2024
Investigating the dose-dependency of the midgut escape barrier using a mechanistic model of within-mosquito dengue virus population dynamics
Johnson R, Stopard I, Byrne H, Armstrong P, Brackney D, Lambert B. Investigating the dose-dependency of the midgut escape barrier using a mechanistic model of within-mosquito dengue virus population dynamics. PLOS Pathogens 2024, 20: e1011975. PMID: 38557892, PMCID: PMC11008821, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal lamina layersInfection dynamicsYellow fever virusEpidemics of severe diseaseMidgut escape barrierDengue virusVirus population dynamicsAmount of virusEstablishment of infectionDose-dependentlyMosquito feeding behaviorDEN virusesExtrinsic incubation periodFever virusMidgut epitheliumBlood feedingFeeding eventsMidgutViral infection dynamicsZika virusAedes aegyptiCourse of infectionEscape barrierAedes albopictusIncubation period
2005
Isolations of Potosi Virus from Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Collected in Connecticut
Armstrong P, Andreadis T, Anderson J, Main A. Isolations of Potosi Virus from Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Collected in Connecticut. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2005, 42: 875-881. PMID: 16363172, DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.5.875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceChlorocebus aethiopsCluster AnalysisConnecticutCulicidaeDemographyDNA PrimersEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayMolecular Sequence DataOrthobunyavirusPhylogenyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence Analysis, DNASpecies SpecificityVero CellsViral Envelope ProteinsConceptsPotosi virusTrivittatus virusNortheastern United StatesMosquito speciesReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionIndigenous strainsEncoded amino acid sequenceAnopheles punctipennisStatewide surveillance programAedes vexansAedes albopictusAmino acid sequenceRestriction enzyme analysisEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayCVVViral isolatesIsolation rateCross-neutralizationAcid sequenceMosquitoesViral isolation rateAedesJamestown CanyonMolecular assaysTranscription-polymerase chain reaction