Russell C. Johnson
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Credentials
PhD

Professor Emeritus
Biography

Research Summary

Molecular pathogenesis; Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

I studied Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Most recent projects in the lab included the study of the ecology of Lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, in Minnesota.

Publications

  • Ravyn, M.D., J.L. Goodman, C.B. Kodner, D.K. Westad, L.A. Coleman, S.M. Engstron, C.N. Nelson, and R.C. Johnson. (1998) Immunodiagnosis of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis using culture derived human isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36:1480-1488
  • Ravyn, M.D., L. Lamb, R. Jemmerson, J.L. Goodman, and R.C. Johnson. (1999) Characterization of monoclonal antibodies to an immunodominant protein of the etiologic agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 61:171-176