2024
Host-Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes in the Florida Everglades
Anderson J, Molaei G, Fish D, Armstrong P, Khalil N, Brudner S, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Olson M, Andreadis T. Host-Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes in the Florida Everglades. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2024, 24: 520-531. PMID: 38648543, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2023.0072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHispid cotton ratsWest Nile virusWading birdsAmerican alligatorMosquito speciesSusceptibility to WNVCulex nigripalpus</i>,Blood meals of mosquitoesFlorida EvergladesBlood mealMarsh rabbitWhite-tailed deerIndustrial sitesBlood-fed specimensEverglades virusSpecies of rodentsHost speciesBlood-fed mosquitoesAvian hostsTransmit West Nile virusBehavior of mosquitoesFrequent hostsPCR assayTensaw virusHost feeding behavior
2021
Ecology and Epidemiology of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in the Northeastern United States: An Historical Perspective
Armstrong P, Andreadis T. Ecology and Epidemiology of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in the Northeastern United States: An Historical Perspective. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2021, 59: 1-13. PMID: 34734628, PMCID: PMC8755988, DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEastern equine encephalitis virusEquine encephalitis virusOpportunistic feeding behaviourBird speciesRecent disease outbreaksWood ThrushWild birdsSporadic disease outbreaksAmerican robinsDisease outbreaksNortheastern United StatesBridge vectorsEEEV transmissionMosquito speciesEnzootic vectorNorthward expansionSpeciesVector competenceHigh mosquito densitiesCuliseta melanuraFeeding behaviorVirus transmissionEcologyMajor driverMelanura
2020
Patterns of mosquito and arbovirus community composition and ecological indexes of arboviral risk in the northeast United States
McMillan J, Armstrong P, Andreadis T. Patterns of mosquito and arbovirus community composition and ecological indexes of arboviral risk in the northeast United States. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020, 14: e0008066. PMID: 32092063, PMCID: PMC7058363, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity compositionLand cover classificationMosquito speciesNortheast United StatesCover classificationMosquito community compositionCommunity ecology approachSpecies-specific trendsPatterns of mosquitoesMosquito control effortsLong-term surveillance dataCover gradientEcological indicesMosquito communitiesDiscrete habitatsEcology approachArboviral riskLinear mixed effects modelsArbovirus surveillance programsDiverse mixMultiple mosquito speciesEastern equine encephalitisSpeciesHabitatsNumber of arboviruses
2018
Seasonal Distribution, Blood-Feeding Habits, and Viruses of Mosquitoes in an Open-Faced Quarry in Connecticut, 2010 and 2011
Anderson J, Armstrong P, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Andreadis T, Molaei G. Seasonal Distribution, Blood-Feeding Habits, and Viruses of Mosquitoes in an Open-Faced Quarry in Connecticut, 2010 and 2011. Journal Of The American Mosquito Control Association 2018, 34: 1-10. PMID: 31442119, DOI: 10.2987/17-6707.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies of mosquitoesBlood-feeding habitMammalian hostsCommon mammalian hostSpecies of birdsDifferent mammalian hostsBlood-fed mosquitoesSource of bloodUnique habitatAbundant speciesSeasonal abundanceMosquito speciesSpeciesMosquito-borne virusJamestown Canyon virusCache Valley virusWest Nile virusMosquitoesBirdsMid-JuneHostNile virusSeasonal distributionVirusPasseriformes
2008
Host-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia
Molaei G, Andreadis T, Armstrong P, Diuk-Wasser M. Host-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2008, 51 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[1143:hpopmv]2.0.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecies of AedesMosquito speciesMammalian hostsCytochrome b geneWhite-tailed deerHost feeding patternsBlood-feeding patternsAedes cinereus MeigenMain vertebrate hostCulex territans WalkerHost-feeding patternsPasseriformes birdsBlood-fed mosquitoesMitochondrial DNAB geneCervid hostsMammalian speciesAvian hostsAmerican robinsMajority of feedingsVertebrate hostsOccasional feedingTurdus migratoriusPsorophora feroxAedes cantatorHost-feeding patterns of potential mosquito vectors in Connecticut, U.S.A.: molecular analysis of bloodmeals from 23 species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia.
