Patricia A. Rosa

11.6k citations

140 papers · 9.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 53

Parasitology top 0.01%
Infectious Diseases top 0.1%
Insect Science top 0.05%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.2%
Immunology top 2%

Co-authors: Kit Tilly Tom G. Schwan Philip E. Stewart Brian Stevenson James L. Bono Abdallah F. Elias Aaron Bestor Dorothee Grimm
Topics: Vector-borne infectious diseases (115 papers)Viral Infections and Vectors (63 papers)Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (52 papers)
Cited by: Parasitology Infectious Diseases Insect Science
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry Nature Medicine
Partner nations: United States Canada Brazil

In The Last Decade

Patricia A. Rosa

139 papers receiving 9.1k citations

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

1995 713 citations Tom G. Schwan, Patricia A. Rosa et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A bacterial genome in flux: the twelve linear and nine circular extrachromosomal DNAs in an infectious isolate of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

2000 656 citations Patricia A. Rosa et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Composição corporal e consumo alimentar de mulheres diagnosticadas com lipedema 2025 ·Caderno Pedagógico ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Patricia A. Rosa,(unknown)	0
2	Borrelia burgdorferi lacking all cp32 prophage plasmids retains full infectivity in mice 2025 ·EMBO Reports ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Patricia A. Rosa,Jenny Wachter	1
3	Polyploidy, regular patterning of genome copies, and unusual control of DNA partitioning in the Lyme disease spirochete 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Constantin N. Takacs,Jenny Wachter,Yingjie Xiang,Zhongqing Ren,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Patricia A. Rosa,Xindan Wang,Christine Jacobs‐Wagner	23
4	A CRISPR Interference Platform for Selective Downregulation of Gene Expression in Borrelia burgdorferi 2020 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Constantin N. Takacs,(unknown),Yunjie Chang,Zachary A. Kloos,(unknown),Patricia A. Rosa,Jun Liu,Christine Jacobs‐Wagner	20
5	Visualization of Spirochetes by Labeling Membrane Proteins With Fluorescent Biarsenical Dyes 2019 ·Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology ·(unknown),Philip E. Stewart,Martin Strnad,(unknown),Tregei Starr,Aaron Carmody,(unknown),(unknown),Jenny Wachter,Patricia A. Rosa	8
6	Fluorescent Proteins, Promoters, and Selectable Markers for Applications in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi 2018 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Constantin N. Takacs,Zachary A. Kloos,(unknown),Patricia A. Rosa,Christine Jacobs‐Wagner	29
7	AVALIAÇÃO QUALITATIVA DAS PREPARAÇÕES OFERECIDAS EM UM SERVIÇO DE NUTRIÇÃO E DIETÉTICA HOSPITALAR 2017 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·(unknown),Patricia A. Rosa,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	1
8	Virulence of the Lyme disease spirochete before and after the tick bloodmeal: a quantitative assessment 2016 ·Parasites & Vectors ·Irene N Kasumba,Aaron Bestor,Kit Tilly,Patricia A. Rosa	18
9	Borrelia burgdorferi bb0426 encodes a 2′‐deoxyribosyltransferase that plays a central role in purine salvage 2009 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Kevin A. Lawrence,Mollie W. Jewett,Patricia A. Rosa,Frank C. Gherardini	25
10	Genetic basis for retention of a critical virulence plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi 2007 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Mollie W. Jewett,Rebecca Byram,Aaron Bestor,Kit Tilly,(unknown),Mary N. Burtnick,Frank C. Gherardini,Patricia A. Rosa	56
11	The critical role of the linear plasmid lp36 in the infectious cycle ofBorrelia burgdorferi 2007 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Mollie W. Jewett,(unknown),Aaron Bestor,Kit Tilly,Dorothee Grimm,Pamela A. Shaw,Mark VanRaden,Frank C. Gherardini,Patricia A. Rosa	101
12	Borrelia burgdorferi OspC Protein Required Exclusively in a Crucial Early Stage of Mammalian Infection 2006 ·Infection and Immunity ·Kit Tilly,Jonathan G. Krum,Aaron Bestor,Mollie W. Jewett,Dorothee Grimm,Dawn M. Bueschel,Rebecca Byram,David W. Dorward,Mark VanRaden,Philip E. Stewart,Patricia A. Rosa	259
13	Delineating the Requirement for the Borrelia burgdorferi Virulence Factor OspC in the Mammalian Host 2006 ·Infection and Immunity ·Philip E. Stewart,Xiaohui Wang,Dawn M. Bueschel,Dawn R. Clifton,Dorothee Grimm,Kit Tilly,James A. Carroll,Janis J. Weis,Patricia A. Rosa	91
14	Outer-surface protein C of the Lyme disease spirochete: A protein induced in ticks for infection of mammals 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dorothee Grimm,Kit Tilly,Rebecca Byram,Philip E. Stewart,Jonathan G. Krum,Dawn M. Bueschel,Tom G. Schwan,Paul F. Policastro,Abdallah F. Elias,Patricia A. Rosa	346
15	Infectious Cycle Analysis of a Borrelia burgdorferi Mutant Defective in Transport of Chitobiose, a Tick Cuticle Component 2004 ·Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases ·Kit Tilly,Dorothee Grimm,Dawn M. Bueschel,Jonathan G. Krum,Patricia A. Rosa	47
16	Archaeal Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis: Unique Determinants of a Universal Genetic Code? 1999 ·Biological Bulletin ·Michael Ibba,Alan W. Curnow,James L. Bono,Patricia A. Rosa,Carl R. Woese,Dieter Söll	1
17	Homology between Borrelia burgdorferi OspC and members of the family of Borrelia hermsii variable major proteins 1994 ·Gene ·(unknown),Daniel Hogan,Witold Cieplak,Tom G. Schwan,Patricia A. Rosa	50
18	Antigenic variation and strain heterogeneity in Borrelia spp. 1992 ·Research in Microbiology ·Bettina Wilske,Alan G. Barbour,Sven Bergström,Nils Burman,Blanca I. Restrepo,Patricia A. Rosa,Tom G. Schwan,Erwin Soutschek,Reinhard Wallich	86
19	The interplay of microbes and their hosts 1992 ·Immunology Today ·(unknown),Patricia A. Rosa,Gerald J. Spangrude,Jack A. Heinemann	7
20	Antibody-resistant mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi: in vitro selection and characterization. 1992 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·A Sădziene,Patricia A. Rosa,Patricia A. Thompson,Daniel Hogan,Alan G. Barbour	136

About Patricia A. Rosa

Patricia A. Rosa is a scholar working on Parasitology, Insect Science and Infectious Diseases, having authored 140 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (115 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (63 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (52 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Parasitology (7.9k citations), Infectious Diseases (5.2k citations) and Insect Science (3.3k citations). Patricia A. Rosa has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Kit Tilly, Tom G. Schwan, Philip E. Stewart, Brian Stevenson, James L. Bono, Abdallah F. Elias, Aaron Bestor, Dorothee Grimm, Daniel Hogan and Sherwood Casjens. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

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