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RAMS-AID Research - Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus disease in Colorado

Other resources: Key publications

 

2008

Eisen, L., B.G. Bolling, C.D. Blair, B.J. Beaty, and C.G. Moore. 2008. Mosquito species richness, composition and abundance along habitat-climate-elevation gradients in the northern Colorado Front Range. Journal of Medical Entomology 45: 800-811.

Eisen, R.J., and L. Eisen. 2008. Spatial modeling of human risk of exposure to vector-borne pathogens based on epidemiological versus arthropod vector data. Journal of Medical Entomology 45: 181-192.

Winters, A.M., B.G. Bolling, B.J. Beaty, C.D. Blair, R.J. Eisen, A.M. Meyer, W.J. Pape, C.G. Moore, and L. Eisen. 2008. Combining mosquito vector and human disease data for improved assessment of West Nile virus disease risk. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78: 654-665.


2000-2007

Bode, A. V., J. J. Sejvar, W. J. Pape, G. L. Campbell, and A. A. Marfin. 2006. West Nile virus disease: A descriptive study of 228 patients hospitalized in a 4-county region of Colorado in 2003. Clinical Infectious Diseases 42: 1234-1240.

Bolling, B. G., C. G. Moore, S. L. Anderson, C. D. Blair, and B. J. Beaty. 2007. Entomological studies along the Colorado Front Range during a period of intense West Nile virus activity. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 23: 37-46.

Davis, A., M. Bunning, P. Gordy, N. Panella, B. Blitvich, and R. Bowen. 2005. Experimental and natural infection of North American bats with West Nile virus. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73: 467-469.

Eisen, L., and R. J. Eisen. 2007. Need for improved methods to collect and present spatial epidemiologic data for vectorborne diseases. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13: 1816-1820.

Gujral, I. B., E. C. Zielinski-Gutierrez, A. LeBailly, and R. Nasci. 2007. Behavioral risks for West Nile virus disease, northern Colorado, 2003. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13: 419-425.

Hayes, E. B., N. Komar, R. S. Nasci, S. P. Montgomery, D. R. O'Leary, and G. L. Campbell. 2005. Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of West Nile virus disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11: 1167-1173.

Nemeth, N., G. Kratz, E. Edwards, J. Scherpelz, R. Bowen, and N. Komar. 2007. Surveillance for West Nile virus in clinic-admitted raptors, Colorado. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13: 305-307.

Nemeth, N. M., S. Beckett, E. Edwards, K. Klenk, and N. Komar. 2007. Avian mortality surveillance for West Nile virus in Colorado. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76: 431-437.

Patnaik, J. L., H. H., and R. L. Vogt. 2006. Follow-up of 2003 human West Nile virus infections, Denver, Colorado. Emerging Infectious Diseases 12: 1129-1131.

Patnaik, J. L., L. Juliusson, and R. L. Vogt. 2007. Environmental predictors of human West Nile Virus infections, Colorado. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13: 1788-1790.

Root, J. J., J. S. Hall, R. G. McLean, N. L. Marlenee, B. J. Beaty, J. Gansowski, and L. Clark. 2005. Serologic evidence of exposure of wild mammals to flaviviruses in the central and eastern United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 72: 622-630.

Root, J. J., P. T. Oesterle, H. J. Sullivan, J. S. Hall, N. L. Marlenee, R. G. McLean, J. A. Montenieri, and L. Clark. 2007. Fox squirrel (Scirus niger) associations with West Nile virus. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76: 782-784.

Turell, M. J., D. J. Dohm, M. R. Sardelis, M. L. O'Guinn, T. G. Andreadis, and J. A. Blow. 2005. An update on the potential of North American mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit West Nile virus. Journal of Medical Entomology 42: 57-62.

Zielinski-Gutierrez, E. C., and M. H. Hayden. 2006. A model for defining West Nile virus risk perception based on ecology and proximity. Ecohealth 3: 28-34.

 

Before 2000

Baker, M. 1961. The altitudinal distribution of mosquito larvae in the Colorado Front Range. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 87: 231-246.

Bennington, E. E., and I. L. Sherman. 1960. A note on reported cases of encephalitis and soil temperatures in Colorado. Mosquito News 20: 191-195.

Bennington, E. E., J. S. Blackmore, and C. A. Sooter. 1958. Soil temperature and the emergence of Culex tarsalis from hibernation. Mosquito News 18: 297-298.

Bennington, E. E., C. A. Sooter, and H. Baer. 1958. The diapause in adult female Culex tarsalis Coquillett (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito News 18: 299-304.

Blackmore, J. S., and J. F. Winn. 1956. A winter isolation of western equine encephalitis virus from hibernating Culex tarsalis Coquillett. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 91: 146-148.

Blackmore, J. S., L. C. LaMotte, C. A. Sooter, and P. Holden. 1962. Relationship of Culex tarsalis density to transmission rates of WE and SLE viruses. Mosquito News 22: 11-14.

