Barry J. Beaty
University Distinguished Professor
Chief Scientific Officer, MicroRX Infectious Disease Supercluster

Phone: 491-2988
Fax: 491-1815
Email: Barry.Beaty@colostate.edu
Office: 105 Infectious Disease Annex, Foothills Campus

 

Degrees

• B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Research Interests

Arbovirus Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Control, Vector Molecular Biology

• Our major research emphasis is the study of arbovirus-vector interactions. These studies include determination of the evolutionary potential of arboviruses in vectors and elucidation of gene structure-biological function relationships that contribute to preferred vector-vertebrate cycles in nature. Evolutionary events are studied to determine their epidemic significance (e.g. vector and vertebrate host range determinants) and to define molecular determinants of arbovirus cycle integrity. Molecular transformation of arthropod genomes and other molecular genetic approaches are being used to study the molecular biology of the vector. A major International Collaborations in Infectious Disease Research grant and accompanying Fogarty Center training grant focus upon defining the virus and vector genetic determinants of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Mexico. The collaborating institutions are the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, and the Instituto Politecnica Nacional in Mexico City. A new NIH Emerging Virus Disease Unit contract and a CDC Fellowship Training program focus upon research and training needs in emerging viral diseases and vector-borne diseases. Other research programs include longitudinal field studies on hantavirus epidemic potential in Colorado and surveillance for West Nile virus introduction into Mexico.

Selected Publications

Pub Med for Beaty BJ.

• Gorrochotequi-Escalante, Gomez-Machorro, C., Lozano-Fuentes, S., Fernandez-Salas, I., De Lourdes Munoz, M., Farfan-Ale, J., Beaty, B.J., and Black, W.C. The breeding structure of Aedes aegypti populations in Mexico varies by region. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 66:213-222, 2002.
• Diaz, F.J., Farfán J.A., Loroño-Pino, M.A., Olson, K.E., Gubler, D.J., Black, W.C., Blair, C.D., and Beaty, B.J. Genetic variation within and phylogenetic analysis of the premembrane coding region of dengue viruses originating from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 67:93-101, 2002.
• Root, J.J., Black, W.C., Calisher, C.H., Wilson, K.R., Mackie, R.S., Schountz, T., Mills, J.N., and Beaty, B.J. Microsatellite DNA analyses of gene flow among populations of Peromyscus maniculatus at human hantavirus pulmonary syndrome case patient residences. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 39: 287-298, 2003.
• Blitvich, B.J., Marlenee, N.L., Calisher, C.H., Bowen, R.A., Roehrig, J.T., Komar, N., Langevin, S.A., and Beaty, B.J. Epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of serum antibodies to West Nile virus in multiple avian species. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41:1041-1047, 2003.
• Blitvich, B.J., Bowen, R.A., Marlenee, N.L., Hall, R.A., Bunning, M.L., and Beaty, B.J. Epitope blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of West Nile virus antibodies in domestic mammals. J. Clin. Microbiol. J Clin Microbiol. 41:2676-2679, 2003.
• Lorono-Pino, M.A., Blitvich, B.J., Farfan-Ale, J.A., Puerto, F.I., Blanco, J.M., Marlenee, N.L., Rosado-Paredes, E.P., Garcia-Rejon, J.E., Gubler, D., Calisher, C.H., and Beaty, B.J., Serologic evidence for West Nile virus infection in horses in Yucatan, Mexico. Emerging Infectious Disease, 9:857-859, 2003.