Publications

Varela-Stokes, A.S., C.D. Paddock, B. Engber and M. Toliver. 2011. Rickettsia parkeri in North Carolina: implications in a state with a high incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Emerg. Infec. Dis. (in press).

Romer, Y., A. Seijo, W.L. Nicholson, A. Varela-Stokes, R.R. Nash, and C.D. Paddock. 2011.     Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Argentina. Emerg. Infec. Dis. 17:1169-1173. PubMed link

Edwards, K.T., J. Goddard, and A. Varela-Stokes. 2011. Distribution of spotted fever group
rickettsiae in select tissues of experimentally infected and field-collected Gulf Coast ticks. J. Med. Entomol. 48:687-690. PubMed link

Edwards, K.T., A.S. Varela-Stokes, Paddock C.D., and J. Goddard. 2011. Gotch ear in a goat: a case report. Vec. Born. Zoo. Dis. 11:1217-1219. PubMed link

Edwards, K.T., J. Goddard, T. Jones, C.D. Paddock, and A.S. Varela-Stokes. 2011. Cattle and the Natural History of Rickettsia parkeri in Mississippi. Vec. Born. Zoo. Dis. 11:485-491. (Epub in 2010: doi:10.1089/vbz.2010.0056). PubMed link

Castellaw, A.H., E.F. Chenney and A.S. Varela-Stokes. 2011. Tick-borne disease agents in various wildlife from Mississippi.  Vec. Born. Zoo. Dis.11: 439-442. (Epub in 2010: doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0221). PubMed link

Castellaw, A.H., J. Showers, J. Goddard, E.F. Chenney and A.S. Varela-Stokes. 2010.
Detection of vector-borne agents in lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae), from Mississippi. J. Med. Ento. 47:473-476. PubMed link

Paddock, C.D., P. Fournier, J.W. Sumner, J. Goddard, Y. Elshenawy, M.G. Metcalfe, A.D. Loftis and A.S. Varela-Stokes. 2010. Isolation of Rickettsia parkeri and identification of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. from Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) in the United States. App. Environ. Micro. 76:2689-2696. PubMed link

Goddard, J. and A.S. Varela-Stokes.  2009.  The discovery and pursuit of American Boutonneuse Fever: A new spotted fever group rickettsiosis.  MidSouth Ento. 2:47-52. pdf

Goddard, J., and A.S. Varela-Stokes. 2008. Role of the lone-star tick, Amblyomma americanum  (L.), in human and animal diseases. Vet Parasitol 160:1-12. PubMed link   

Edwards, K. T., J. Goddard, and A. S. Varela-Stokes. 2008. Examination of the Internal             
Morphology of the Ixodid Tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, (Acari: Ixodidae); a “How-to” Pictorial Dissection Guide.  Midsouth Entomologist 2:28-39. pdf

Varela-Stokes, A.S., S.Y. Ludwig, L.H. Herbst, and E.C. Greiner. 2008. Helminth fauna of the    nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in north-central Florida. J. Parasitol. 94:564-566. PubMed link

Varela-Stokes, A.S. 2007. Transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). J. Wildlife Dis.  43:376-381. PubMed link

Varela-Stokes, A.S.  2007. Transmission of bacterial agents from lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).  J. Med. Ento. 44:478-483. PubMed link

Varela-Stokes, A.S., J.V. Stokes, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little. 2006.  Coinfection of white-    tailed deer with multiple strains of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Vec. Born. Zoo. Dis. 6:140-151. PubMed link

Jiménez-Ruiz, A.G., S.L. Gardner, E.C. Greiner, and A.S. Varela-Stokes. 2006.  Aspidoderidae from North America with the description of a new species of Aspidodera (Heterakoidea).   J.
Parasitol. 92:847-854. PubMed link

Moyer, P.A., A.S. Varela, M.P. Luttrell, V.A. Moore IV, D.E. Stallknecht, and S.E. Little.  2005.    White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) develop spirochetemia following experimental infection with Borrelia lonestari. Vet. Micro. 115:229-236. PubMed link

Yabsley, M.J., W.R. Davidson, D.E. Stallknecht, A.S. Varela, P.K. Swift, J.C. Devos, S.A. Dubay.  2005.  Evidence of Tick-Borne Organisms in Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from the Western United States. Vec. Born. Zoo. Dis. 5: 351-362. PubMed link

Varela, A.S., D.E. Stallknecht, M.J. Yabsley, V.A. Moore, E.W. Howerth, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little.    2005.  Primary and secondary infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Vec. Born. Zoo. Dis. 5:48-57. PubMed link

Varela, A.S., V.A. Moore, and S.E. Little. 2004. Disease agents in Amblyomma americanum from northeastern Georgia. J. Med. Ento. 41:753-759. PubMed link

Dugan, V.G., A.S. Varela, D.E. Stallknecht, C.C. Hurd, S.E. Little. 2004. Attempted experimental infection of domestic goats with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Vec. Born. Zoo. Dis. 4:131-136. PubMed link

Varela, A.S., M.P. Luttrell, E.W. Howerth, V.A. Moore, W.R. Davidson, D.E. Stallknecht, and S.E.     Little. 2004. First culture isolation of Borrelia lonestari, putative agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI). J. Clin. Micro. 42:1163-9. PubMed link

Varela, A.S., D.E. Stallknecht, M.J. Yabsley, V.A. Moore, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little. 2003.  experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Ehrlichia chaffeensis by
different inoculation routes. J. Wildlife Dis. 39:881-886. PubMed link

Moore, V.A., A.S. Varela, M.J. Yabsley, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little. 2003. Detection of Borrelia lonestari, causative agent of STARI (Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness), in white- tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the southeastern United States. J. Clin. Micro. 41:424- 427. PubMed link

Yabsley, M.J., A.S. Varela, C.M. Tate, V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, S.E. Little, and W.R.          Davidson. 2002. Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8:668-671. PubMed link

Varela, A.S., J.M. Kinsella, and M.G. Spalding. 2001. Presence of encysted immature nematodes in a released whooping crane (Grus Americana). J. Zoo and Wildlife Med. 32:523-525. PubMed link

Book chapter:
Varela , A.S. 2003. Tick-borne Ehrlichiae and Rickettsiae of Dogs. in D.W. Bowman, ed.             Companion and Exotic Animal Parasitology.  International Veterinary Information Services.     (www.ivis.org); A0315.0503.

Extension Publications:
Goddard, J. and A.S. Varela-Stokes. 2009. Lyme Disease in Mississippi.  Mississippi State         University Extension Service.  Extension Publication 2296. pdf