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Sperling JLH, Fitzgerald D, Sperling FAH, Magor KE.
Microbiome Composition and Borrelia Detection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks at the Northwestern Edge of Their Range.
Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2020, 5, 173. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5040173

Sperling J, MacDonald Z, Normandeau J, Merrill E, Sperling F, Magor K.
Within-population diversity of bacterial microbiomes in winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus).
Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases 2020, volume 11, Issue 6, 101535.
doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101535

Sperling JLH, Silva-Brandão KL, Brandão MM, Lloyd VK, Dang S, Davis CS, Sperling FAH, Magor KE.
Comparison of bacterial 16S rRNA variable regions for microbiome surveys of ticks,
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2017, Volume 8, Issue 4,, Pages 453-461, ISSN 1877-959X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.02.002.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X16302217)

Sperling J, Middelveen M, Klein D, Sperling F. 2012. Evolving perspectives on Lyme borreliosis in Canada. Open Neurol J 6:94–103.

Sperling JLH, and Sperling, FAH. 2009. Lyme borreliosis in Canada: biological diversity and diagnostic complexity from an entomological perspective. Can Entomol 141(6):521– 549.

 

Leo, S. S. T., Samuel, W. M., Pybus, M. J., and Sperling F. A. H. 2014. Origin of Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae) on elk in the Yukon, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50: 544- 551. 

Leo, S. S. T., Pybus, M. J., and Sperling, F. A. H. 2014. Deep mitochondrial DNA lineage divergences within Alberta populations of Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae) do not indicate distinct species. Journal of Medical Entomology 47: 565-574.

Leo, S. S. T., Davis, C., and Sperling, F. A. H. 2012Characterization of 14 microsatellite loci developed for Dermacentor albipictus and cross-species amplification in D. andersoni and D. variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 379-382.

 

Kain, D.E., Sperling, F.A.H., Daly, H.V., and Lane, R.S. 1999. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae). Heredity, 83(4): 378–386. PMID:10583539 doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6886110

Kain, D.E., Sperling, F.A.H., and Lane, R.S. 1997. Population genetic structure of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) using allozymes. Journal of Medical Entomology, 34(4): 441–450 PMID: 9220679.

 

Reuben Kaufman's list of publications is available here

J.D. Gregson's 1936 thesis is available here: Gregson1936