| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Effect of dragonfly nymph presence and conspecific larvae density on oviposition response of the invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) |
2014 |
2463 |
Oviposition site selection is a critical fitness enhancing decision for container breeding insects. Predators have typically been shown to repel gravid females whereas conspecifics have been shown to be attractive at low-intermediate densities but re... |
| Oviposition site-selection of Phlebotomus papatasi: the effects of conspecific stages |
2018 |
241 |
Sand flies are the vectors of Leishmaniasis, which depending on the form, can be mutilating, debilitating, and/or deadly. Drawbacks of traditional vector control necessitate a more targeted control method. An alternative approach is to bring gravid f... |
| Assessment of entomological risk for Lyme borreliosis along a north-to-south gradient from southern Virginia into North Carolina |
2018 |
402 |
Lyme disease (LD) has become the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the United States and the sixth Nationally Notifiable disease. Surveillance of Lyme disease from the 1992-2016 has shown a sustained documented expansion of LD moving south into ... |
| Does anthropogenic disturbance affect the ecological transmission drivers of the La crosse virus? |
2011 |
1806 |
In this study, we applied a comparative ecological approach to evaluate if and how anthropogenic disturbance affects vector species abundance and gonotrophic status within the La Crosse virus (LACV) sylvatic system. We compared the oviposition rate, ... |
| Identification of Morphologic and Chemical Markers of Aestivation Conditions in Female Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes |
2011 |
2324 |
Increased understanding of the dry season survival mechanisms of Anopheles gambiae (An. gambiae) in semi-arid regions could benefit vector control efforts by identifying weak links in the transmission cycle of malaria. In this study we examine effect... |
| Evidence of skip oviposition in Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies |
2020 |
149 |
Many environments are either spatially or temporally stochastic, meaning organisms have had to develop evolutionary progeny risk-spreading strategies to deal with such uncertainty. One such evolutionary strategy is skip oviposition (laying eggs in mo... |
| Role of topographic corridors and small mammals in facilitating the spread of Lyme disease from southwestern Virginia to northwestern North Carolina |
2022 |
88 |
Lyme disease is the most important vector-borne disease in the United States. It is caused by the bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis. An estimated 30,000 cases are reported to the CDC yearly from a... |
| Experimental landscape epidemiology of La Crosse virus in the southern Appalachian Mountains |
2021 |
392 |
The incidence of La Crosse encephalitis (LACE) (a mosquito-borne pediatric neuroinvasive infectious disease) has increased in the Appalachian region. A causal association between anthropogenic landscape change and LACE emergence has been hypothesized... |
| The effects of microbes and larval conditioning on Phlebotomus papatasi oviposition site selection |
2020 |
59 |
Leishmaniases are a group of neglected, vector-borne diseases vectored by sand fly species. Phlebotomus papatasi is incriminated as the vector of Leishmania major parasites, the causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a disfiguring disease t... |
| The establishment of a behavioral bioassay to study Lutzomyia verrucarum male sex pheromones using Lutzomyia longipalpis as a model species |
2015 |
1088 |
Each year, up to 1.6 million people contract leishmaniasis from the bite of a phlebotomine sand fly infected with the Leishmania (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) pathogen. Therefore, the control of sand flies has been the topic of intense research ... |
| Identifying oviposition attractants from the larval rearing medium of phlebotomus papatasi, the vector of old world zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis |
2015 |
2989 |
Phlebotomine sand flies are the vectors of the Leishmania parasites as well as other bacterial and viral pathogens worldwide. Due to the variable impact of traditional vector control practices, a more ecologically-based approach is needed. The goal o... |
| The role of larval rearing media types in regulating the growth and development of Phlebotomus papatasi larvae |
2022 |
92 |
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by the protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. There are no vaccinations for leishmaniasis, and current treatment options are limited. Modifying the gut ... |