Chester G. Moore
Professor

Phone: 491-8830
Fax: 491-8323
Email: Chester.Moore@ColoState.edu
Office: Infectious Disease Annex, Foothills Campus
Lab: Infectious Disease Annex, Foothills Campus

 

Degrees

• B.S. University of California, Davis
• M.S. University of California, Davis
• Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Research Interests

Medical Entomology, Disease Ecology, Exotic/Invasive Species of Public Health Importance

• Our research focuses on the "big picture" of vector-borne disease transmission. We are interested in the interactions between pathogen, vertebrate hosts, and vectors, and the impact of environmental factors on these interactions. Insect- and tick-transmitted pathogens (for example, West Nile virus, plague, and Lyme disease) have strong linkages to local landscape and to climate patterns. Those characteristics make these diseases ideally suited to study by using GIS and remote sensing tools. A central focus of projects in this research area is the application of remote sensing and spatial analysis to better define the risk of infection from these agents.
• Another area of interest involves the introduction and spread of alien vector species, such as the Asian "tiger mosquito" Aedes albopictus, and the impact of human activities -- such as international and interstate commerce -- on the spread of diseases and vectors.

Selected Publications

• Moore, C.G. Aedes albopictus in the United States: current status and prospects for further spread. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 15(2):221-227, 1999.
• Nasci, R.S., C.G. Moore, B. Biggerstaff, H.Q. Liu, N.A. Panella, N. Karabatsos, B. Davis, and E. Brannon. La Crosse encephalitis virus habitat associations in Nicholas County, West Virginia. J. Med. Entom. 37:559-570, 2000.
• Nasci, R.S., D.J. White, H. Stirling, J. Oliver, T.J. Daniels, R.C. Falco, S. Campbell, W.J. Crans, H.M. Savage, R.S. Lanciotti, C.G. Moore, M.S. Godsey, K.L. Gottfried, and C.J. Mitchell. West Nile virus isolates from mosquitoes in New York and New Jersey, 1999. Emerg. Inf. Dis. 7(4):626-630; 2001.
• Nasci, R.S., N. Komar, A.A. Marfin, G.V. Ludwig, L.D. Kramer, T.J. Daniels, R.C. Falco, S.R. Campbell, K. Brooks, K.L. Gottfried, K.L. Burkhalter, S. Aspen, A.J. Kerst, R.S. Lanciotti, and C.G. Moore. Detection of West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes and seropositive juvenile birds in the vicinity of virus-positive dead birds. Am. J. Trop. Med. & Hyg. 67:492-496; 2002.
• Black, W.C. IV, and Moore, C.G. Population biology as a tool for studying vector-borne diseases. Chapt. 15. In: Marquardt, W.C. (ed.) Biology of Disease Vectors, 2d ed. New York, NY. Elsevier; 2004.
• Freier, J.E. and C.G. Moore. Use of geographic information system methods in the study of vector-borne diseases. Chapt. 16. In: Marquardt, W.C. (ed.) Biology of Disease Vectors, 2d ed. New York, NY. Elsevier; 2004.
• Moore, C.G. and J.E. Freier. Invasive species and emerging vector-borne infections. Chapt. 17. In: Marquardt, W.C. (ed.) Biology of Disease Vectors, 2d ed. New York, NY. Elsevier; 2004.
• Moore, C.G. and Gage, K.L. Collecting methods for vector surveillance. Chapt. 19. In: Marquardt, W.C. (ed.) Biology of Disease Vectors, 2d ed. New York, NY. Elsevier; 2004.
• Guptill, S.C. and C.G. Moore. Use of remote sensing and geographic information science techniques in the study of vector borne and zoonotic diseases. Chapt. 27. In: Selinus, O. (ed.) Essentials of Medical Geology. Oxford, UK. Elsevier; 2005.
• Van Dyken, M., B.G. Bolling, C.G. Moore, C.D. Blair, B.J. Beaty, W.C. Black IV, and B.D. Foy. Molecular evidence for trypanosomatids in Culex mosquitoes collected during a West Nile virus survey. Intl. J. Parasitol. 36(9):1015-1023; 2006.
• Bolling, B.G., C.G. Moore, S.L. Anderson, C.D. Blair, and B.J. Beaty. Entomological studies along the Colorado Front Range during a period of intense West Nile virus activity. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. (In Press).