Search Results - "Pollack, R.J"

Early Evening Questing and Oviposition Activity by the Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) Vectors of West Nile Virus in Northeastern North America by Reddy, Michael R., Lepore, Timothy J., Pollack, Richard J., Kiszewski, Anthony E., Spielman, Andrew, Reiter, Paul

“…To determine whether the Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, WNV) in the northeastern…”
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Outbreak of West Nile Virus in North America by Spielman, A., Andreadis, T. G., Apperson, C. S., Cornel, A. J., Day, J. F., Edman, J. D., Fish, D., Harrington, L. C., Kiszewski, A. E., Lampman, R., Lanzaro, G. C., F. -R. Matuschka, Munstermann, L. E., Nasci, R. S., Norris, D. E., Novak, R. J., Pollack, R. J., Reisen, W. K., Reiter, P., Savage, H. M., Tabachnick, W. J., Wesson, D. M., Fonseca, Dina M., Keyghobadi, Nusha, Malcolm, Colin A., Schaffner, Francis, Mogi, Motoyoshi, Fleischer, Robert C., Wilkerson, Richard C.

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A readily constructed lard-can trap for sampling host-seeking mosquitoes by Lepore, Timothy J, Pollack, Richard J, Spielman, Andrew, Reiter, Paul

“…Although lard-can traps have been used for sampling host-seeking mosquitoes for at least a half-century, the materials from which they originally were…”
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A nestable fiber pot for sampling resting mosquitoes by Komar, N, Pollack, R J, Spielman, A

“…To enhance the effectiveness of an arbovirus monitoring program, we evaluated a commercially available device for sampling resting vector mosquitoes. Diverse…”
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Time limitation and the role of research in the worldwide attempt to eradicate malaria by Spielman, A, Kitron, U, Pollack, R J

“…The U.S. Congress established an intense, time-limited, worldwide malaria eradication program in 1958 and assigned operational responsibility to the U.S…”
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Rapid dissemination by the agent of Lyme disease in hosts that permit fulminating infection by Shih, C.M, Telford, S.R. III, Pollack, R.J, Spielman, A

“…We determined whether the agent of Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) disseminates more rapidly following deposition in hosts that permit fulminating…”
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Enema infusion technique inappropriate for evaluating viral competence of ticks by Turell, M.J. (U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD.), Pollack, R.J, Spielman, A

“…To determine whether anal infusion of virus simulates the natural route of infection rather than intracoelomic injection, we compared the course of Venezuelan…”
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Analysis of glutathione-enhanced differentiation by microfilariae of Onchocerca lienalis (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) in vitro by Pollack, R.J, Lok, J.B, Donnelly, J.J

“…Reduced glutathione (GSH), but not its oxidized form (GSSG), stimulated development of Onchocerca lienalis microfilariae to the late first-larval stage in…”
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Rectal infusion and aspiration of material through the guts of ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) by Pollack, R J, Telford, 3rd, S R, Spielman, A

“…A technique for inoculating and removing substances via the anus of vector ticks was devised to define features of vector competence precisely. Calibrated…”
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Further studies on the development of onchocerca spp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in Nearctic black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) by Lok, J B, Cupp, E W, Bernardo, M J, Pollack, R J

“…Of three species of Nearctic black flies tested, Simulium pictipes Hagen proved the most efficient laboratory vector of the bovine parasite Onchocerca…”
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