2021
Emergence potential of mosquito-borne arboviruses from the Florida Everglades
Fish D, Tesh R, Guzman H, da Rosa A, Balta V, Underwood J, Sither C, Vasilakis N. Emergence potential of mosquito-borne arboviruses from the Florida Everglades. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0259419. PMID: 34807932, PMCID: PMC8608345, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHardwood hammocksEverglades regionWater levelEnvironmental changesTensaw virusBig Cypress National PreserveLargest natural wetlandWetland restoration projectsGreater Everglades regionEverglades National ParkMajor landscape featuresMajor environmental changesEmergence of arbovirusesInvasive speciesUndergoing restorationNatural wetlandsRestoration projectsSubtropical ecosystemsFlorida EvergladesLandscape featuresState ForestNational ParkNational PreservePathogenic mosquitoEverglades virus
2016
Almendravirus: A Proposed New Genus of Rhabdoviruses Isolated from Mosquitoes in Tropical Regions of the Americas.
Contreras MA, Eastwood G, Guzman H, Popov V, Savit C, Uribe S, Kramer LD, Wood TG, Widen SG, Fish D, Tesh RB, Vasilakis N, Walker PJ. Almendravirus: A Proposed New Genus of Rhabdoviruses Isolated from Mosquitoes in Tropical Regions of the Americas. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2016, 96: 100-109. PMID: 27799634, PMCID: PMC5239673, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsL protein sequencesSimilar genome organizationStructural protein genesAnimal rhabdovirusesGenome organizationUnique cladePhylogenetic analysisEverglades National ParkArthropod populationsProtein geneProtein sequencesL geneVertebrate hostsNew genusSequence analysisDiverse familyHematophagous arthropodsRNA virusesAnopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoesGenesNational ParkCladeArthropodsNovel virusRhabdovirus