Lars Eisen
Assistant Professor

Phone: 491-8386
Fax: 491-8707
Email: Lars.Eisen@colostate.edu
Office/Lab: Infectious Disease Annex, Foothills Campus

 

Degrees

• B.S. - Biology - Umeå University, Sweden
• Ph.D.- Entomology - Uppsala University, Sweden

Research Interests

Disease ecology, Vector biology

• Research interests include mosquito and tick biology, ecology and epidemiology of mosquito-borne diseases (dengue, West Nile virus disease) and tick-borne diseases (Colorado tick fever, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia), spatiotemporal risk models for exposure to vectors and pathogens, effect of changing climate and landscape on risk of exposure to vectors and pathogens, and use of computer-based decision support systems and web-based information delivery systems to prevent and control vector-borne diseases.

Selected Publications; Lars Eisen (aka Lars Tälleklint)

Pub Med for Eisen L or Tälleklint L

• Piesman, J., and L. Eisen. 2008. Prevention of tick-borne diseases. Annual Review of Entomology 53: In Press.
• Eisen, R.J., G.E. Glass, L. Eisen, J. Cheek, R.E. Enscore, P. Ettestad, and K.L. Gage. 2007. A spatial model of shared risk for plague and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the southwestern United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene77: In press.
• Eisen, L., A.M. Meyer, and R.J. Eisen. 2007. A climate-based model predicting acarological risk of encountering the human-biting adult life stage of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni Stiles (Acari: Ixodidae), in a key habitat type in Colorado. Journal of Medical Entomology 44:694-704.
• Eisen, L. 2007. A call for renewed research on tick-borne Francisella tularensis in the Arkansas-Missouri primary national focus of tularemia in humans. Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 389-397.
• Eisen, L. 2007. Seasonal pattern of host-seeking activity by the human-biting adult life stage of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 359-366.
• Eisen, R.J., R.S. Lane, C.L. Fritz, and L. Eisen. 2006. Spatial patterns of Lyme disease risk in California based on disease incidence data and modeling of vector-tick exposure. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene75: 669-676.
• Salkeld, D.J., R.J. Eisen, M.F. Antolin, P. Stapp, and L. Eisen. 2006. Host usage and seasonal activity patterns of Ixodes kingi and I. sculptus (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs in a Colorado prairie landscape, with a summary of published North American host records for all life stages. Journal of Vector Ecology31: 168-180.
• Eisen, L., R.J. Eisen, and R.S. Lane. 2006. Geographical distribution patterns and habitat suitability models for presence of host-seeking ixodid ticks in dense woodlands of Mendocino County, California. Journal of Medical Entomology 43: 415-427.
• Eisen, R.J., L. Eisen, and R.S. Lane. 2006. Predicting density of Ixodes pacificus nymphs in dense woodlands in Mendocino County, California, based on geographical information systems and remote sensing versus field-derived data. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 74: 632-640.
• Eisen, R.J., L. Eisen, and R.S. Lane. 2005. Remote sensing (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) classification of risk versus minimal risk habitats for human exposure to Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs in Mendocino County, California. Journal of Medical Entomology 42: 75-81.
• Eisen, L., R.J. Eisen, and R.S. Lane. 2004. The roles of birds, lizards, and rodents as hosts for the western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus. Journal of Vector Ecology 29: 295-308.
• Eisen, L., R.J. Eisen, C.C. Chang, J. Mun, and R.S. Lane. 2004. Acarologic risk of exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi spirochaetes: Long-term evaluations in northwestern California, with implications for Lyme borreliosis risk-assessment models. Medical & Veterinary Entomology 18: 38-49.
• Eisen, L., M.C. Dolan, J. Piesman, and R.S. Lane. 2003. Vector competence of Ixodes pacificus and I. spinipalpis (Acari: Ixodidae), and reservoir competence of the dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) and the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), for Borrelia bissettii. Journal of Medical Entomology 40: 311-320.
• Eisen, L., and R.S. Lane. 2002. Vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, pp. 91-115. In J. Gray, O. Kahl, R.S. Lane and G. Stanek [eds.], Lyme borreliosis. Biology, epidemiology, and control. CABI Publishing, New York.
• Lindgren, E., L. Tälleklint, and T. Polfeldt. 2000. Impact of climatic change on the northern latitude limit and population density of the disease-transmitting European tick Ixodes ricinus. Environmental Health Perspectives 108: 119-123.
• Tälleklint, L., and T.G.T. Jaenson. 1994. Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from mammal reservoirs to the primary vector of Lyme borreliosis, Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae), in Sweden. Journal of Medical Entomology 31: 880-886.