Thomas Mather
Entomology
Rhodes University
United States of America
Biography
A national leader in the study of ticks and Lyme disease, he is working on developing a vaccine against the disease, developed a tick bite risk index for the U.S., and is the leading voice seeking to educate New Englanders about how to avoid getting bitten by ticks.
Research Interest
bugs, environment, environmental, lime disease, lyme disease, tick-borne diseases, ticks
Publications
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Karim S, Kenny B, Troiano E, Mather TN. RNAi-mediated gene silencing in tick synganglia: a proof of concept study. BMC biotechnology. 2008 Mar 26;8(1):30.
