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Overview

Tom G. Schwan is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on infectious diseases, parasitology, and ecology as related to vector-borne pathogens and hosts.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these areas, the subfields of study emphasize:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Parasitology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Insect Science

Their primary research topics cover a range of vector and zoonotic disease issues, including:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Tom G. Schwan has an extensive publication record. Some recent papers include:

  • "Establishment of a Genetically Confirmed Breeding Colony of Mastomys natalensis from Wild-Caught Founders from West Africa," 2021, published in Viruses
  • "Vector Specificity of the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia hermsii (Spirochaetales: Borreliaceae) for the Tick Ornithodoros hermsi (Acari: Argasidae) Involves Persistent Infection of the Salivary Glands," 2021, published in Journal of Medical Entomology
  • "Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite," 2020, published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Transovarial Transmission of Borrelia hermsii by Its Tick Vector and Reservoir Host Ornithodoros hermsi," 2021, published in Microorganisms
  • "Borrelia nietonii sp. nov.: Relapsing Fever Spirochetes Transmitted By the Tick Ornithodoros hermsi Designated Previously as Borrelia hermsii Genomic Group II," 2024, published in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Schwan include:

  • Sandra J. Raffel
  • David Safronetz
  • Kyle Rosenke
  • Robert J. Fischer
  • Rachel LaCasse

Their work is commonly published in scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Viruses
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Microorganisms

Best Publications

  • Induction of an outer surface protein on Borrelia burgdorferi during tick feeding

    Tom G. Schwan;Joseph Piesman;William T. Golde;Marc C. Dolan

  • Temporal Changes in Outer Surface Proteins A and C of the Lyme Disease-Associated Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, during the Chain of Infection in Ticks and Mice

    Tom G. Schwan;Joseph Piesman

  • Outer-surface protein C of the Lyme disease spirochete: A protein induced in ticks for infection of mammals

    Dorothee Grimm;Kit Tilly;Rebecca Byram;Philip E. Stewart

  • Role of the Yersinia pestis Hemin Storage (hms) Locus in the Transmission of Plague by Fleas

    B. Joseph Hinnebusch;Robert D. Perry;Tom G. Schwan

  • Role of Yersinia murine toxin in survival of Yersinia pestis in the midgut of the flea vector.

    B. Joseph Hinnebusch;Amy E. Rudolph;Peter Cherepanov;Jack E. Dixon

  • Bacterial pathogens modulate an apoptosis differentiation program in human neutrophils

    Scott D. Kobayashi;Kevin R. Braughton;Adeline R. Whitney;Jovanka M. Voyich

  • Changes in infectivity and plasmid profile of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, as a result of in vitro cultivation

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  • Temperature-related differential expression of antigens in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.

    B Stevenson;T G Schwan;P A Rosa

  • Clonal Polymorphism of Borrelia burgdorferi Strain B31 MI: Implications for Mutagenesis in an Infectious Strain Background

    Abdallah F. Elias;Philip E. Stewart;Dorothee Grimm;Melissa J. Caimano

  • Lethal Effect of Rickettsia rickettsii on Its Tick Vector (Dermacentor andersoni)

    Mark L. Niebylski;Mort G. Peacock;Tom G. Schwan

  • A Specific and Sensitive Assay for the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Patricia A. Rosa;Tom G. Schwan

  • Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

    Mark S. Dworkin;Tom G. Schwan;Donald E. Anderson;Stephanie M. Borchardt

  • Effects of Environmental pH on Membrane Proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi

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  • Bloodstream- versus tick-associated variants of a relapsing fever bacterium

    Tom G. Schwan;B. Joseph Hinnebusch

  • Vector interactions and molecular adaptations of lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes associated with transmission by ticks.

    Tom G. Schwan;Joseph Piesman

  • GlpQ: an antigen for serological discrimination between relapsing fever and Lyme borreliosis.

    T G Schwan;M E Schrumpf;B J Hinnebusch;D E Anderson

  • Recombination between genes encoding major outer surface proteins A and B of Borrelia burgdorferi

    Patricia A. Rosa;Tom Schwan;Daniel Hogan

  • Reactivity of human Lyme borreliosis sera with a 39-kilodalton antigen specific to Borrelia burgdorferi.

    W J Simpson;M E Schrumpf;T G Schwan

  • Polymerase chain reaction analyses identify two distinct classes of Borrelia burgdorferi.

    P A Rosa;D Hogan;T G Schwan

  • High‐frequency conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes to Yersinia pestis in the flea midgut

    B. Joseph Hinnebusch;Marie-Laure Rosso;Tom G. Schwan;Elisabeth Carniel

  • Borrelia burgdorferi Erp Proteins Are Immunogenic in Mammals Infected by Tick Bite, and Their Synthesis Is Inducible in Cultured Bacteria

    Brian Stevenson;James L. Bono;Tom G. Schwan;Patricia Rosa

  • Rickettsia peacockii sp. nov., a new species infecting wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, in western Montana.

    Mark L. Niebylski;Merry E. Schrumpf;Willy Burgdorfer;Elizabeth R. Fischer

  • Analysis of supercoiled circular plasmids in infectious and non-infectious Borrelia burgdorferi

    Warren J. Simpson;Claude F. Garon;Tom G. Schwan

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia A. Rosa
Patricia A. Rosa National Institutes of Health
Stephen F. Porcella
Stephen F. Porcella National Institutes of Health
Alan G. Barbour
Alan G. Barbour University of California, Irvine
Heinz Feldmann
Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Elizabeth R. Fischer
Elizabeth R. Fischer National Institutes of Health
Joseph Piesman
Joseph Piesman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B. Joseph Hinnebusch
B. Joseph Hinnebusch National Institutes of Health
Claude F. Garon
Claude F. Garon National Institutes of Health
Sven Bergström
Sven Bergström Umeå University
Daniel E. Sturdevant
Daniel E. Sturdevant National Institutes of Health

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