Publications co-authored by Varela-Stokes and Stokes:

Stokes JV, Levin ML, Cross CE, Ross AL, Snellgrove AN, Willeford BV, Alugubelly N, Varela-Stokes AS. Evaluating the Clinical and Immune Responses to Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in the Guinea Pig-Tick-Rickettsia System. Curr Protoc. 2022 Nov;2(11):e584. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.584. PubMed PMID: 36383032; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9828190.

Ross AL, Stokes JV, Cross CE, Alugubelly N, Varela-Stokes AS. Multiplex TaqMan(®) Quantitative PCR Assays for Host-Tick-Pathogen Studies Using the Guinea Pig-Tick-Rickettsia System. Pathogens. 2022 May 18;11(5). doi: 10.3390/pathogens11050594. PubMed PMID: 35631115; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9147651.

Cross CE, Stokes JV, Alugubelly N, Ross AL, Willeford BV, Walker JD, Varela-Stokes AS. Skin in the Game: An Assay to Monitor Leukocyte Infiltration in Dermal Lesions of a Guinea Pig Model for Tick-Borne Rickettsiosis. Pathogens. 2022 Jan 20;11(2). doi: 10.3390/pathogens11020119. PubMed PMID: 35215063; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8878158.

Stokes JV, Nicaise AJ, Frodella CM, Varela-Stokes AS, Thompson T, Kaplan BLF. Isolation of Transcriptomic-Quality Total RNA from Mouse Spinal Cords. Curr Protoc. 2022 Jan;2(1):e338. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.338. PubMed PMID: 35030295; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8852305.

Alugubelly N, Stokes JV, Cross CE, Ross AL, Crawford AE, Fiihr GF, Varela-Stokes AS. Beyond the IFA: Revisiting the ELISA as a More Sensitive, Objective, and Quantitative Evaluation of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Exposure. Pathogens. 2021 Jan 20;10(2). doi: 10.3390/pathogens10020088. PubMed PMID: 33498380; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7909427.

Parkins ND, Stokes JV, Gavron NA, Frankovich AN, Varela-Stokes AS. Corrigendum to Scarcity of Hepatozoon americanum in Gulf Coast tick vectors and potential for cultivating the protozoan Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports Volume 21, July 2020, 100421. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2021 Jan;23:100543. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100543. Epub 2021 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 33678360.

Stokes JV, Walker DH, Varela-Stokes AS. The guinea pig model for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses: A second look. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2020 Nov;11(6):101538. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101538. Epub 2020 Aug 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 32993947; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7530330.

Parkins ND, Stokes JV, Gavron NA, Frankovich AN, Varela-Stokes AS. Scarcity of Hepatozoon americanum in Gulf Coast tick vectors and potential for cultivating the protozoan. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2020 Jul;21:100421. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100421. Epub 2020 Jun 21. PubMed PMID: 32862908; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9254635.

Stokes JV, Crawford AE, Cross CE, Ross AL, Walker JD, Willeford BV, Varela-Stokes AS. An optimized five-color/seven-parameter flow cytometry panel for immunophenotyping guinea pig peripheral blood lymphocytes. J Immunol Methods. 2020 Jan;476:112682. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2019.112682. Epub 2019 Nov 1. PubMed PMID: 31682796; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6939130.

Lee JK, Moraru GM, Stokes JV, Benton AN, Wills RW, Nabors HP, Smith CL, Lawrence AM, Willeford BV, Varela-Stokes AS. Amblyomma maculatum-associated rickettsiae in vector tissues and vertebrate hosts during tick feeding. Exp Appl Acarol. 2019 Feb;77(2):187-205. doi: 10.1007/s10493-019-00343-x. Epub 2019 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 30771038; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6402582.

Lee JK, Stokes JV, Moraru GM, Harper AB, Smith CL, Wills RW, Varela-Stokes AS. Transmission of Amblyomma maculatum-Associated Rickettsia spp. During Cofeeding on Cattle. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2018 Oct;18(10):511-518. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2228. Epub 2018 Jul 31. PubMed PMID: 30063189; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6167612.

Varela-Stokes AS, Park SH, Stokes JV, Gavron NA, Lee SI, Moraru GM, Ricke SC. Tick microbial communities within enriched extracts of Amblyomma maculatum. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 May;9(4):798-805. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.02.022. Epub 2018 Mar 1. PubMed PMID: 29530467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5962414.

Lee JK, Moraru GM, Stokes JV, Wills RW, Mitchell E, Unz E, Moore-Henderson B, Harper AB, Varela-Stokes AS. Rickettsia parkeri and “Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae” in Questing Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) From Mississippi. J Med Entomol. 2017 Mar 1;54(2):476-480. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw175. PubMed PMID: 27773866; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5850715.

Stokes JV, Moraru GM, McIntosh C, Kummari E, Rausch K, Varela-Stokes AS. Differentiated THP-1 Cells Exposed to Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Borrelia Species Demonstrate Minimal Differences in Production of Four Inflammatory Cytokines. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016 Nov;16(11):691-695. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2006. Epub 2016 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 27680384; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5105337.

Jones K, Johnson N, Yang S, Stokes J, Smith W, Wills R, Goddard J, Varela-Stokes A. Investigations into Outbreaks of Black Fly Attacks and Subsequent Avian Haemosporidians in Backyard-Type Poultry and Other Exposed Avian Species. Avian Dis. 2015 Mar;59(1):24-30. doi: 10.1637/10867-052114-reg.1. PubMed PMID: 26292530.

Varela-Stokes AS, Stokes JV, Davidson WR, Little SE. Co-infection of white-tailed deer with multiple strains of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2006 Summer;6(2):140-51. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.140. PubMed PMID: 16796511.

For a complete list of publications, see our My Bibliography pages:

Andrea Varela-Stokes’ My Bibliography

John Stokes’ My Bibliography