2024
Multiple bloodmeals enhance dissemination of arboviruses in three medically relevant mosquito genera
Ferdous Z, Dieme C, Sproch H, Kramer L, Ciota A, Brackney D, Armstrong P. Multiple bloodmeals enhance dissemination of arboviruses in three medically relevant mosquito genera. Parasites & Vectors 2024, 17: 432. PMID: 39427222, PMCID: PMC11490111, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06531-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAedes aegyptiMidgut infection ratesMultiple bloodmealsVector competence of Aedes aegyptiVirus vectorsLaboratory vector competence studiesVector competence studiesMosquito generaFeeding regimenBiting midgesCulex quinquefasciatusPost-infectionOropouche virusWest Nile virusBloodmealVirus disseminationVector competenceEscape barrierFeeding behaviorDissemination of arbovirusesAedes albopictus mosquitoesAedes triseriatusAedesFemale mosquitoesNile virusField Isolation and Laboratory Vector-Host Studies of Brazoran Virus (Peribunyaviridae: Orthobunyavirus) from Florida.
Armstrong P, Anderson J, Sharma R, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Vossbrinck C, Brackney D. Field Isolation and Laboratory Vector-Host Studies of Brazoran Virus (Peribunyaviridae: Orthobunyavirus) from Florida. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2024, 110: 968-970. PMID: 38531101, PMCID: PMC11066360, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCulex quinquefasciatusMultiple mouse tissuesVector competenceDisseminated infectionNucleotide identityTexas isolatesL segmentField isolatesS segmentFlorida strainBlood mealMidgut infectionDisease signsMouse tissuesLaboratory trialsCulex erraticusIntradermal inoculationAedes aegyptiQuinquefasciatusCulex mosquitoesCulexIsolatesSouthern FloridaSuckling miceVirus transmission
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