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Munderloh U.G., Liu Y., Wang M.-M., Chen C.-S., Kurtti T.J.
Establishment, maintenance and description of cell lines from the tick Ixodes scapularis.
J. Parasitol. 80:533-543(1994)

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Policastro P.F., Munderloh U.G., Fischer E.R., Hackstadt T.
Rickettsia rickettsii growth and temperature-inducible protein expression in embryonic tick cell lines.
J. Med. Microbiol. 46:839-845(1997)

Patent=US5869335
Munderloh U.G., Kurtti T.J., Kocan K.M., Blouin E.F., Ewing S.A.
Propagating bovine parasite by incubation of undifferentiated cells under low oxygen increased carbon dioxide, with organic buffers efficient, large scale production; diagnosis/vaccine for rocky mountains spotted fever.
Patent number US5869335, 09-Feb-1999

PubMed=11257184; DOI=10.1099/0022-1317-82-4-795
Attoui H., Stirling J.M., Munderloh U.G., Billoir F., Brookes S.M., Burroughs J.N., de Micco P., Mertens P.P.C., de Lamballerie X.
Complete sequence characterization of the genome of the St Croix River virus, a new orbivirus isolated from cells of Ixodes scapularis.
J. Gen. Virol. 82:795-804(2001)

PubMed=17662657; DOI=10.1016/j.pt.2007.07.009
Bell-Sakyi L., Zweygarth E., Blouin E.F., Gould E.A., Jongejan F.
Tick cell lines: tools for tick and tick-borne disease research.
Trends Parasitol. 23:450-457(2007)

PubMed=22743047; DOI=10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.05.002
Alberdi M.P., Dalby M.J., Rodriguez-Andres J., Fazakerley J.K., Kohl A., Bell-Sakyi L.
Detection and identification of putative bacterial endosymbionts and endogenous viruses in tick cell lines.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 3:137-146(2012)

PubMed=29886187; DOI=10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.05.015
Bell-Sakyi L., Darby A., Baylis M., Makepeace B.L.
The Tick Cell Biobank: a global resource for in vitro research on ticks, other arthropods and the pathogens they transmit.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 9:1364-1371(2018)