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Management of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses: Advances and challenges by Dusfour, Isabelle, Vontas, John, David, Jean-Philippe, Weetman, David, Fonseca, Dina M, Corbel, Vincent, Raghavendra, Kamaraju, Coulibaly, Mamadou B, Martins, Ademir J, Kasai, Shinji, Chandre, Fabrice

“…The landscape of mosquito-borne disease risk has changed dramatically in recent decades, due to the emergence and reemergence of urban transmission cycles…”
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Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships by Wilkerson, Richard C, Linton, Yvonne-Marie, Fonseca, Dina M, Schultz, Ted R, Price, Dana C, Strickman, Daniel A

“…The tribe Aedini (Family Culicidae) contains approximately one-quarter of the known species of mosquitoes, including vectors of deadly or debilitating disease…”
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Integrated Aedes management for the control of Aedes-borne diseases by Roiz, David, Wilson, Anne L, Scott, Thomas W, Fonseca, Dina M, Jourdain, Frédéric, Müller, Pie, Velayudhan, Raman, Corbel, Vincent

“…Diseases caused by Aedes-borne viruses, such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever, are emerging and reemerging globally. The causes are…”
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Moving eDNA surveys onto land: Strategies for active eDNA aggregation to detect invasive forest insects by Valentin, Rafael E., Fonseca, Dina M., Gable, Sydney, Kyle, Kathleen E., Hamilton, George C., Nielsen, Anne L., Lockwood, Julie L.

“…The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys to monitor terrestrial species has been relatively limited, with successful implementations still confined to…”
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Insecticide resistance status of United States populations of Aedes albopictus and mechanisms involved by Marcombe, Sébastien, Farajollahi, Ary, Healy, Sean P, Clark, Gary G, Fonseca, Dina M

“…Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is an invasive mosquito that has become an important vector of chikungunya and dengue viruses. Immature Ae. albopictus thrive in…”
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hitchhiker's guide to becoming invasive: exotic mosquitoes spread across a US state by human transport not autonomous flight by Egizi, Andrea, Jay Kiser, Charles Abadam, Dina M. Fonseca

“…Not all exotic species establish and expand aggressively (i.e. become invasive). As potential vectors of disease agents, invasive mosquitoes can have…”
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Multiple piroplasm parasites (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) in northeastern populations of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the United States by Herb, Heidi, González, Julia, Ferreira, Francisco C., Fonseca, Dina M.

“…Piroplasms, which include the agents of cattle fever and human and dog babesiosis, are a diverse group of blood parasites of significant veterinary and medical…”
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Trouble: Urban Sources of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Refractory to Source-Reduction by Unlu, Isik, Farajollahi, Ary, Strickman, Daniel, Fonseca, Dina M, Michel, Kristin

“…Our ultimate objective is to design cost-effective control strategies for Aedes albopictus , the Asian tiger mosquito, an important urban nuisance and disease…”
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Seasonal Dynamics of Tick Species in the Ecotone of Parks and Recreational Areas in Middlesex County (New Jersey, USA) by González, Julia, Fonseca, Dina M, Toledo, Alvaro

“…People often use parks and other forested areas for outdoor activities such as hiking and walking their dogs. Areas of primary use are paths or grassy meadows…”
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Comparative host feeding patterns of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in urban and suburban Northeastern USA and implications for disease transmission by Faraji, Ary, Egizi, Andrea, Fonseca, Dina M, Unlu, Isik, Crepeau, Taryn, Healy, Sean P, Gaugler, Randy

“…Aedes albopictus is an invasive species which continues expanding its geographic range and involvement in mosquito-borne diseases such as chikungunya and…”
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A pictorial key to differentiate the recently detected exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari, Ixodidae) from native congeners in North America by Egizi, Andrea M., Robbins, Richard G., Beati, Lorenza, Nava, Santiago, Evans, Colleen R., Occi, James L., Fonseca, Dina M.

“…Until recently, only two haemaphysaline species, Haemaphysalischordeilis (Packard, 1869) and Haemaphysalisleporispalustris (Packard, 1869), were known to occur…”
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Early detection of invasive exotic insect infestations using eDNA from crop surfaces by Valentin, Rafael E, Fonseca, Dina M, Nielsen, Anne L, Leskey, Tracy C, Lockwood, Julie L

“…The number of exotic species invasions has increased over recent decades, as have the ecological harm and economic burdens they impose. Rapid-response…”
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Primary blood-hosts of mosquitoes are influenced by social and ecological conditions in a complex urban landscape by Goodman, Heather, Egizi, Andrea, Fonseca, Dina M, Leisnham, Paul T, LaDeau, Shannon L

“…Temperate urban landscapes support persistent and growing populations of Culex and Aedes mosquito vectors. Large urban mosquito populations can represent a…”
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The ubiquity and ancestry of insect doublesex by Price, Dana C., Egizi, Andrea, Fonseca, Dina M.

“…The doublesex ( dsx ) gene functions as a molecular switch at the base of the insect sex determination cascade and triggers male or female somatic sexual…”
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Neighbors help neighbors control urban mosquitoes by Johnson, Brian J., Brosch, David, Christiansen, Arlene, Wells, Ed, Wells, Martha, Bhandoola, Andre F., Milne, Amy, Garrison, Sharon, Fonseca, Dina M.

“…The worldwide spread of invasive Aedes mosquitoes and arboviral disease, have renewed the pressure for effective and sustainable urban mosquito control. We…”
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Integrating the public in mosquito management: active education by community peers can lead to significant reduction in peridomestic container mosquito habitats by Healy, Kristen, Hamilton, George, Crepeau, Taryn, Healy, Sean, Unlu, Isik, Farajollahi, Ary, Fonseca, Dina M

“…Mosquito species that utilize peridomestic containers for immature development are commonly aggressive human biters, and because they often reach high…”
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Chirosurveillance: The use of native bats to detect invasive agricultural pests by Maslo, Brooke, Valentin, Rafael, Leu, Karen, Kerwin, Kathleen, Hamilton, George C, Bevan, Amanda, Fefferman, Nina H, Fonseca, Dina M

“…Invasive insect pests cost the agricultural industry billions of dollars annually in crop losses. Timely detection of pests is critical for management…”
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Transcriptional response of individual Hawaiian Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes to the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum by Ferreira, Francisco C, Videvall, Elin, Seidl, Christa M, Wagner, Nicole E, Kilpatrick, A. Marm, Fleischer, Robert C, Fonseca, Dina M

“…Background Plasmodium parasites that cause bird malaria occur in all continents except Antarctica and are primarily transmitted by mosquitoes in the genus…”
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Effectiveness of ultra-low volume nighttime applications of an adulticide against diurnal Aedes albopictus, a critical vector of dengue and chikungunya viruses by Farajollahi, Ary, Healy, Sean P, Unlu, Isik, Gaugler, Randy, Fonseca, Dina M

“…Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, continues expanding its geographic range and involvement in mosquito-borne diseases such as chikungunya and dengue…”
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A gene-based capture assay for surveying patterns of genetic diversity and insecticide resistance in a worldwide group of invasive mosquitoes by Aardema, Matthew L., Campana, Michael G., Wagner, Nicole E., Ferreira, Francisco C., Fonseca, Dina M.

“…Understanding patterns of diversification, genetic exchange, and pesticide resistance in arthropod disease vectors is necessary for effective population…”
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