2024
Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Deer Tick Virus (Powassan Virus, Lineage II) in Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Five Habitats at a Nature Reserve in Southern Maine, United States.
Robich R, Piantadosi A, Elias S, Cosenza D, Schneider E, Baxter L, LaFon E, Lubelczyk C, Meagher M, Vogels C, Smith R. Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Deer Tick Virus (Powassan Virus, Lineage II) in Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Five Habitats at a Nature Reserve in Southern Maine, United States. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2024 PMID: 39406212, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeer tick virusHabitat typesGenetic diversityIxodes scapularis ticksInvasive vegetationAdult ticksLong-distance dispersalTick virusShort-range dispersalVirus prevalenceTick-borne encephalitis virusPhylogenetic analysisLineage IIHabitatPowassan virus lineage IIEnzootic fociNature ReserveNative vegetationTicksDeerNational Estuarine Research ReserveCompared to 0UnderstoryEncephalitis virusForest
2016
Latitudinal Diversity of Culex pipiens Biotypes and Hybrids in Farm, Peri-Urban, and Wetland Habitats in Europe
Vogels CB, Möhlmann TW, Melsen D, Favia G, Wennergren U, Koenraadt CJ. Latitudinal Diversity of Culex pipiens Biotypes and Hybrids in Farm, Peri-Urban, and Wetland Habitats in Europe. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0166959. PMID: 27870890, PMCID: PMC5117740, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHabitat typesPipiens mosquitoesPipiens biotypesPopulation dynamics studiesMosquito Magnet Liberty Plus trapsWest Nile virusCulex pipiens mosquitoesLatitudinal diversityWetland habitatsCulex pipiens biotypesReal-time PCRRelative abundanceBiotype levelSpecies CxBiotypesSurveillance trapsPipiensMolestusWNV outbreaksHybrids