Manoj Mathew

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Journals/Publications

• Gulia-Nuss, M., Mathew, M. G., & Nuss, A. B. (2017). Rearing Ixodes scapularis, the Black-legged Tick: Feeding Immature Stages on Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. doi:10.3791/55286
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  Ixodes scapularis, the vector of Lyme disease, is one of the most important disease vectors in the eastern and Midwestern United States. This species is a three host tick that requires a blood meal from a vertebrate host for each development stage, and the adult females require a blood meal for reproduction. Larval ticks attach to their host for 3 - 5 days for feeding and drop off the host when fully engorged. This dependency on several different hosts and the lengthy attachment time for engorgement complicates tick rearing in the laboratory setting. However, to understand tick biology and tick-pathogen interactions, the production of healthy, laboratory-reared ticks is essential. Here, we demonstrate a simple, cost-effective protocol for immature tick feeding on mice. We modified the existing protocols for decreased stress on mice and increased tick feeding success and survival by using disposable cages without mesh bottoms to avoid contact of ticks with water contaminated with mice urine and feces.
• Mathew, M. (2015). April 2015 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: endo-bronchial ultrasound in diagnosing tuberculosis. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 10(4), 197-198. doi:10.13175/swjpcc061-15
• Mathew, M. (2015). January 2015 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 10(1), 52-53. doi:10.13175/swjpcc011-15
• Jewell, J., & Mathew, M. (2014). Persistent Bronchopleural Fistula. Chest, 145(3), 475A. doi:10.1378/chest.1829787
• Mathew, M. (2014). February 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: smoking cessation. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 8(2), 136-137. doi:10.13175/swjpcc025-14
• Mathew, M. (2014). January 2014 pulmonary journal club: interventional guidelines. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 8(1), 70-70. doi:10.13175/swjpcc007-14
• Mathew, M. (2014). June 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: new therapies for IPF and EBUS for sardoidosis. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 8(6), 340-342. doi:10.13175/swjpcc078-14
• Mathew, M. (2014). March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 8(3), 194-194. doi:10.13175/swjpcc034-14
• Robbins, R., Thomas, A., & Mathew, M. (2014). August 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: the use of macrolide antibiotics in chronic respiratory disease. Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 9(2), 130-132. doi:10.13175/swjpcc109-14
• Jivcu, C., Mathew, M., Thomas, A., & Baratz, D. M. (2008). THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL BREATHING AND PALATAL MYOCLONUS IN A 29-YEAR-OLD FEMALE AFTER SCUBA DIVING. Chest, 134(4), 42C. doi:10.1378/chest.134.4_meetingabstracts.c42002

Proceedings Publications

• Wissa, E., Mathew, M., & Raschke, R. (2012). Sympathetic Empyema Arising From Streptococcus Anginosus Splenic Abscess First Reported Case. In D52. CASE REPORTS: PLEURAL DISEASES.
• Jivcu, C., Mathew, M., & Liao, D. W. (2011). A Presentation Of Intravascular Lymphoma "The Oncologist's Great Imitator" In A Patient With Lupus Erythematosus And Sarcoidosis. In B103. UNUSUAL BENIGN, MALIGNANT, AND METASTATIC PULMONARY TUMORS.