Search Results - "Hamer, G. L."

Quantifying the potential pathways and locations of Rift Valley fever virus entry into the United States by Golnar, A. J., Kading, R. C., Hamer, G. L.

“…Summary The global invasion of West Nile virus, chikungunya virus and Zika virus in the past two decades suggests an increasing rate of mosquito‐borne virus…”
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Predicting West Nile Virus Infection Risk From the Synergistic Effects of Rainfall and Temperature by Shand, L., Brown, W. M., Chaves, L. F., Goldberg, T. L., Hamer, G. L., Haramis, L., Kitron, U., Walker, E. D., Ruiz, M.O.

“…Mosquito-based surveillance is a practical way to estimate the risk of transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) to people. Variations in temperature and…”
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Preliminary results of the routine comparison of wind profiler data with the meteorological office unified model vertical wind profiles by Panagi, P.M., Dicks, E.M., Hamer, G.L., Nash, J.

“…An aim of the Met Offices wind profiler project is to provide routine comparisons between numerical weather prediction models and European wind profiler data…”
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Culex flavivirus and West Nile virus mosquito coinfection and positive ecological association in Chicago, United States by Newman, Christina M, Cerutti, Francesco, Anderson, Tavis K, Hamer, Gabriel L, Walker, Edward D, Kitron, Uriel D, Ruiz, Marilyn O, Brawn, Jeffery D, Goldberg, Tony L

“…Culex flavivirus (CxFV) is an insect-specific flavivirus globally distributed in mosquitoes of the genus Culex. CxFV was positively associated with West Nile…”
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Fine-scale genetic variation and evolution of West Nile Virus in a transmission “hot spot” in suburban Chicago, USA by Bertolotti, Luigi, Kitron, Uriel D, Walker, Edward D, Ruiz, Marilyn O, Brawn, Jeffrey D, Loss, Scott R, Hamer, Gabriel L, Goldberg, Tony L

“…Abstract Mosquitoes and birds were sampled for West Nile virus (WNV) in suburban Chicago, USA, in a “hot spot” of arboviral transmission. Viral genetic…”
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Identification of Avian and Hemoparasite DNA in Blood-Engorged Abdomens of Culex pipiens (Diptera; Culicidae) from a West Nile Virus Epidemic Region in Suburban Chicago, Illinois by Boothe, Emily, Medeiros, Matthew C. I., Kitron, Uriel D., Brawn, Jeffrey D., Ruiz, Marilyn O., Goldberg, Tony L., Walker, Edward D., Hamer, Gabriel L.

“…Multiple mosquito-borne parasites cocirculate in nature and potentially interact. To understand the community of parasites cocirculating with West Nile virus…”
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Genetic variation associated with mammalian feeding in Culex pipiens from a West Nile virus epidemic region in Chicago, Illinois by Huang, Shaoming, Hamer, Gabriel L, Molaei, Goudarz, Walker, Edward D, Goldberg, Tony L, Kitron, Uriel D, Andreadis, Theodore G

“…Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex are important vectors of West Nile virus in the United States. We examined the genetic variations of Cx. pipiens…”
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Rapid amplification of West Nile virus: the role of hatch-year birds by Hamer, Gabriel L, Walker, Edward D, Brawn, Jeffrey D, Loss, Scott R, Ruiz, Marilyn O, Goldberg, Tony L, Schotthoefer, Anna M, Brown, William M, Wheeler, Emily, Kitron, Uriel D

“…Epizootic transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) often intensifies rapidly leading to increasing risk of human infection, but the processes underlying…”
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Host Selection by Culex pipiens Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus Amplification by Hamer, G L, Kitron, U D, Goldberg, T L, Brawn, J D, Loss, SR, Ruiz, MO, Hayes, D B, Walker, ED

“…Recent field studies have suggested that the dynamics of West Nile virus (WNV) transmission are influenced strongly by a few key super spreader bird species…”
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Nestling passerines are not important hosts for amplification of West Nile Virus in Chicago, Illinois by Loss, Scott R, Hamer, Gabriel L, Goldberg, Tony L, Ruiz, Marilyn O, Kitron, Uriel D, Walker, Edward D, Brawn, Jeffrey D

“…Nestling birds have been hypothesized to be important hosts for mosquito-borne arboviruses, but the role of nestlings for West Nile virus (WNV) amplification…”
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The Met Office's upgraded lightning location system by Hamer, G.L.

“…The Met. Office (UK NMS) has operated a VLF ‘arrival time difference’ thunderstorm location system since 1986. This system's hardware is currently being…”
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