NEVBD researchers and collaborators have published a wide variety of manuscripts, reports, and technical documents since our programming initiated in 2017.
You can explore these resources below, visit our peer-reviewed publication archive on PubMed, or visit our Cornell eCommons repository.
Publications listed below are arranged by year of publication.
Burgunder B, Yang J, Uelmen J, Smith RL, Palmer J, Irwin P, Fritz ML. 2026. Molecular surveillance supports differing roles for Culex pipiens and Culex restuans (Diptera: Culicidae) in West Nile virus transmission in Chicago, Illinois. Journal of Medical Entomology. 63(1):tjaf190. 10.1093/jme/tjaf190
Diuk-Wasser MA, Fernandez P, Vanwambeke SO. 2026. Tick-borne diseases in urban and periurban areas: a blind spot in research and public health. Annual Review of Entomology. 71:615-34. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-121423-013702
Howard JJ, Oliver J, Dupuis AP, Ngo KA, Stout J, Zink SD, Banker E, Maffei JG, Kramer LD, Sherwood JA, Ciota AT. 2026. Eastern equine encephalitis virus and identification of host bloodmeal sources from individual Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) at an enzootic focus in central New York State. Journal of Medical Entomology. 63(1):tjaf147. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaf147”
Lehane A, Baxter L, Martin E, Angelico J, Fell V, Peh A, Burtis JC, Harrington LC. 2026. Insecticide resistance across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States: results from 6 years of monitoring (2019-2024). Journal of Medical Entomology. 63(1):tjaf171. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaf171
Mader EM, Lampman J, Kendregan H, Diuk-Wasser MA, Fritz ML, Harrington LC, Greiner Safi A. 2026. Are we asking the right questions? A dive into the knowledge, attitudes, and practices literature on behavior change in tick bite prevention.. BMC Public Health. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26270-2
Bagger MS, Hagadorn KA, Misencik MJ, Arent S, Povelones M, McMillan JR, Gloria-Soria A. 2025. Filarial parasite infection prevalence in field-caught mosquitoes from Connecticut, United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjaf004. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaf004
Lehane A, Mader EM, Poggi JD, McCoy KD, Gruntmeir J, Weldone CT. 2025. A scoping review of applied tick control research in North America: funding, implementation, and advancement. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjae155. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjae155
Lilly, M.V., Davis, M., Kross, S.M. et al. 2025. Functional connectivity for white-tailed deer drives the distribution of tick-borne pathogens in a highly urbanized setting. Landscape Ecology. 40;87. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-025-02101-4
Manley W, Tran T, Prusinski M, Brisson D. 2025. Comparative ecological analysis and predictive modeling of tick-borne pathogens. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62(1):199-206. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjae127
McMillan JR, Sun J, Chaves LF, Armstrong PM. 2025. Using mosquito and arbovirus data to computationally predict West Nile virus in unsampled areas of the Northeast United States. PNAS Nexus. pgaf227. DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf227
Bastard J, Gregory N, Fernandez P, Mincone M, Card O, VanAcker MC, Kross S, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2024. Cascading effects of mammal host community composition on tick vector occurrence at the urban human-wildlife interface. Ecosphere. 15(8):e4957. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4957
Baxter L, Lubelczyk C, Harrington LC, Angelico J, Meagher MC, Smith RP, Robich RM. 2024. Features of consistent Powassan virus lineage II focus in southern Maine, United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0532
Ernst KC, Fernandez P, Diuk-Wasser M, Enriquez AJ, Berry K, Hayden MH. 2024. Contrasting perceptions, knowledge, and actions around Lyme disease in an urban area of emerging Lyme disease and an area of endemic Lyme disease in the Northeastern United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0035
Ferdous Z, Dieme C, Sproch H, Kramer LD, Ciota AT, Brackney DE, Armstrong PM. 2024. Multiple bloodmeals enhance dissemination of arboviruses in three medically relevant mosquito genera. Parasites & Vectors. 17:432. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06531-y
Gómez-Palacio A, Morinaga G, Turner PE, Micieli MV, Elnour MAB, Salim B, Surendran SN, Ramasamy R, Powell JR, Soghigian J, Gloria-Soria A. 2024. Robustness in population-structure and demographic-inference results derived from the Aedes aegypti genotyping chip and whole-genome sequencing data. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 14(6):jkae082. DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae082
