2022
Seasonal Dynamics of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in the Southwestern Florida Everglades, 2016, 2017.
Anderson J, Fish D, Armstrong P, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Ferrandino F, Andreadis T, Stenglein M, Kapuscinski M. Seasonal Dynamics of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in the Southwestern Florida Everglades, 2016, 2017. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2022, 106: 610-622. PMID: 35008051, PMCID: PMC8832897, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies of virusesSpecies of mosquitoesGumbo LimboShotgun metagenomic sequencingShark RiverSpecies complexWest Nile virusHardwood hammocksEverglades virusNotable speciesMosquito-Borne VirusesMetagenomic sequencingAnopheles speciesNile virusSeasonal dynamicsSpeciesFlorida EvergladesTensaw virusCulex nigripalpusEvergladesPools of CxCypress swampsNigripalpusMosquitoesAnopheles crucians
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
2011
Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
Margos G, Vollmer S, Ogden N, Fish D. Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Infection Genetics And Evolution 2011, 11: 1545-1563. PMID: 21843658, PMCID: PMC3214628, DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolutionary relationshipsSingle-locus approachesMultilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemeSequence typing schemePopulation geneticsPopulation structureBacterial speciesSensu latoLyme borreliosis spirochetesNovel insightsPhylogenyImportant groupLocus approachZoonotic bacteriaBacterial microorganismsBorrelia burgdorferi sensu latoTaxonomyTyping schemeBurgdorferi sensu latoGeneticsSpeciesLatoMicroorganismsBacteriaEvolution
2008
Ecologic Factors Associated with West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States - Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Brown HE, Childs JE, Diuk-Wasser MA, Fish D. Ecologic Factors Associated with West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States - Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008, 14: 1539-1545. PMID: 18826816, PMCID: PMC2609885, DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.071396.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRemotely-Sensed Vegetation Indices Identify Mosquito Clusters of West Nile Virus Vectors in an Urban Landscape in the Northeastern United States
Brown H, Diuk-Wasser M, Andreadis T, Fish D. Remotely-Sensed Vegetation Indices Identify Mosquito Clusters of West Nile Virus Vectors in an Urban Landscape in the Northeastern United States. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2008, 8: 197-206. PMID: 18452400, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCitiesConnecticutCulicidaeEcosystemFemaleInsect ControlInsect VectorsPlantsWest Nile virusConceptsVegetation indexWest Nile virus vectorsUrban landscapeEnvironmental variablesVector-competent mosquito speciesNortheastern United StatesHabitat differencesMosquito-borne disease controlMosquito habitatsWest Nile virus transmissionLandscapePopulated urban environmentsUrban environmentMosquito speciesUrban areasAdult mosquitoesCanonical correlation analysisHabitatsCorrelation analysisImportant implicationsSitesCompetent vectorsSignificant relationshipSpeciesMosquitoes
2005
Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk
Brownstein JS, Skelly DK, Holford TR, Fish D. Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk. Oecologia 2005, 146: 469-475. PMID: 16187106, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0251-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research