen

  • Genetic Heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States

    D. A. Mathiesen;J. H. Oliver;C. P. Kolbert;E. D. Tullson

  • Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii.

    Gabriele Margos;Andrias Hojgaard;Robert S. Lane;Muriel Cornet

  • Emerging Bacterial Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases: Ecological and Epidemiological Factors

    David H. Walker;Alan G. Barbour;James H. Oliver;Robert S. Lane

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of the Spirochetes Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia turicatae and the Potential for Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Florida

    Tom G. Schwan;Sandra J. Raffel;Merry E. Schrumpf;Paul F. Policastro

  • A comparative study of mammalian and reptilian alternative pathway of complement-mediated killing of the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi).

    May M. Kuo;Robert S. Lane;Patricia C. Giclas

  • Lyme disease in California: interrelationship of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae), the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), and Borrelia burgdorferi.

    Robert S. Lane;Jenella E. Loye

  • Detection of a Borrelia miyamotoi Sensu Lato Relapsing-Fever Group Spirochete from Ixodes pacificus in California

    Jeomhee Mun;Rebecca J. Eisen;Lars Eisen;Robert S. Lane

  • Life Cycle of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae): Timing of Developmental Processes Under Field and Laboratory Conditions

    Kerry A. Padgett;Kerry A. Padgett;Robert S. Lane

  • The roles of birds, lizards, and rodents as hosts for the western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus.

    Lars Eisen;Rebecca J. Eisen;Robert S. Lane

  • Environmentally Related Variability in Risk of Exposure to Lyme Disease Spirochetes in Northern California: Effect of Climatic Conditions and Habitat Type

    Rebecca J. Eisen;Lars Eisen;Martin B. Castro;Robert S. Lane

  • Western Gray Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae): A Primary Reservoir Host of Borrelia burgdorferi in Californian Oak Woodlands?

    Robert S. Lane;Jeomhee Mun;Rebecca J. Eisen;Lars Eisen

  • Seasonal activity patterns of Ixodes pacificus nymphs in relation to climatic conditions.

    L. Eisen;R. J. Eisen;R. S. Lane

  • Transovarial and transstadial passage of Borrelia burgdorferi in the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae).

    Robert S. Lane;Willy Burgdorfer

  • Impact of the experimental removal of lizards on Lyme disease risk.

    Andrea Swei;Richard S. Ostfeld;Robert S. Lane;Cheryl J. Briggs

  • Isolation and transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete from the southeastern United States

    J H Oliver;F W Chandler;M P Luttrell;A M James

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Eisen
Lars Eisen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rebecca J. Eisen
Rebecca J. Eisen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John R. Anderson
John R. Anderson Carnegie Mellon University
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis
Volker Fingerle
Volker Fingerle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Alan G. Barbour
Alan G. Barbour University of California, Irvine
Joseph Piesman
Joseph Piesman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nicholas H. Ogden
Nicholas H. Ogden Public Health Agency of Canada
John E Madigan
John E Madigan University of California, Davis
James H. Oliver
James H. Oliver Georgia Southern University

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