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Skeeter Buster: a stochastic, spatially explicit modeling tool for studying Aedes aegypti population replacement and population suppression strategies by Magori, Krisztian, Legros, Mathieu, Puente, Molly E, Focks, Dana A, Scott, Thomas W, Lloyd, Alun L, Gould, Fred

“…Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease affecting humans. The only prevention measure currently available is the control of its vectors,…”
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Epidemiology of dengue virus in Iquitos, Peru 1999 to 2005: interepidemic and epidemic patterns of transmission by Morrison, Amy C, Minnick, Sharon L, Rocha, Claudio, Forshey, Brett M, Stoddard, Steven T, Getis, Arthur, Focks, Dana A, Russell, Kevin L, Olson, James G, Blair, Patrick J, Watts, Douglas M, Sihuincha, Moises, Scott, Thomas W, Kochel, Tadeusz J

“…Comprehensive, longitudinal field studies that monitor both disease and vector populations for dengue viruses are urgently needed as a pre-requisite for…”
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Parameterization and Sensitivity Analysis of a Complex Simulation Model for Mosquito Population Dynamics, Dengue Transmission, and Their Control by ELLIS, Alicia M, GARCIA, Andres J, FOCKS, Dana A, MORRISON, Amy C, SCOTT, Thomas W

“…Models can be useful tools for understanding the dynamics and control of mosquito-borne disease. More detailed models may be more realistic and better suited…”
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Serological evidence of ongoing transmission of dengue virus in permanent residents of Key West, Florida by Messenger, Ali M, Barr, Kelli L, Weppelmann, Thomas A, Barnes, Amber N, Anderson, Benjamin D, Okech, Bernard A, Focks, Dana A

“…Dengue fever is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, with 40% of the global population at risk of infection. Dengue virus is…”
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Toxorhynchites as biocontrol agents by Focks, Dana A

“…Toxorhynchites is an unusual and interesting genus of large, non-biting mosquitoes. In spite of their size, they are--like many species of…”
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Assessing the potential of a candidate dengue vaccine with mathematical modeling by Beatty, Mark, Boni, Maciej F, Brown, Shawn, Buathong, Rome, Burke, Donald, Coudeville, Laurent, Cummings, Derek A T, Edelman, Robert, Farrar, Jeremy, Focks, Dana A, Gomes, M Gabriela M, Guignard, Adrienne, Halstead, Scott, Hombach, Joachim, Knerer, Gerhart, Koelle, Katia, Lam, Fook Chang, Lang, Jean, Longini, Ira, Medlock, Jan, Namgyal, Pem, Powell, Mair, Recker, Mario, Rohani, Pejman, Standaert, Baudoin, Struchiner, Claudio, Teyssou, Remy, Wearing, Helen

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Simulation Models Examining the Effect of Brugian Filariasis on Dengue Epidemics by Vaughan, Jefferson A, Focks, Dana A, Turell, Michael J

“…Concurrent ingestion of microfilariae (mf) and arboviruses by mosquitoes can enhance the transmission of virus compared with when virus is ingested alone. We…”
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Evaluation of a novel emergence trap to study Culex mosquitoes in urban catch basins by Hamer, Gabriel L, Kelly, Patrick H, Focks, Dana A, Goldberg, Tony L, Walkers, Edward D

“…Stormwater catch basins in urban areas provide important larval habitat for Culex mosquitoes. In this study we quantified adult Culex emergence using a newly…”
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Sensitivity of malaria, Schistosomiasis and dengue to global warming by MARTENS, W. J. M, JETTEN, T. H, FOCKS, D. A

“…Martens et al note that the transmission potential of malaria, schistosomiasis and dengue are highly sensitive to climate changes on the periphery of the…”
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Dengue serotypes 1-4 exhibit unique host specificity in vitro by Barr, Kelli L, Anderson, Benjamin D, Heil, Gary L, Friary, John A, Gray, Gregory C, Focks, Dana A

“…Background: Over 3000 cell lines from over 150 species are commercially available today from the American Type Culture Collection. These cell lines offer…”
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Abridged pupa identification key to the common container-breeding mosquitoes in urban Southeast Asia by Bangs, Michael J, Focks, Dana A

“…Pupal surveys have been advocated as an alternative or surrogate surveillance method for estimating densities of adult Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus…”
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Dengue fever epidemic potential as projected by general circulation models of global climate change by Patz, J.A, Martens, W.J.M, Focks, D.A, Jetten, T.H

“…Climate factors influence the transmission of dengue fever, the world's most widespread vector-borne virus. We examined the potential added risk posed by…”
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Potential changes in the distribution of dengue transmission under climate warming by Jetten, T H, Focks, D A

“…The purpose of the present paper is to document an initial attempt to quantify the influence of warming temperatures on the intensity and distribution of…”
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Transmission thresholds for dengue in terms of Aedes aegypti pupae per person with discussion of their utility in source reduction efforts by Focks, D A, Brenner, R J, Hayes, J, Daniels, E

“…The expense and ineffectiveness of drift-based insecticide aerosols to control dengue epidemics has led to suppression strategies based on eliminating larval…”
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Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Production in Iquitos, Peru by Morrison, Amy C., Gray, Kenneth, Getis, Arthur, Astete, Helvio, Sihuincha, Moises, Focks, Dana, Watts, Douglas, Stancil, Jeffrey D., Olson, James G., Blair, Patrick, Scott, Thomas W.

“…Large-scale longitudinal cohort studies are necessary to characterize temporal and geographic variation in Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) production…”
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Field experiments on the control of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus by Toxorhynchites rutilus rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) by Focks, D A, Sackett, S R, Bailey, D L

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Dengue Fever Epidemic Potential as Predicted by General Circulation Models of Global Climate Change by Patz, Jonathan A, Martens, Willem JM, Focks, Dana A, Jetten, Theo H

“…Outbreaks in urban areas infected with dengue fever's primary vector, Aedes aegypti, can involve up to 70 80% of the population, with no vaccine currently…”
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An Improved and Quantified Technique for Marking Individual Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Wojcik, Daniel P., Burges, Richard J., Blanton, Chantal M., Focks, Dana A.

“…Individual fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren, were marked with dots of Markal brand Ball Point Paint Markers. Marked ants were returned to the colony while…”
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New procedures to estimate water temperatures and water depths for application in climate-dengue modeling by SHOUQUAN CHENG, KALKSTEIN, L. S, FOCKS, D. A, NNAJI, A

“…Two new approaches have been developed to estimate water temperatures and water depths in containers that commonly are used as breeding sites for mosquitoes,…”
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Effect of topically treating cattle with permethrin on blood feeding of Psorophora columbiae (Diptera: Culicidae) in a southwestern Louisiana rice-pasture ecosystem by Nasci, R S, McLaughlin, R E, Focks, D, Billodeaux, J S

“…The percentage of resting mosquitoes that had fed on blood or were gravid-parous was determined in two pastures associated with the riceland agroecosystem in…”
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