Michele Papero

Position: Research Associate/ Laboratory Manager

Education: M.H.S.,Clinical Laboratory Science,Quinnipiac University (1999); B.S.,Veterinary Technology, Quinnipiac University (1986), Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT), AALAS certified LATg

Current Projects: Propagation of ticks, field surveillance for tick-borne pathogens, evaluation of transmision and acquisition dynamics of Ixodes scapularis-borne pathogens including Borrelia, Anaplasma, and Babesia. Adaptation of serological methods to laboratory and field analyses, biology and ecology of reservoir hosts, and zoonotic vector-borne diseases

Publications:

1. Schulze TL, Jordan, RA Shulze, CJ Mixxson T, Papero M
Relative encounter frequencies and prevalence of selected Borrelia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma infections in Amblyomma americanum and Ixodes scapularis ticks from central New Jersey.
J. Medical Entomology. 42(3):450-6, 2005.

2. Scoles G., Papero M., Beati L., Fish D.
A novel relapsing fever group Borrelia transmitted by Ixodes scapularis ticks in the Northeastern United States.
Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases, 1 (1): 21-35, 2001.

3. Levin M., Papero M., Fish, D.
Feeding density influences acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi in larval Ixodes scapularis.
J. Medical Entomology. 34(5):569-72, 1997.

4. Moody KD, Percy DH, PaperoMA, Morgenstern SE
Use of leuprolide to treat endometriosis in a rhesus macaque.
Laboratory Animal Science. 41(5): 427-31, 1991.

Contact Information: 203-785-3223; michele.papero@yale.edu