Lange RE, Prusinski MA, Dupuis AP, Ciota AT. 2024. Direct evidence of Powassan virus vertical transmission in Ixodes scapularis in nature. Viruses. 16(3):456. DOI: 10.3390%2Fv16030456
Lehane A, Parker-Crockett C, Norris E, Wheeler SS, Harrington LC. 2024. Measuring insecticide resistance in a vacuum: exploring next steps to link resistance data with mosquito control efficacy. Journal of Medical Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjae029
Mader EM, Clements N, Lehane A, Gangloff-Kaufmann J, Crans S, Horton C, Greiner Safi A. 2024. A qualitative analysis of perceived risks and benefits of mosquito abatement and bite prevention strategies in Northeastern U.S. communities. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjae144. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjae144
Molaei G, Khalil N, Ramos CJ, Paddock CD. 2024. Establishment of Amblyomma maculatum ticks and Rickettsia parkeri the Northeastern United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 30(10):2208-11. DOI: 10.3201/eid3010.240821
Onyango MG, Payne AF, Stout J, Dieme C, Kuo L, Kramer LD, Ciota AT. 2024. Aedes albopictus saliva contains a richer microbial community than the midgut. Parasites & Vectors. 17:267. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06334-1
Oppler ZJ, Prusinski MA, O’Keeffe KR, Pearson P, Rich SM, Falco RC, Vinci V, O’Connor C, Haight J, Backenson PB, Brisson D. 2024. Population dynamics of the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, during rapid range expansion in New York State. Molecular Ecology. 33(16):e17480. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17480
Price LE, Winter JM, Cantoni JL. Cozens DW, Linske MA, Williams SC, Dill GM, Gardener AM, Elias SP, Rounsville TF, Smith RP, Palace MW, Herrick C, Prusinski MA, Casey P, Doncaster EM, Savage JDT, Wallace DI, Shi X. 2024. Spatial and temporal distribution of Ixodes scapularis and tick-borne pathogens across the northeastern United States. Parasites & Vectors. 17:481. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06518-9
Ruiz-Carrascal D, Bastard J, Williams SC, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2024. Modeling platform to assess the effectiveness of single and integrated Ixodes scapularis tick control methods. Parasites & Vectors. 17:339. DOI: 10.1186/s13071‑024‑06387‑2
Bickerton M, Gonzalez J, Egizi A, Toledo A. 2023. Baseline susceptibility of Haemaphysalis longicornis to organophosphate, carbamate, and pyrethroid acaricides. Pest Management Science. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7631
Briggs C, Osman R, Newman BC, Fikrig K, Danziger PR, Mader EM, Woc-Colburn M, Harrington LC, Moncayo AC. 2023. Utilization of a zoo for mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) diversity analysis, arboviral surveillance, and blood feeding patterns. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjad111. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad111
Cuadera MKQ, Mader EM, Greiner Safi A, Harrington LC. 2023. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices influence tick bite prevention and control practices among residents of Long Island, New York, USA. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 102124. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102124
Dupuis AP, Prusinski MA, O’Conner C, Maffei JG, Koetzner CA, Zembsch TE, Zink SD, White AL, Santoriello MP, Romano CL, Xu G, Ribbe F, Campbell SR, Rich SM, Backenson PB, Kramer LD, Ciota AT. 2023. Bourbon Virus Transmission, New York, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 29(1):145-8. DOI: 10.3201/eid2901.22028
Ferreira FC, Gonzalez J, Milholland MT, Tung GA, Fonseca DM. 2023. Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on synanthropic small and medium-sized mammals in areas of the northeastern United States infested with the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. International Journal of Parasitology. 53:809-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.003
Fikrig K, Rose N, Burkett-Cadena N, Kamgang B, Leisnham PT, Mangan J, Ponlawat A, Rothman SE, Stenn T, McBride CS, Harrington LC. 2023. Aedes albopictus host odor preference does not drive observed variation in feeding patterns across field populations. Scientific Reports. 13(1):130. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26591-3
Foley N, Balamurali S, Lampman J, Gangloff-Kaufmann J, Eastwood G, Cumbie AN, Mader EM, Harrington LC. 2023. New York State Tick Blitz: harnessing community-based science to understand range expansion of ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjad039. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad039
Foley N, O’Connor C, Falco RC, Vinci V, Oliver J, Haight J, Sporn LA, Harrington L, Mader E, Wroblewski D, Backenson PB, Prusinski MA. 2023. Spatiotemporal distribution of Borrelia miyamotoi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) and coinfection with other tick-borne pathogens in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from New York State, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology. 60(4):808-21. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad054
González J, Fonseca DM, Toledo A. 2023. Seasonal dynamics of tick species in the ecotone of parks and recreational areas in Middlesex County (New Jersey, USA). Insects 14(3):258. DOI: 10.3390/insects1403025
Harrington LC, Mader EM. 2023. Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases’ Master of Science Training Program: A Curriculum to Support Future Capacity in Public Health Entomology. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjad100. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad100
Herb H, Gonzalez J, Ferreira F, Fonseca DM. 2023. Multiple piroplasm parasites (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) in northeastern populations of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the United States. Parasitology. 150(11):1063-69. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182023000914
Hill V, Koch RT, Bialosuknia SM, Ngo K, Zink SD, Koetzner CA, Maffei JG, Dupuis AP, et al. 2023. Dynamics of eastern equine encephalitis virus during the 2019 outbreak in the Northeast United States. Current Biology. 33(12):2515-2527. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.047
Holcomb KM, Khalil N, Cozens DW, Cantoni JL, Brackney DE, Linske MA, Williams SC, Molaei G, Eisen RJ. 2023. Comparison of acarological risk metrics derived from active and passive surveillance and their concordance with tick-borne disease incidence. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14: 102243. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102243
Holcomb KM, Mathis S, Staples EJ, Rischer M, Barker CM, Beard CB, Nett RJ, Keyel AC, Marcantonio M, Childs ML, Gorris ME, Rochlin I, Hamins-Puertolas M, Ray EL, Uelmen JA, DeFelice N, Freedman AS, Hollingsworth BD, Das P, Osthus D, Humphreys JM, Nova N, Mordecai EA, Cohnstaedt LW, Kirk D, Kramer LD, Harris MJ, Kain MP, Reed EMX, Johansson MA. 2023. Evaluation of an open forecasting challenge to assess skill of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease prediction. Parasites & Vectors. 16(11). DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05630-y
Kache PA, Bron GM, Zapata-Ramirez S, Tsao J, Bartholomay L, Paskewitz SM, Diuk-Wasser MA, Fernandez MP. 2023. Evaluating spatial and temporal patterns of tick encounters using community science data submitted through a smartphone application. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14(4):102163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102163
Keyel, AC. 2023. Patterns of West Nile virus in the Northeastern United States using negative binomial and mechanistic trati-based models. GeoHealth 7(4):e2022GH000747. DOI: 10.1029/2022GH000747
Keyel AC, Kilpatrick AM. 2023. Better null models for assessing predictive accuracy of disease models. PLoS ONE. 18(5):e028215. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285215
Lange RE, Dupuis AP, Ciota AT. 2023. Diversification of Bourbon virus in New York State. Microorganisms. 11(6):1590. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11061590
Mader E, Harrington L, Lehane A. 2023. Community-engaged science helps shed light on tick distribution in New York State. IPM Insights. August Issue. Located at: www.northeastipm.org/about-us/publications/ipm-insights/
Malkowski AC, Smith RP, MacQueen D, Mader EM. 2023. Review of continuing medical education in tick-borne disease for front-line providers. PRiMER. 7:7. DOI: 10.22454/PRiMER.2023.497812
McMillan JR, Chaves LF, Armstrong PM. 2023. Ecological predictors of mosquito population and arbovirus transmission synchrony estimates. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjad024. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad024
Ngo KA, Maffei JG, Koetzner CA, Zink SD, Payne AF, Backenson PB, White JL, Dupuis AP, Kramer LD, Ciota AT. 2023. Surveillance and genetic analysis of Jamestown Canyon virus in New York State: 2001-2022. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0392
O’Connor C, Prusinski MA, Aldstadt J, Falco RC, Oliver J, Haight J, Tober K, Spron LA, White J, Brisson D, Backenson PB. 2023. Assessing the impact of areal unit selection and the modifiable areal unit problem on associative statistics between cases of tick-borne disease and entomological indices. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjad157. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad157
Poggi JD, Conery C, Mathewson A, Bolton D, Lovell R, Harrington LC, Notrarangelo M. 2023. Jamestown Canyon virus (Bunyavirales: Peribunyaviridae) vector ecology in a focus of human transmission in New Hampshire, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjad046. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad046
Price KJN, Khalil N, Witmier b.J., Coder BL, Boyer CN, Foster E, Eisen RJ, Molaei G. 2023. Evidence of protozoan and bacterial infection and co-infection and partial blood feeding in the invasive tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of Parasitology. 109(4):265-73. DOI: 10.1645/22-122
Prusinski M, O’Connor C, Russell A, Sommer J, White J, Rose L, Falco R, Kokas J, Vinci V, Gall W, Tober K, Haight J, Oliver J, Meehan L, Sporn LA, Brisson D, Backenson PB. 2023. Associations of Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacteria variants in Ixodes scapularis ticks and humans, New York, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 29(3):540-50. DOI: 10.3201/eid2903.220320
Rochlin I, Egizi A, Narvaez Z, Bonilla DL, Gallagher M, Williams GM, Rainey T, Price DC, Fonseca DM. 2023. Microhabitat modeling of the invasive Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in New Jersey, USA. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseaes. 14(2):102126. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102126
Shepard JJ, Armstrong PA. 2023. Jamestown Canyon virus comes into view: understanding the threat from an underrecognized arbovirus. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjad069. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad069
VanAcker MC, DeNicola VL, DeNicola AJ, Grimke Aucoin S, Simon R, Toal KL, Diuk-Wasser MA, Cagnacci F. 2023. Resource selection by New York City deer reveals the effective interface between wildlife, zoonotic hazards and humans. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.14326
Alvarado A, Mader EM, Buttke D, Harrington LC. 2022. Southwestern national park service employee risk, knowledge, and concern for triatomine exposure: a qualitative analysis using a novel knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16(9):e0010744. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010744
Bialosuknia SM, Dupuis AP, Zink SD, Koetzner CA, Maffei JG, Owen JC, Landwerlen H, Kramer LD, Ciota AT. 2022. Adaptive evolution of West Nile virus facilitated increased transmissibility and prevalence in New York State. Emerging Microbes & Infections. DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2056521
Bickerton M, Rochlin, I, Gonzalez J, McSorley K, Toledo A. 2022. Field applications of granular and liquid pyrethroids, carbaryl, and IGRs to control the asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) and impacts on nontarget invertebrates. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 13(6):102054. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102054
Burtis JC, Bickerton MW, Idelicato N, Poggi JD, Crans SC, Harrington LC. 2022. Effectiveness of a buffalo turbine and A1 mist sprayer for the areawide deployment of larvicide for mosquito control in an urban residential setting. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjac017. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac017
Combs MA, Kache PA, VanAcker MC, Gregory N, Plimpton LD, Tufts DM, Fernandez MP, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2022. Socio-ecological drivers of multiple zoonotic hazards in highly urbanized cities. Global Change Biology. 28(5):1705-24. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16033
Dieme C, Kramer LD, Ciota AT. 2022. Vector competence of Anopheles quadrimaculatus and Aedes albopictus for genetically distinct Jamestown Canyon virus strains circulating in the Northeast United States. Parasites & Vectors. 15:226. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05342-3
Dieme C, Maffei JG, Diarra M, Koetzner CA, Kuo L, Ngo KA, Dupuis AP, Zink SD, Backenson PB, Kramder LD, Ciota AT. 2022. Aedes albopictus and Cache Valley virus: a new threat for virus transmission in New York State. Emerging Microbes & Infections. DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2044733
Dieme C, Ngo KA, Tyler S, Maffei JG, Zink SD, Dupuis AP, Koetzner CA, Shultis C, Stout J, Payne AF, Backenson PB, Kuo L, Drebot MA, Ciota AT, Kramer LD. 2022. Role of Anopheles mosquitoes in Cache Valley virus lineage displacement, New York, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 28(2):303-13. DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.203810
Fernandez MP, Ernst KC, Bron GM, Berry K, Diuk-Wasser MA, Hayden MH. 2022. Outdoor Activity Associated with Higher Self-Reported Emotional Well-Being During COVID-19. EcoHealth. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-022-01598-4
Fikrig K, Martin E, Dang S, St. Fleur K, Goldsmith H, Qu S, Rosenthal H, Pitcher S, Harrington LC. 2022. The effects of host availability and fitness on Aedes albopictus blood feeding patterns in New York. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 106(1):320-31. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0157
Gloria-Soria A, Brackney DE, Armstrong PM. 2022. Saliva collection via capillary method may underestimate arboviral transmission by mosquitoes. Parasites & Vectors. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05198-7
Gloria-Soria A, Faraji A, Hamik J, White G, Amsberry S, Donahue M, Buss B, Pless E, Veiga Cosme L, Powell JR. 2022. Origins of high latitutde introductions of Aedes aegypti to Nebraska and Utah during 2019. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 103: 105333. DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105333
Gloria-Soria A, Shragai T, Ciota AT, Duval TB, Alto BW, Martins AJ, Westby KM, Medley KA, Unlu I, Campbell SR, Kawalkowski M, Tsuda Y, Higa Y, Indelicato N, Leisnham PT, Caccone A, Armstrong PM. 2022. Population genetics of an invasive mosquito vector, Aedes albopictus in the Northeastern USA. NeoBiota. 78:99-127. DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.78.84986
Gregory N, Fernandez MP, Diuk-Wasser M. 2022. Risk of tick-borne pathogen spillover into urban yards in New York City Parasites & Vectors. 15:288. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05416-2
Halsey SJ, VanAcker MC, Harris NC, Lewis KR, Perez L, Smith GS. 2022. The public health implications of gentrifications: tick-borne disease risks for communities of color. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2549
Hassett E, Diuk-Wasser M, Harrington L, Fernanez P. 2022. Integrating tick density and park visitor behaviors to assess the risk of tick exposure in urban parks on Staten Island, New York. BMC Public Health. 22(1):1602. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13989-x
Kache PA, Santos-Vega M, Stewart-Ibarra AM, Cook EM, Seto KC, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2022. Bridging landscape ecology and urban science to respond to the rising threat of mosquito-borne diseases. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6:1061-16. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01876-y
Lange RE, Dupuis AP, Prusinski MA, Maffei JG, Koetzner CA, Ngo K, Backenson B, Oliver J, Vogels CBF, Grubaugh ND, Kramer LD, Ciota AT. 2022. Identification and Characterization of Novel Lineage 1 Powassan Virus Strains in New York State. Emerging Microbes & Infections. DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2155585
Little EAH, Hutchinson ML, Price KJ, Marini A, Shepard JJ, Molaei G. 2022. Spatiotemporal distribution, abundance, and host interactions of two invasive vectors of arboviruses, Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus, in Pennsylvania, USA. Parasites & Vectors. 15(36). DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05151-8
McMillan JR, Olson MM, Petruff T, Shepard JJ, Armstrong PM. 2022. Impacts of Lysinibacillus sphaericus on mosquito larval community composition and larval competition between Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus. Scientific Reports. 12:18013. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21939-1
Nag DK, Dieme C, Lapierre P, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Kramer LD. 2022. RNA-Seq analysis of blood meal induced gene-expression changes in Aedes aegypti ovaries. BMC Genomics. 22:396. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07551-z
Nag DK, Payne AF, Dieme C, Ciota AT, Kramer LD. 2022. Zika virus infects Aedes aegypti ovaries. Virology. 561:58-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.06.002
O’Keeffe KR, Oppler ZJ, Prusinski M, Falco RC, Oliver J, Haight J, Sporn LA, Backenson PB, Brisson D. 2022. Phylogeographic dynamics of the arthropod vector, the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). Parasites & Vectors. 15:238. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05304-9
Stafford III KC, Molaei G, Williams SC, Mertins JW. 2022. Rhipicephalus capensis (Acari: Ixodidae), A geographically restricted South African tick, returning with a human traveler to the United States. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 13(3):101912. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101912
Tran T, Prusinski MA, White JL, Falco RC, Kokas J, Vinci V, Gall WK, Tober KJ, Haight J, Oliver J, Sporn LA, Meehan L, Banker E, Backenson PB, Jensen ST, Brisson D. 2022. Predicting spatio-temporal population patterns of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease pathogen. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(11):2779-89. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14274
Armstrong PM, Andreadis TG. 2021. Ecology and epidemiology of Eastern equine encephalitis in the Northeastern US: a historical perspective. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjab077. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab077
Bickerton M, McSorley K, Toledo A. 2021. A life stage-targeted acaricide application approach for the control of Haemaphysalis longicornis. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12(1):101581. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101581
Bron GM, Fernandez MP, Bartholomay LC, Diuk-Wasser MA, Paskewitz SM, Tsao JI. 2021. Comment on Eisen and Eisen (2020) ‘Benefits and Drawbacks of Citizen Science to Complement Traditional Data Gathering Approaches for Medically Important Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States’ Regarding the Tick App and Research-Based Citizen Science. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjaa288. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa288
Burtis JC, Poggi JD, Payne B, Campbell SR, Harrington LC. 2021. The susceptibility to permethrin of Ixodes scapularis collected from a long-term 4-poster treatment area on Shelter Island, NY. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjab054. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab054
Diuk-Wasser MA, VanAcker MC, Fernandez MP. 2021. Impact of land use changes and habitat fragmentation in the eco-epidemiology of tick-borne diseases. Journal of Medical Entomology. 58(4):1546-64. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa209
Fikrig K, Harrington LC. 2021. Understanding and interpreting mosquito blood feeding studies: the case of Aedes albopictus. Trends in Parasitology. 37(11):959-75. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2021.07.013
Gonzalez J, Bickerton M, Toledo A. 2021. Applications of artificial membrane feeding for Ixodid ticks. Acta Tropica. 215:105818. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105818
Hart TM, Dupuis AP, Tufts DM, Blom AM, Starkey SR, Rego ROM, Ram S, Kraiczy P, Kramer LD, Diuk-Wasser MA, Kolokotronis SO, Link YP. 2021. Host tropism determination by convergent evolution of immunological evasion in the Lyme disease system. PLoS Pathogens. 17(7):e1009801. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009801
Khalil N, Little EAH, Akaratovic KI, Kiser JP, Abadam CF, Yuan KJ, Misencik MJ, Armstrong PA, Molaei. 2021. Host associations of Culex pipiens: A two-year analysis of bloodmeal sources and implications for arboviral transmission in Southeastern Virginia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 21(12):961-72. DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2021.0069
Keyel AC, Gorris ME, Rochlin I, Uelmen JA, Chaves LF, Hamer GL, Moise IK, Shcoket M, Kilpatrick AM, DeFelice NB, Davis JK, Little E, Irwin P, Tyre AJ, Smith KH, Fredregill CL, Elison Timm O, Holcomb KM, Winberly MC, Ward MJ, Smith RL. 2021. A proposed framework for the development and qualitative evaluation of West Nile virus models and their application to local public health decision-making/ PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15(9):e0009653. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009653
Keyel AC, Raghavendra A, Ciota AT, Elison Timm O. 2021. West Nile virus is predicted to be more geographically widespread in New York State and Connecticut under future climate change. Global Change Biology. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15842
Little EAH, Harriot OT, Akaratovic KI, Kiser JP, Abadam CF, Shepard JJ, Molaei G. 2021. Host interactions of Aedes albopictus, an invasive vector of arboviruses, in Virginia, USA. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009173
Mathisson DC, Kross SM, Palmer MI, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2021. Effect of vegetation on the abundance of tick vectors in the United States: A review of the literature. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjab098. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab098
Mattoon S, Baumhart C, Barsallo Cochez AC, MacQueen D, Snedeker J, Yancey CB, Gatch M, Mader EM. 2021. Primary care clinical provider knowledge and experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne illness: a qualitative assessment from a Lyme disease endemic community. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21, 894. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06622-6
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Onyango MG, Lange R, Bialosuknia S, Payne A, Mathias N, Kuo L, Vigneron A, Nag D, Kramer L, Ciota A. 2021. Zika virus and temperature modulate Elizabethkingia anophelis in Aedes albopictus. Parasites and Vectors. 14(1):573 (2021). DOI: 10.1186/s13071-021-05069-7
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Tufts DM, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2021. First hemispheric report of invasive tick species Haemaphysalis punctata, first state report of Haemaphysalis longicornis, and range expansion of native tick species in Rhode Island, USA. Parasites & Vectors. 14,394. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04887-z
Armstrong PM, Ehrlich H, Magalhaes T, Conway PJ, Bransfield A, Misencik M, Gloria-Soria A, Warren JL, Andreadis TG, Shepard JJ, Foy BD, Pitzer VE, and Brackney DE. 2020. Successive blood meals enhance virus dissemination within mosquitoes and increase transmission potential. Nature Microbiology. 5(2):239-247. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0619-y
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Brackney DE, Correa MA, Cozens DW. 2020. The impact of autophagy on arbovirus infection of mosquito cells. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14(5):e0007754. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007754
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Burtis JC, Poggi JD, McMillan JR, Crans SC, Campbell SR, Isenberg A, Pulver J, White K, Zondag C, et al. 2020. NEVBD pesticide resistance monitoring network: establishing a centralized network to increase regional capacity for pesticide resistance detection and monitoring. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjaa236. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa236
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Eastwood G, Donnellycolt AK, Shepard JJ, Misencik MJ, Bedoukian R, Cole L, Armstrong PM, Andreadis TG. 2020. Evaluation of novel trapping lures for monitoring exotic and native container-breeding Aedes spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology. 57(2):534-541. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz200
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Frye AM, Hart TM, Tufts DM, Ram S, Diuk-Wasser MA, Kraiczy P, Blom AM, Lin YP. 2020. A soft tick Ornithodoros moubata salivary protein OmCI is a potent inhibitor to prevent avian complement activation. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 11:101354. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101354
Gloria-Soria A, Payne AF, Bialosuknia SM, Stout J, Mathias N, Eastwood G, Ciota AT, Kramer LD, Armstrong PM. 2020. Vector competence of Aedes albopictus populations from the northeastern USA for chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 104(3):1123–1130. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0874
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Kache P, Eastwood G, Collins-Palmer K, Katz M, Falco R, Bajwa W, Armstrong P, Andreadis T, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2020. Environmental determinants of Aedes albopictus abundance at a northern limit of its range in the United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 102(2):436-47. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0244
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Mader EM, Ganser C, Geiger A, Harrington LC, Foley J, Smith R, Mateus-Pinilla N, Teel P, Eisen R. 2020. A survey of tick surveillance and control practices in the United States. Journal of Medial Entomology. 58(4):1503–1512. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa094
McMillan JR, Andreadis TG, Armstrong P. 2020. Patterns of mosquito and arbovirus community composition and ecological indexes of arboviral risk in the northeastern United States. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14(2):e0008066. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008066
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Muñoz AG, A, Chourio X, Riviere-Cinnamond A, Diuk-Wasser MA, Kache P, Mordecai E, Harrington LC, Thomson MC. 2020. AeDES: A next-generation monitoring and forecasting system for environmental suitability for Aedes-borne disease transmission. Scientific Reports. 10:12640. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69625-4
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Onyango MG, Ciota AT, Kramer LD. 2020. The vector-host-pathogen interface: the next frontier in the battle against mosquito-borne viral diseases?. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10:564518. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.564518
Petruff TA, McMillan JR, Shepard JJ, Andreadis TG, Armstrong PM. 2020. Increased mosquito abundance and species richness in Connecticut, United States, 2001-2019. Scientific Reports. 10:19287. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76231-x
Piedmonte NP, Vinci VC, Daniels TJ, Backenson BP, Falco RC. 2020. Seasonal activity of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) in southern New York State. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjaa203. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa203
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Keyel AC, Elison Timm I, Backenson PB, Prussing C, Quinones C, McDonough K, Vuille M, Conn JE, Armstrong PM, Andreadis TG, Kramer LD. 2019. Seasonal temperature and hydrological conditions improve the prediction of West Nile virus infection rates in Culex mosquitoes and human case counts in New York and Connecticut. PLOS ONE. 14:E0217854. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217854
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McClure M, Diuk-Wasser MA. 2019. Climate impacts on blacklegged tick host-seeking behavior. International Journal for Parasitology. 49(1):37-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.08.005
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