Research Summary
Vector arthropods and the pathogens they transmit, with emphasis on release of genetically-modified mosquitoes for disease control, pathogen transmission dynamics and bioterrorism issues. Specifically, he studies how natural genetic variation in wild vector populations conditions phenotypic variation in pathogen transmission and how natural genetic variation in wild vector populations can be artificially altered to have a directed effect on pathogen transmission dynamics.
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Recent Publications
Identification of MicroRNAs in the West Nile Virus Vector Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae)
Asad, S., Mehdi, A. M., Pujhari, S., Rückert, C., Ebel, G. D. & Rasgon, J. L., Mar 1 2023, In: Journal of medical entomology. 60, 2, p. 282-293 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In Vitro and In Vivo Coinfection and Superinfection Dynamics of Mayaro and Zika Viruses in Mosquito and Vertebrate Backgrounds
Brustolin, M., Pujhari, S., Terradas, G., Werling, K., Asad, S., Metz, H. C., Henderson, C. A., Kim, D. & Rasgon, J. L., Jan 2023, In: Journal of virology. 97, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Novel genome sequences and evolutionary dynamics of the North American anopheline species Anopheles freeborni, Anopheles crucians, Anopheles quadrimaculatus, and Anopheles albimanus
Henderson, C., Kemirembe, K., McKeand, S., Bergey, C. & Rasgon, J. L., Jan 2023, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 13, 1, jkac284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Culex tarsalis Is a Competent Host of the Insect-Specific Alphavirus Eilat Virus (EILV)
Joseph, R. E., Urakova, N., Werling, K. L., Metz, H. C., Montanari, K. & Rasgon, J. L., May 2023, In: Journal of virology. 97, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Anopheles albimanus is a Potential Alphavirus Vector in the Americas
Terradas, G., Novelo, M., Metz, H., Brustolin, M. & Rasgon, J. L., Feb 2023, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 108, 2, p. 412-423 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Function and evolution of the aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis
Tsujimoto, H., Metz, H. C., Smith, A. A., Sakamoto, J. M., Pal, U. & Rasgon, J. L., Aug 2023, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 32, 4, p. 329-339 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transcriptomic and small RNA response to Mayaro virus infection in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes
Henderson, C., Brustolin, M., Hegde, S., Dayama, G., Lau, N., Hughes, G. L., Bergey, C. & Rasgon, J. L., 2022, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16, 6, e0010507.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterization of Mayaro virus (strain BeAn343102) biology in vertebrate and invertebrate cellular backgrounds
Pujhari, S., Brustolin, M., Heu, C. C., Smithwick, R., Larrosa, M., Hafenstein, S. & Rasgon, J. L., 2022, In: Journal of General Virology. 103, 10, 001794.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cas9-mediated gene editing in the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, by embryo injection and ReMOT Control
Sharma, A., Pham, M. N., Reyes, J. B., Chana, R., Yim, W. C., Heu, C. C., Kim, D., Chaverra-Rodriguez, D., Rasgon, J. L., Harrell, R. A., Nuss, A. B. & Gulia-Nuss, M., Mar 18 2022, In: iScience. 25, 3, 103781.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing Aedes aegypti candidate genes during viral infection and Wolbachia-mediated pathogen blocking
Sigle, L. T., Jones, M., Novelo, M., Ford, S. A., Urakova, N., Lymperopoulos, K., Sayre, R. T., Xi, Z., Rasgon, J. L. & McGraw, E. A., Jun 2022, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 31, 3, p. 356-368 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sexual transmission of Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) leads to disseminated infection in mated females
Werling, K. L., Johnson, R. M., Metz, H. C. & Rasgon, J. L., Dec 2022, In: Parasites and Vectors. 15, 1, 218.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Towards a method for cryopreservation of mosquito vectors of human pathogens
Gallichotte, E. N., Dobos, K. M., Ebel, G. D., Hagedorn, M., Rasgon, J. L., Richardson, J. H., Stedman, T. T. & Barfield, J. P., Apr 2021, In: Cryobiology. 99, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A microfluidic platform for highly parallel bite by bite profiling of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission
Kumar, S., Hol, F. J. H., Pujhari, S., Ellington, C., Narayanan, H. V., Li, H., Rasgon, J. L. & Prakash, M., Dec 1 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 6018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Silencing the alarm: an insect salivary enzyme closes plant stomata and inhibits volatile release
Lin, P. A., Chen, Y., Chaverra-Rodriguez, D., Heu, C. C., Zainuddin, N. B., Sidhu, J. S., Peiffer, M., Tan, C. W., Helms, A., Kim, D., Ali, J., Rasgon, J. L., Lynch, J., Anderson, C. T. & Felton, G. W., Apr 2021, In: New Phytologist. 230, 2, p. 793-803 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A mosquito small RNA genomics resource reveals dynamic evolution and host responses to viruses and transposons
Ma, Q., Srivastav, S. P., Gamez, S., Dayama, G., Feitosa-Suntheimer, F., Patterson, E. I., Johnson, R. M., Matson, E. M., Gold, A. S., Brackney, D. E., Connor, J. H., Colpitts, T. M., Hughes, G. L., Rasgon, J. L., Nolan, T., Akbari, O. S. & Lau, N. C., Jan 2021, In: Genome research. 31, 3, p. 512-528 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review