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Stephen K. Wikel publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

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Stephen K. Wikel D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen K. Wikel sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Stephen K. Wikel is affiliated with Quinnipiac University in the United States with a research focus spanning medicine and agricultural and biological sciences. Their scholarly output primarily addresses infectious diseases and parasitology, with additional attention to ecological, evolutionary, behavioral, and systematics aspects as well as public health, environmental, and occupational health issues.

The scientist's work covers various specialized topics, including:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Prominent recent publications by Stephen K. Wikel include:

  • Changing Geographic Ranges of Human Biting Ticks and Implications for Tick-Borne Zoonoses in North America, 2022, Zoonotic Diseases
  • Immunobiology of tick-host-pathogen interactions, 2021, Parasite Immunology
  • Zoonoses: Changing, Challenging, and Increasing Global Disease Threats, 2024, Zoonotic Diseases

Other relevant papers linked to their field of study are:

  • Administration of an Orally Delivered Substrate Targeting a Mammalian Zoonotic Pathogen Reservoir Population: Novel Application and Biomarker Analysis, 2020, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Vaccines against tick-borne diseases: a big step forward?, 2023, Trends in Parasitology

Stephen K. Wikel frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Zoonotic Diseases
  • Parasite Immunology
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Uk Glasgow
  • Uk London
  • Eleanor M. Riley
  • Richard K. Grencis
  • P Cooper

Best Publications

  • Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

    Monika Gulia-Nuss;Monika Gulia-Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Jason M. Meyer;Jason M. Meyer;Daniel E. Sonenshine

  • An annotated catalog of salivary gland transcripts from Ixodes scapularis ticks.

    Jose M C Ribeiro;Francisco J Alarcon-Chaidez;Ivo M. B. Francischetti;Ben J. Mans

  • Interdependence of environmental factors influencing reciprocal patterns of gene expression in virulent Borrelia burgdorferi.

    Xiaofeng Yang;Martin S. Goldberg;Taissia G. Popova;George B. Schoeler

  • Ticks and tick-borne pathogens at the cutaneous interface: host defenses, tick countermeasures, and a suitable environment for pathogen establishment

    Stephen Wikel

  • Infestation with pathogen-free nymphs of the tick Ixodes scapularis induces host resistance to transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi by ticks.

    S K Wikel;R N Ramachandra;D K Bergman;T R Burkot

  • Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections: Complex Ecology, Agents, and Host Interactions

    Stephen K Wikel

  • Tick genomics: the Ixodes genome project and beyond.

    J. Pagel Van Zee;N.S. Geraci;F.D. Guerrero;S.K. Wikel

  • The Ixodes scapularis Genome Project: an opportunity for advancing tick research

    Catherine A. Hill;Stephen K. Wikel

  • Decorin-Binding Protein A (DbpA) of Borrelia burgdorferi Is Not Protective When Immunized Mice Are Challenged via Tick Infestation and Correlates with the Lack of DbpA Expression by B. burgdorferi in Ticks

    Kayla E. Hagman;Xiaofeng Yang;Stephen K. Wikel;George B. Schoeler

  • Isolation and molecular cloning of a secreted immunosuppressant protein from Dermacentor andersoni salivary gland.

    Douglas K. Bergman;Melanie J. Palmer;Melissa J. Caimano;Justin D. Radolf

  • Changes in temporal and spatial patterns of outer surface lipoprotein expression generate population heterogeneity and antigenic diversity in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.

    P. Scott Hefty;Sarah E. Jolliff;Melissa J. Caimano;Stephen K. Wikel

  • Transcriptome analysis of the salivary glands of Dermacentor andersoni Stiles (Acari: Ixodidae).

    Francisco J. Alarcon-Chaidez;Jianxin Sun;Stephen K. Wikel

  • Progress toward molecular characterization of ectoparasite modulation of host immunity

    Stephen K. Wikel;Francisco J. Alarcon-Chaidez

  • Host immune response to mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus differs from that elicited by needle inoculated virus

    Saravanan Thangamani;Stephen Higgs;Sarah Ziegler;Dana Vanlandingham

  • Identification, Characterization, and Expression of Three New Members of the Borrelia burgdorferi Mlp (2.9) Lipoprotein Gene Family

    Xiaofeng Yang;Taissia G. Popova;Kayla E. Hagman;Stephen K. Wikel

  • One Health approach to identify research needs in bovine and human babesioses: workshop report

    Adalberto A. Perez de Leon;Daniel A. Strickman;Donald P Knowles;Durland Fish

  • Variation in genome size of argasid and ixodid ticks

    Nicholas S. Geraci;J. Spencer Johnston;J. Paul Robinson;Stephen K. Wikel

  • OspE-Related, OspF-Related, and Elp Lipoproteins Are Immunogenic in Baboons Experimentally Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi and in Human Lyme Disease Patients

    P. Scott Hefty;Chad S. Brooks;Amy M. Jett;Gary L. White

  • SAAG-4 is a novel mosquito salivary protein that programmes host CD4 T cells to express IL-4.

    V. D. Boppana;Saravanan Thangamani;A. J. Adler;S. K. Wikel;S. K. Wikel

  • Transstadial transfer of West Nile virus by three species of ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).

    John F. Anderson;Andrew J. Main;Andrew J. Main;Theodore G. Andreadis;Stephen K. Wikel

Frequent Co-Authors

José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Adam J. Adler
Adam J. Adler University of Connecticut Health Center
Serap Aksoy
Serap Aksoy Yale University
Melissa J. Caimano
Melissa J. Caimano University of Connecticut Health Center
Terry F. McElwain
Terry F. McElwain Washington State University
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Adalberto A. Pérez de León
Adalberto A. Pérez de León Agricultural Research Service
Pete D. Teel
Pete D. Teel Texas A&M University
Kirby C. Stafford
Kirby C. Stafford Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Sergey Koren
Sergey Koren National Institutes of Health

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