Calisher, C. H. 1994. Medically important arboviruses of the United States and Canada. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 7: 89-116.

Cockburn, T. A., C. A. Sooter, and A. D. Langmuir. 1957. Ecology of western equine  and St. Louis encephalitis viruses.  A summary of field investigations in Weld County, Colorado, 1949 to 1953. American Journal of Hygiene 65: 130-146.

Cockerell, D. T. A. 1918. The mosquitoes of Colorado. Journal of Economic Entomology 11: 195-200.

Cockerell, D. T. A., and J. T. Scott. 1918. Culicidae of Colorado. Journal of Economic Entomology 11: 387-388.

Dyar, H. G. 1924. The mosquitoes of Colorado. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 12: 39-46.

Harmston, F. C. 1949. An annotated list of the mosquito records from Colorado. Great Basin Naturalist 9: 65-75.

Harmston, F. C., and F. A. Lawson. 1967. Mosquitoes of Colorado. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA.

Hayes, R. O., D. B. Francy, J. S. Lazuick, G. C. Smith, and R. H. Jones. 1976. Arbovirus surveillance in six states during 1972. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 25: 463-476.

Hess, A. D., and R. O. Hayes. 1970. Relative potentials of domestic animals for zooprophylaxis against mosquito vectors of encephalitis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 19: 327-34.

Hess, A. D., C. E. Cherubin, and L. C. LaMotte. 1963. Relation of temperature to activity of western and St. Louis encephalitis viruses. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 12: 657-667.

Jakob, W. L., T. Davis, and D. B. Francy. 1989. Occurrence of Culex erythrothorax in southeastern Colorado and report of virus isolations from this and other mosquito species. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 5: 534-536.

James, M. T. 1942. A two-season light trap study of mosquitoes in Colorado. Journal of Economic Entomology 35: 945.

Laskey, W. R. 1946. Report of mosquitoes collected at Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, during the seasons of 1944-45. Entomological News 57: 188-193.

Matheson, R. 1933. A new species of mosquito for Colorado. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 35: 69-71.

McCallister, G. L. 1992. Use of degree-days to time aerial spraying in west-central Colorado. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 8: 18-23.

Mitchell, C. J. 1979. Winter survival of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) hibernating in mine tunnels In Boulder County Colorado. Journal of Medical Entomology 16: 482-487.

Mitchell, C. J. 1981. Diapause termination, gonoactivity, and differentiation of host-seeking behavior from blood-feeding behavior in hibernating Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 18: 386-394.

Olson, T. A., and H. L. Keegan. 1944. The mosquito collecting program of the Seventh Service Command for 1942-43. Journal of Economic Entomology 37: 780-785.

Olson, T. A., and H. L. Keegan. 1944. New mosquito distribution records from the Seventh Service Command area. Journal of Economic Entomology 37: 847-848.

Portman, R. W. 1943. New mosquito records for Colorado. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 16: 155.

Smith, G. C., C. G. Moore, T. Davis, H. M. Savage, A. B. Thapa, S. L. Shrestha, and N. Karabatsos. 1993. Arbovirus surveillance in northern Colorado, 1987 and 1991. Journal of Medical Entomology 30: 257-261.

Tempelis, C. H., D. B. Francy, R. O. Hayes, and M. F. Lofy. 1967. Variations in feeding patterns of seven culicine mosquitoes on vertebrate hosts in Weld and Larimer Counties, Colorado. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 16: 111-119.

Tsai, T. F., G. C. Smith, M. Ndukwu, W. L. Jakob, C. M. Happ, L. J. Kirk, D. B. Francy, and K. J. Lampert. 1988. Entomologic studies after a St. Louis encephalitis epidemic in Grand Junction, Colorado. American Journal of Epidemiology 128: 285-297.

Tsai, T. F., G. C. Smith, C. M. Happ, L. J. Kirk, W. L. Jakob, R. A. Bolin, D. B. Francy, and K. J. Lampert. 1989. Surveillance of St. Louis encephalitis virus vectors in Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1987. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 5: 161-165.

Tsai, T. F., W. B. Cobb, R. A. Bolin, N. J. Gilman, G. C. Smith, R. E. Bailey, J. D. Poland, J. J. Doran, J. K. Emerson, and K. J. Lampert. 1987. Epidemiologic aspects of a St. Louis encephalitis outbreak in Mesa County, Colorado. American Journal of Epidemiology 126: 460-473.

West, D. F., and W. C. Black IV. 1998. Breeding structure of three snow pool Aedes mosquito species in northern Colorado. Heredity 81: 371-380.

West, D. F., C. F. Bosio, and W. C. Black IV. 1994. New state record for Culiseta morsitans in Colorado. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 10: 588.

West, D. F., T. Payette, T. Mundy, and W. C. t. Black. 1997. Regional molecular genetic key of thirteen snow pool Aedes species (Diptera:Culicidae) in northern Colorado. Journal of Medical Entomology 34: 404-410.