Publications
Landesman, WJ, Hudson, T. R., Bedore, S. E., Suarez, M. C., & Hayden, M. S. (2025). A CRISPR/LbCas12a system for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto detection in blacklegged ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology, tjaf163.
Landesman, WJ, Serra AC and Allan BF (2025). Dead deer do tell tales: infestation of road-killed white-tailed deer by juvenile Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62.5 (2025): 1372 -0 1376.
doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf094
Baldwin, H, Landesman, WJ, Borgmann-Winter, B, & Allen, D (2021) A Geographic Information System Approach to Map Tick Exposure Risk at a Scale for Public Health Intervention. Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab169
Landesman WJ, Mulder K, Fredericks LP & Allan BF (2019) Cross-kingdom analysis of nymphal-stage Ixodes scapularis microbial communities in relation to Borrelia burgdorferi infection and load. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95 (12). doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz167
Landesman WJ, Mulder K, Allan BF, Bashor LA, Keesing F, LoGiudice K & Ostfeld RS (2019) Potential effects of blood meal host on bacterial community composition in Ixodes scapularis nymphs. Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases 10(3): 523-527. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.01.002
Landesman WJ, Freedman ZB & Nelson DM (2019) Seasonal, sub-seasonal and diurnal variation of soil bacterial community composition in a temperate deciduous forest. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(2). doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz002
Landesman WJ, Nelson DM & Fitzpatrick MC (2014) Soil properties and tree species drive ß-diversity of soil bacterial communities. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 76: 201-209. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.05.025
Landesman WJ & Dighton J (2011) Shifts in microbial biomass and the bacteria: fungi ratio occur under field conditions within 3 h after rainfall. Microbial Ecology 62(1):228-236. doi:10.1007/s00248-011-9811-1
Landesman WJ, Treonis AM & Dighton J (2011) Effects of a one-year rainfall manipulation on soil nematode abundances and community composition. Pedobiologia 54(2): 87-91. doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.10.002
Landesman WJ & Dighton J (2010) Response of soil microbial communities and the production of plant-available nitrogen to a two-year rainfall manipulation in the New Jersey Pinelands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42(10): 1751-1758. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.06.012
Allan BF, Langerhans RB, Ryberg WA, Landesman WJ, Griffin NW, Katz RS, Oberle BJ, Schutzenhofer MR, Smyth KN & Maurice AdS (2009) Ecological correlates of risk and incidence of West Nile virus in the United States. Oecologia 158(4): 699-708.
Landesman WJ, Allan BF, Langerhans RB, Knight TM & Chase JM (2007) Inter-annual associations between precipitation and human incidence of West Nile virus in the United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7(3): 337-343. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0590
Landesman, WJ, Serra AC and Allan BF (2025). Dead deer do tell tales: infestation of road-killed white-tailed deer by juvenile Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62.5 (2025): 1372 -0 1376.
doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf094
Baldwin, H, Landesman, WJ, Borgmann-Winter, B, & Allen, D (2021) A Geographic Information System Approach to Map Tick Exposure Risk at a Scale for Public Health Intervention. Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab169
Landesman WJ, Mulder K, Fredericks LP & Allan BF (2019) Cross-kingdom analysis of nymphal-stage Ixodes scapularis microbial communities in relation to Borrelia burgdorferi infection and load. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95 (12). doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz167
Landesman WJ, Mulder K, Allan BF, Bashor LA, Keesing F, LoGiudice K & Ostfeld RS (2019) Potential effects of blood meal host on bacterial community composition in Ixodes scapularis nymphs. Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases 10(3): 523-527. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.01.002
Landesman WJ, Freedman ZB & Nelson DM (2019) Seasonal, sub-seasonal and diurnal variation of soil bacterial community composition in a temperate deciduous forest. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(2). doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz002
Landesman WJ, Nelson DM & Fitzpatrick MC (2014) Soil properties and tree species drive ß-diversity of soil bacterial communities. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 76: 201-209. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.05.025
Landesman WJ & Dighton J (2011) Shifts in microbial biomass and the bacteria: fungi ratio occur under field conditions within 3 h after rainfall. Microbial Ecology 62(1):228-236. doi:10.1007/s00248-011-9811-1
Landesman WJ, Treonis AM & Dighton J (2011) Effects of a one-year rainfall manipulation on soil nematode abundances and community composition. Pedobiologia 54(2): 87-91. doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.10.002
Landesman WJ & Dighton J (2010) Response of soil microbial communities and the production of plant-available nitrogen to a two-year rainfall manipulation in the New Jersey Pinelands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42(10): 1751-1758. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.06.012
Allan BF, Langerhans RB, Ryberg WA, Landesman WJ, Griffin NW, Katz RS, Oberle BJ, Schutzenhofer MR, Smyth KN & Maurice AdS (2009) Ecological correlates of risk and incidence of West Nile virus in the United States. Oecologia 158(4): 699-708.
Landesman WJ, Allan BF, Langerhans RB, Knight TM & Chase JM (2007) Inter-annual associations between precipitation and human incidence of West Nile virus in the United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7(3): 337-343. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0590
In Memorium
Landesman, W (1946) Acute appendicitis treated with penicillin. United States Naval Medical Bulletin, 01 Sep 1946, 46:1474; PMID: 20995475.