Publications

Multidisciplinary scientific research is important to the overall mission of the Dr. Jane Huffman Wildlife Genetics Institute.

Below is a list of publications for research conducted here at the lab by our scientists, staff and student interns.

• Hunt, E. A., S. Schwartz, and N. Chinnici (2023). Passive Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Adult Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from Northeast Pennsylvania. Life 13(9): 1857.
• Schwartz, S., Calvente, E., Rollinson, E., Sample Koon Koon, D., and N. Chinnici (2022). Tick-Borne Pathogens in Questing Blacklegged Ticks (ACARI: Ixodidae) from Pike County, Pennsylvania. J Med Entomol.
• Calvente, E., C. Steber, J. Brown, H. Brown, J. Banfield and N. Chinnici (2021). Surveillance for Babesia odocoilei in Hunter-Harvested Wild Elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) From Pennsylvania, USA (2016-2017). Veterinary Sciences 8: 1-7.
• Calvente, E., S. Pelletier, J. Banfield, J. Brown, and N. Chinnici (2020). Surveillance for Winter Tick (Dermacentor albipictus) in Hunter-Harvested Wild Elk (Cervus canadensis) From Pennsylvania, USA (2017-2018). Veterinary Sciences 7: 1-9.
• Calvente, E., N. Chinnici, J. Brown, J. Banfield, J. Brooks and M. Yabsley (2019). Winter Tick (Dermacentor albipictus) Associated Dermatitis in Wild Elk (Cervus elaphus) in Pennsylvania. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
• Januszkiewicz, E. N. Chinnici and T. LaDuke (2019). Detection of Snake Fungal Disease by Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola Among Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus). Herpetological Review.
• Januszkiewicz, E. N. Chinnici and T. LaDuke (2018). Optimization of a Multiplex PCR Analysis for Crotalus horridus. Journal of Pennsylvania Academy of Science 92(2) 88-95.
• Chern, K., M. Bird, K. Frey and J. E. Huffman. 2016. Research Note: Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens of Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in New Jersey. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 90(1): 25-30.
• Ombrello, T, N.Chinnici and J.E. Huffman. 2016. Multiple Paternities in American Black Bears from New Jersey. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science: 90(1): 21-24.
• McGovern, E., J. Mischler and J. E. Huffman. 2016. Ticks of Black Bears (Ursus americanus) from Northeast Pennsylvania and Tick-borne Pathogens. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 90 (1): 56-61.
• Bird. M. and J. E. Huffman. 2016. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in White-footed Mice, Peromyscus leucopus, and Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis, in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, a Lyme Endemic Region. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science: 90 (1): 44-47.
• Shaw, M., N. Kolba and J.E. Huffman. Babesia sp. in black bears (Ursus americanus) in New Jersey. Northeastern Naturalist 2014
• Chinnici, N. and J. E. Huffman. 2014. Research Note: Morphological and DNA Analysis to Determine Canid Species. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 88: 247-253.
• Omare, D. and J.E. Huffman. 2014. Antibiotic resistant bacteria isolated from water pools at a former dump site in Pennsylvania. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 88: 216-219.
• Huffman, J.E. and Douglas E. Roscoe. 2014. Case Report: Fatal Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in a Black Bear Cub. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 88: 101-106.
• Lisowski, S., N. Chinnici and J.E. Huffman. 2014. Aerobic oral and nasal bacteria in New Jersey Black Bears (Ursus americanus) with a report on antibiotic susceptibility of Escherichia coli. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 88: 95-100.
• Huffman, J.E. 2013. Selected Wildlife Trematodiasis. in Digenetic Trematodes edited by R. Toledo and B. Fried. Springer Verlag.
• Keeler, S.P., N.L. Bernarsky, J.E. Huffman, and D.E. Roscoe. 2011. A survey of the prion protein gene heterogeneity in New Jersey white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 85: 183-186.
• Keeler, S.P., P. Brooks, and J.E. Huffman. 2011. Evaluation of the genetic variability of ten microsatellite loci in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 85: 18-22.