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
2015
Response to Esteve-Gassent et al.: flaB sequences obtained from Texas PCR products are identical to the positive control strain Borrelia burgdorferi B31
Norris SJ, Barbour AG, Fish D, Diuk-Wasser MA. Response to Esteve-Gassent et al.: flaB sequences obtained from Texas PCR products are identical to the positive control strain Borrelia burgdorferi B31. Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8: 310. PMID: 26050617, PMCID: PMC4489397, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0899-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Analysis of the intergenic sequences provided by Feria-Arroyo et al. does not support the claim of high Borrelia burgdorferi tick infection rates in Texas and northeastern Mexico
Norris SJ, Barbour AG, Fish D, Diuk-Wasser MA. Analysis of the intergenic sequences provided by Feria-Arroyo et al. does not support the claim of high Borrelia burgdorferi tick infection rates in Texas and northeastern Mexico. Parasites & Vectors 2014, 7: 467. PMID: 25428816, PMCID: PMC4203928, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0467-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research