Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis M Achtman, G Morelli, P Zhu, T Wirth, I Diehl, B Kusecek, AJ Vogler, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (51), 17837-17842, 2004 | 682 | 2004 |
Global genetic population structure of Bacillus anthracis MN Van Ert, WR Easterday, LY Huynh, RT Okinaka, ME Hugh-Jones, ... PLoS One 2 (5), e461, 2007 | 481 | 2007 |
Climate-driven introduction of the Black Death and successive plague reintroductions into Europe BV Schmid, U Büntgen, WR Easterday, C Ginzler, L Walløe, B Bramanti, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (10), 3020-3025, 2015 | 392 | 2015 |
Strain-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames strain MN Van Ert, WR Easterday, TS Simonson, JM U'Ren, T Pearson, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 45 (1), 47, 2007 | 151 | 2007 |
Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) CJ Carlson, WM Getz, KL Kausrud, CA Cizauskas, JK Blackburn, ... Biological Reviews 93 (4), 1813-1831, 2018 | 122 | 2018 |
Bacillus anthracis in China and its relationship to worldwide lineages T Simonson, R Okinaka, B Wang, WR Easterday, L Huynh, J U'Ren, ... BMC microbiology 9 (1), 71, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
Use of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the plcR gene for specific identification of Bacillus anthracis WR Easterday, MN Van Ert, TS Simonson, DM Wagner, LJ Kenefic, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 43 (4), 1995, 2005 | 109 | 2005 |
Contrasting emergence of Lyme disease across ecosystems A Mysterud, WR Easterday, VM Stigum, AB Aas, EL Meisingset, ... Nature Communications 7 (1), 11882, 2016 | 89 | 2016 |
Historical distribution and molecular diversity of Bacillus anthracis, Kazakhstan AM Aikembayev, L Lukhnova, G Temiraliyeva, T Meka-Mechenko, ... Emerging infectious diseases 16 (5), 789, 2010 | 85 | 2010 |
Lethal exposure: An integrated approach to pathogen transmission via environmental reservoirs WC Turner, KL Kausrud, W Beyer, WR Easterday, ZR Barandongo, ... Scientific reports 6 (1), 27311, 2016 | 80 | 2016 |
Use of a real-time PCR TaqMan assay for rapid identification and differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei JM U'Ren, MN Van Ert, JM Schupp, WR Easterday, TS Simonson, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 43 (11), 5771, 2005 | 78 | 2005 |
Spatial and seasonal variation in the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in Norway A Mysterud, WR Easterday, L Qviller, H Viljugrein, B Ytrehus Parasites & vectors 6, 1-8, 2013 | 72 | 2013 |
Specific detection of Bacillus anthracis using a TaqMan mismatch amplification mutation assay WR Easterday, MN Van Ert, S Zanecki, P Keim BioTechniques 38 (5), 731-735, 2005 | 62 | 2005 |
An additional step in the transmission of Yersinia pestis? WR Easterday, KL Kausrud, B Star, L Heier, BJ Haley, V Ageyev, ... The ISME journal 6 (2), 231-236, 2012 | 38 | 2012 |
Evolutionary selection of biofilm-mediated extended phenotypes in Yersinia pestis in response to a fluctuating environment Y Cui, BV Schmid, H Cao, X Dai, Z Du, W Ryan Easterday, H Fang, C Guo, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 281, 2020 | 32 | 2020 |
Tick abundance, pathogen prevalence, and disease incidence in two contrasting regions at the northern distribution range of Europe A Mysterud, VM Stigum, IV Seland, A Herland, WR Easterday, S Jore, ... Parasites & vectors 11, 1-11, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
High-throughput extraction of arthropod vector and pathogen DNA using bead milling CJ Allender, WR Easterday, MNV Ert, DM Wagner, P Keim Biotechniques 37 (5), 730-734, 2004 | 28 | 2004 |
A classification framework for Bacillus anthracis defined by global genomic structure SA Bruce, NJ Schiraldi, PL Kamath, WR Easterday, WC Turner Evolutionary Applications 13 (5), 935-944, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
Temporal dynamics in microbial soil communities at anthrax carcass sites K Valseth, CL Nesbø, WR Easterday, WC Turner, JS Olsen, NC Stenseth, ... BMC microbiology 17, 1-15, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
Coalescence modeling of intrainfection Bacillus anthracis populations allows estimation of infection parameters in wild populations WR Easterday, JM Ponciano, JP Gomez, MN Van Ert, T Hadfield, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (8), 4273-4280, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |