2010 Publications
Khoo, C.C.H., Sanchez-Vargas, I., Piper, J., Olson, K.E., Franz, A.W.E. (2010). The RNAi pathway affects midgut infection- and escape barriers for Sindbis virus in Aedes aegypti. BMC Microbiology, 10:130.
Beaty, B., Bernhardt, S., Black, W., Blair, C., Eisen, L., Elizondo-Quiroga, D., Farfan-Ale, J., Lozano-Fuentes, S., Franz, A., Olson, K., and Sanchez-Vargas, I. (2010). Novel strategies to control Aedes aegypti and dengue. In: P.W. Atkinson (ed.), 'Vector Biology, Ecology and Control', Springer, NY, 99-112.
Reese, S.M., Mossel, E., Beaty, M.K., Beck, E.T., Blair, C.D., and Beaty, B.J. Identification and characterization of LaCrosse viruses isolated from super-infected mosquitoes collected as eggs from the field. BMC Virology J, 7:76, 2010.
Mejia, J.S., Titus, R., Schultheiss, P., Zimmer, A., and Beaty, B.J. BluePort: A versatile tissue platform to study the immune response to the bite of a vector of leishmania parasites, Lutzomyia longipalpis, sand flies. PloS One, Vol 5, Issue 10, e13546, 2010.
Calisher, C.H., Douglass, R.J., Amman, B.R., Root, J.J., Doty, J., Mills, J.N., and Beaty, B.J. Natural infections of deer mice and other rodents with hantaviruses in Colorado: antibody responses and temporal aspects of seroconversions. Submitted, 2010.
Ibarra-Juarez, L, Eisen, L, Bolling, BG, Beaty, BJ, Blitvich, BJ, Sanchez-Casas, RM, Ayala-Sulca, YO, and Fernandez-Salas, I. West nile virus in horses and mosquitoes in Northern Mexico, 2006-2007. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, in press, 2010.
Bernhardt SA, Simmons M, Geiss, B., Blair CD, Sylla M,.Olson KE, Beaty BJ, Black WC. Intraspecific evolution of miRNA and siRNA genes in the mosquito arboviral vector Aedes aegypti. J. Mol Evol, submitted, 2010.
Huang, C.Y.-H., S. Butrapet, K.J. Moss, T. Childers, S.M. Erb, A.E. Calvert, S.J. Silengo, R.M. Kinney, C.D. Blair, J.T. Roehrig. 2010. The dengue virus type 2 envelope protein fusion peptide is essential for membrane fusion. Virology 396, 305-315.
Reese, Sara M, Eric C Mossel, Meaghan K Beaty, Eric T Beck, Dave Geske, Carol D Blair, Barry J Beaty, William C Black. 2010. Identification of super-infected Aedes triseriatus mosquitoes collected as eggs from the field and partial characterization of the infecting La Crosse viruses. Virology Journal, 7,76. PMCID: PMC2873378
Hunt, Ann R., Shana Frederickson, Toshiaki Maruyama, John T. Roehrig, and Carol D. Blair. 2010. The First Human Epitope Map of the Alphaviral E1 and E2 Proteins Reveals a New E2 Epitope with Significant Virus Neutralizing Activity. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(7): e739. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000739. PMCID: PMC2903468
Lambert, Amy J., Carol D. Blair, Mary D'Anton, Winnann Ewing, Michelle Harborth, Robyn Seiferth, Jeannie Xiang, and Robert S. Lanciotti. 2010. La Crosse Virus in Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases,16, 856-858. PMCID: PMC2954019
Erb, Steven M., Siritorn Butrapet, Kelley J. Moss, Betty E. Luy, Thomas Childers, Amanda E. Calvert, Shawn J. Silengo, John T. Roehrig, Claire Y.-H. Huang and Carol D. Blair. 2010. Domain-III FG loop of the dengue virus type 2 envelope protein is important for infection of mammalian cells and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Virology, 406, 328-335. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2010.07.024
Scott, Jaclyn C, Doug E Brackney, Corey L Campbell, Virginie Bondu-Hawkins, Brian Hjelle, Greg D. Ebel, Ken E. Olson, Carol D. Blair 2010. Comparison of Dengue Virus Type 2-Specific Small RNAs from RNA Interference-Competent and -Incompetent Mosquito Cells. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4(10): e848. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000848 PMCID: PMC2964303
Brackney, Doug E., Jaclyn C. Scott, Fumihiko Sagawa, Jimmy E. Woodward, Neil A. Miller, Faye D. Schilkey, Joann Mudge, Jeffrey Wilusz, Ken E. Olson, Carol D. Blair, Gregory D. Ebel. 2010. C6/36 Aedes albopictus cells have a dysfunctional antiviral RNA interference response, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(10): e856. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000856. PMCID: PMC2964293
Calvert, Amanda E., Gavreel F. Kalantarov, Gwong-Jen J. Chang, Ilya Trakht, Carol D. Blair, and John T. Roehrig. 2010. Human monoclonal antibodies to West Nile virus identify epitopes on the prM protein, Virology, 410, 30-7. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2010.10.033.
Wise de Valdez, M.R., P. Garza, P.M. Star, E.L. Suchman, J.O. Carlson, W.C. Black IV. (2010). A large scale laboratory cage investigation of Aedes Densonucleosis Virus (AeDNV) as a sustainable biocontrol method of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. J. Med. Entomol. Med Entomol. 47:392-399.
Brackney D.E., J. Isoe, W. C. Black IV, J. Zamora, B. D. Foy, R. L. Miesfeld, and K.E. Olson. (2010) Expression Profiling and Comparative Analysis of Seven Novel Midgut Serine Proteases from the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Journal of Insect Physiology Journal of Insect Physiology 56:736-744
Ranson, H. J. Burhani, N. Lumjuan and W.C. Black IV. (2010). Insecticide resistance in dengue vectors. Tropika.net 1: 1-12
Brackney, M.M. A.A. Marfin, J.E. Staples, L. Stallones, T. Keefe, W. C. Black IV, G. L. Campbell. (2010) Epidemiology of Colorado Tick Fever in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, 1995-2003. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10:381-385.
Reese, S.M., E.C. Mossel, M.K. Beaty, E.T. Beck, D.Geske, C.D. Blair, B. J. Beaty and W. C. Black IV. 2010. Identification of super-infected Aedes triseriatus mosquitoes collected as eggs from the field and partial characterization of the infecting La Crosse viruses. Virology Journal 7:76
Ian W. Sutherland, Akio Mori, John Montgomery, Karen L. Fleming, Jennifer M. Anderson, Jesus G. Valenzuela, David W. Severson and William C. Black IV. 2010. A Linkage Map of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) Based on cDNA Markers. Journal of Heredity 2010; doi: 10.1093/jhered/esq105
Brown J.E., C.S. McBride, P. Johnson, S. Ritchie, C. Paupy, H. Bossin, J. Lutomiah, I. Fernandez-Salas, A. Ponlawat, A.J. Cornel, W. C. Black IV, N. Gorrochotegui-Escalante, L. Urdaneta-Marquez, M. Sylla, M. Slotman, K.O. Murray, C. Walker, J.R. Powell. (2010) Worldwide patterns of genetic differentiation imply multiple "domestications" of Aedes aegypti, a major vector of human diseases. Proc. Roy. Soc. B doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2469
Wise de Valdez, M.R., D. Nimmo, J. Betz, H-F Gong, A.A. James, L. Alphey and W. C. Black IV. (2011). Genetic elimination of dengue vector mosquitoes. Proceedings of the Natl Acad. Sci.. 108: 4772-4775
Ptitsyn A., Reyes-Solis G., Saavedra-Rodriguez K., Betz J., Suchman E.L., Carlson J., and W. C. Black IV. (2010) Circadian oscillations in gene expression in the Aedes aegypti mosquito. BMC Genomics 12:153-169.
Eisen, L., C.M. Barker C.G. Moore, W.J. Pape, A.M. Winters, and N. Cheronis. 2010. Irrigated agriculture is an important risk factor for West Nile virus disease in the hyperendemic Larimer-Boulder-Weld area of north-central Colorado. Journal of Medical Entomology 47: 939-951.
Winters, A.M., R.J. Eisen, M.J. Delorey, M. Fischer, R.S. Nasci, E. Zielinski-Gutierrez, C.G. Moore, W.J. Pape, and L. Eisen. 2010. Spatial risk assessments based on vector-borne disease epidemiologic data: The importance of scale for West Nile virus disease in Colorado. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 82: 945-953.
Eisen, R.J., L. Eisen, Y.A. Girard, N. Fedorova, J. Mun, B. Slikas, S. Leonhard, U. Kitron, and R.S. Lane. 2010. A spatially-explicit model of acarological risk of exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi-infected Ixodes pacificus nymphs in northwestern California based on woodland type, temperature and water vapor. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 1: 35-43.
Sylla M, Kobylinski KC, Gray M, Chapman PL, Sarr MD, Rasgon JL, Foy BD. Mass drug administration of ivermectin in south-eastern Senegal reduces the survivorship of wild-caught, blood fed malaria vectors. Malaria Journal 2010, 9:365.
Phillips AT, Mossel EC, Sanchez-Vargas I, Foy BD, Olson KE. Alphavirus transducing system: Tools for visualizing infection in mosquito vectors. JOVE. November 24, 2010.
Kobylinski KC, Deus KM, Butters MT, Hongyu T, Gray M, Marques da Silva I, Sylla M, Foy BD. The effect of oral anthelmintics on the survivorship and re-feeding frequency of anthropophilic mosquito disease vectors. Acta Trop. 2010 Nov;116(2):119-26. Epub 2010 Jun 9.
Brackney DE, Isoe J, Black WC IV, Zamora J, Foy BD, Miesfeld RL, Olson KE. Expression Profiling and Comparative Analyses of Midgut Serine Proteases from the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti. J Insect Physiol. 2010 Jul;56(7):736-44. Epub 2010 Feb 2
Winters, A.M., R.J. Eisen, M.J. Delorey, M. Fischer, R.S. Nasci, E. Zielinski-Gutierrez, C.G. Moore, W.J. Pape, and L. Eisen. Spatial risk assessments based on vector-borne disease epidemiologic data: Importance of scale for West Nile virus disease in Colorado. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82(5):945-953; 2010.
Eisen, L., C.M. Barker, C.G. Moore, W.J. Pape, A.M. Winters, and N. Cheronis. Irrigated agriculture is an important risk factor for West Nile virus disease in the hyperendemic Larimer-Boulder-Weld area of north-central Colorado. Journal of Medical Entomology. 47(5):939-951; 2010.
Eric Calvo, E., Sanchez-Vargas, I., Favreau, A.J., Barbian, K.D., Pham, V.M., Olson, K.E. and Ribeiro, J.M.C. (2010). The salivary gland transcriptome of the West Nile mosquito vector, Culex tarsalis, with characterization of protein family possibly acquired by horizontal transfer. BMC Genomics. 11:51.
Eric Calvo, E., Sanchez-Vargas, I., Favreau, A.J., Barbian, K.D., Pham,V.M., Olson, K.E. and Ribeiro, J.M.C. (2010). The salivary gland transcriptome of the Eastern tree hole mosquito, Ochlerotatus triseriatus. J. Medical Entomology. 47:376-386.
Brackney, D.E., Zamora, J., Isoe, J., Black, W.C.4th, Foy, B.D., Miesfeld, R.L. and Olson, K.E. (2010). Expression profiling and comparative analysis of seven novel midgut serine proteases from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. J. Insect Physiology. 56:736-744.
Khoo, C.C.H., Piper, J., Sanchez-Vargas, I., Olson, K.E., and Franz, A.W.E (2010). The RNAi pathway affects midgut infection- and escape barriers for Sindbis virus in Aedes aegypti. BMC-Microbiology. 10:130-141.
Logue, C.H., Phillips, A.T., Mossel, E.C., Ledermann, J.P., Welte, T., Dow, S.W., Olson, K.E. and Powers, A.M. (2010). Cationic liposome-DNA complexes (CLDC) protect outbred mice from lethal Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) challenge. Antiviral Research 87(2):195-203.
Mathur, G., Sanchez-Vargas, I., Alvarez, D., Olson K.E., Marinotti, O., and James, A.A.
(2010). Transgene-mediated suppression of dengue viruses in the salivary glands of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology. Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20738425.
Brackney, D.E., Scott, J.C, Wilusz, J., Olson, K.E., Blair, C.D. and Ebel, G.D. (2010). C6/36 Aedes albopictus cells have a dysfunctional antiviral RNA interference response. PLoS NTD. 4(10): e856. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000856.
Scott, J.C., Brackney, D.E., Campbell, C.L., Bondu-Hawkins, V., Hjelle, B.L., Ebel, G.D., Olson, K.E. and Blair, C.D. (2010). Comparison of Dengue Virus Type 2-Specific Small RNAs from RNA Interference-Competent and –Incompetent Mosquito Cells. PLoS NTD. 4(10): e848 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000848.
Mossel, E., Phillips, A., Sanchez-Vargas, I., Foy B. and Olson, K. (2010). Alphavirus Transducing System: Tools for Visualizing Infection in Mosquito Vectors. J Vis Exp 2010(45):e2363. http://www.jove.com/details.stp?id=2363.