Molaei G, Andreadis T, Armstrong P, Diuk-Wasser M. Host-feeding patterns of potential mosquito vectors in Connecticut, U.S.A.: molecular analysis of bloodmeals from 23 species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2008, 45: 1143-51. PMID: 19058640, DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[1143:hpopmv]2.0.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost-feeding patternsSpecies of AedesMosquito speciesMammalian hostsCytochrome b geneWhite-tailed deerBlood-feeding patternsClasses of vertebratesAedes cinereus MeigenMain vertebrate hostCulex territans WalkerPasseriformes birdsBlood-fed mosquitoesMitochondrial DNAB geneCervid hostsMammalian speciesAvian hostsAmerican robinsMajority of feedingsVertebrate hostsOccasional feedingTurdus migratoriusAedes cantatorViremic birdsHost-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia
Molaei G, Andreadis T, Armstrong P, Diuk-Wasser M. Host-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2008, 45: 1143-1151. DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585%282008%2945%5b1143%3ahpopmv%5d2.0.co%3b2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMosquito speciesMammalian hostsCytochrome b geneWhite-tailed deerHost feeding patternsBlood-feeding patternsAedes cinereus MeigenMain vertebrate hostCulex territans WalkerHost-feeding patternsSpecies of AedesPasseriformes birdsBlood-fed mosquitoesMitochondrial DNAB geneCervid hostsMammalian speciesAvian hostsAmerican robinsMajority of feedingsVertebrate hostsOccasional feedingTurdus migratoriusPsorophora feroxAedes cantatorRemotely-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 ResearchConceptsVegetation 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
2007
Host feeding pattern of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and its role in transmission of West Nile virus in Harris County, Texas.
Molaei G, Andreadis T, Armstrong P, Bueno R, Dennett J, Real S, Sargent C, Bala A, Randle Y, Guzman H, da Rosa A, Wuithiranyagool T, Tesh R. Host feeding pattern of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and its role in transmission of West Nile virus in Harris County, Texas. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2007, 77: 73-81. PMID: 17620633, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.73.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertebrate hostsCytochrome b geneHost feeding patternsMammalian blood mealsOpportunistic feedersGray CatbirdsB geneAmerican robinsHouse finchesBlue jaysHouse sparrowsMosquito speciesAmerican crowsWNV infection ratesBlood mealPrincipal mosquito vectorCulex quinquefasciatus SayMosquito vectorsWest Nile virusPCR productsCulex quinquefasciatusMode of infectionQuinquefasciatus SayDomestic catsFeeding patterns
2006
Molecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary Relationships Among Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Northeastern United States Based on Small Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) Sequences
SHEPARD J, ANDREADIS T, VOSSBRINCK C. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary Relationships Among Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Northeastern United States Based on Small Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) Sequences. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2006, 43: 443-454. DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585%282006%2943%5b443%3ampaera%5d2.0.co%3b2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall subunit ribosomal DNA sequencesRibosomal DNA sequencesSister groupMolecular phylogenyEvolutionary relationshipsDNA sequencesMonophyletic sister groupPhylogenetic dataPhylogenetic relationshipsDistinct cladesPhylogenetic studiesBasal cladeAnopheles MeigenMorphological charactersMosquito taxaRobineau-DesvoidyAedes MeigenSpecies levelGeneric levelMosquito speciesCulex L.PhylogenyCladeSpeciesOchlerotatusMolecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary Relationships Among Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Northeastern United States Based on Small Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) Sequences
SHEPA J, ANDREADIS T, VOSSBRINCK C. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary Relationships Among Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Northeastern United States Based on Small Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) Sequences. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2006, 51 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[443:mpaera]2.0.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall subunit ribosomal DNA sequencesRibosomal DNA sequencesSister groupMolecular phylogenyEvolutionary relationshipsDNA sequencesMonophyletic sister groupPhylogenetic dataPhylogenetic relationshipsDistinct cladesPhylogenetic studiesBasal cladeAnopheles MeigenMorphological charactersMosquito taxaRobineau-DesvoidyAedes MeigenSpecies levelGeneric levelMosquito speciesCulex L.PhylogenyCladeSpeciesOchlerotatus
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, 51 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0875:iopvfm]2.0.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotosi virusTrivittatus virusRT-PCRStatewide surveillance programTranscription-polymerase chain reactionViral isolation rateEnzyme-linked immunosorbentJamestown CanyonIsolation rateViral isolatesSurveillance programEnvelope geneChain reactionMolecular assaysVirusMosquito speciesRestriction enzyme analysisAnopheles punctipennisArbovirusesUnited StatesCache ValleyMosquitoesIsolatesBunyavirusesEnzyme analysisIsolations 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
1988
A survey of mosquitoes breeding in used tire stockpiles in Connecticut.
Andreadis T. A survey of mosquitoes breeding in used tire stockpiles in Connecticut. Journal Of The American Mosquito Control Association 1988, 4: 256-60. PMID: 3199116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMosquito speciesHabitat typesSurvey of mosquitoesCulex speciesCulex restuansCulex pipiensSpeciesLarval surveysDiscernable preferenceCuliseta melanuraAnopheles punctipennisAedes albopictusMelanuraTire casingsTriseriatusAtropalpusMosquitoesCxBreedingPunctipennisGenusTerritansLarvaeRestuansTire dump