Matthew Jones

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Research Assistant, Biology

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Recent Publications

Whole-genome sequence of 19 Listeria monocytogenes, isolated from municipal wastewater in State College, Pennsylvania

Horack, E., Acosta, A., Jones, M., Feng, J., Rivera-Lopez, E. O., M'ikanatha, N. M., Kovac, J. & Dudley, E., Oct 2025, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 14, 10

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Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza in a dynamic university community: understanding how wastewater measurements correspond to reported cases

Jones, M. J., Ibrahim, R., Clark, S., Brooks, Y. M., Preisendanz, H. E., Richard, T. L., Read, A. F., Robinson, C. J., Noorali, S., Shreve, M. J., Dennington, N. L., Silverman, J. D., Van Oost, C. & McGraw, E. A., Oct 20 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 1000, 180377.

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Repeated thermal stress exposure in Aedes aegypti co-infected with Wolbachia and dengue virus

Ser, S. L., Ware-Gilmore, F., Dennington, N. L., Miller, A., McNulty, B. P., Harris, M. L., Jones, M. J., Hall, M. D., Sgrò, C. M., Shea, K. & McGraw, E. A., 2025, In: mSphere. 10, 10

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Evolution and adaptation of dengue virus in response to high-temperature passaging in mosquito cells

Ware-Gilmore, F., Jones, M. J., Mejia, A. J., Dennington, N. L., Audsley, M. D., Hall, M. D., Sgrò, C. M., Buckley, T., Anand, G. S., Jose, J. & Mcgraw, E., 2025, In: Virus Evolution. 11, 1, veaf016.

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Larval crowding enhances dengue virus loads in Aedes aegypti, a relationship that might increase transmission in urban environments

Dutra, H. L. C., Marshall, D. J., Comerford, B., McNulty, B. P., Diaz, A. M., Jones, M. J., Mejia, A. J., Bjornstad, O. N. & Mcgraw, E., Sep 2024, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18, 9, e0012482.

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The effect of repeat feeding on dengue virus transmission potential in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti following extended egg quiescence

Lau, M. J., Valdez, A. R., Jones, M. J., Aranson, I., Hoffmann, A. A. & McGraw, E. A., Jul 2024, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18, 7, e0012305.

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Alpha-mannosidase-2 modulates arbovirus infection in a pathogen- and Wolbachia-specific manner in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Urakova, N., Joseph, R. E., Huntsinger, A., Macias, V. M., Jones, M. J., Sigle, L. T., Li, M., Akbari, O. S., Xi, Z., Lymperopoulos, K., Sayre, R. T., McGraw, E. A. & Rasgon, J. L., Aug 2024, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 33, 4, p. 362-371 10 p.

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Jamestown Canyon virus is transmissible by Aedes aegypti and is only moderately blocked by Wolbachia co-infection

Lau, M. J., Dutra, H. L. C., Jones, M. J., McNulty, B. P., Diaz, A. M., Ware-Gilmore, F. & McGraw, E. A., Sep 2023, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17, 9 September, e0011616.

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Dengue and chikungunya virus loads in the mosquito Aedes aegypti are determined by distinct genetic architectures

Novelo, M., Dutra, H. L. C., Metz, H. C., Jones, M. J., Sigle, L. T., Frentiu, F. D., Allen, S. L., Chenoweth, S. F. & McGraw, E. A., Apr 2023, In: PLoS pathogens. 19, 4, e1011307.

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmaceuticals in wastewater treated for beneficial reuse: Two case studies in central Pennsylvania

Hayden, K. R., Jones, M., Elkin, K. R., Shreve, M. J., Clees, W. I., Clark, S., Mashtare, M. L., Veith, T. L., Elliott, H. A., Watson, J. E., Silverman, J., Richard, T. L., Read, A. F. & Preisendanz, H. E., Sep 1 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 51, 5, p. 1066-1082 17 p.

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Cross-tissue and generation predictability of relative Wolbachia densities in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Mejia, A. J., Dutra, H. L. C., Jones, M. J., Perera, R. & McGraw, E. A., Dec 2022, In: Parasites and Vectors. 15, 1, 128.

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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.

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A non-destructive sugar-feeding assay for parasite detection and estimating the extrinsic incubation period of Plasmodium falciparum in individual mosquito vectors

Guissou, E., Waite, J. L., Jones, M., Bell, A. S., Suh, E., Yameogo, K. B., Djègbè, N., Da, D. F., Hien, D. F. D. S., Yerbanga, R. S., Ouedraogo, A. G., Dabiré, K. R., Cohuet, A., Thomas, M. B. & Lefèvre, T., Dec 2021, In: Scientific reports. 11, 1, 9344.

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Transmission and protection against reinfection in the ferret model with the SARS-CoV-2 USA-WA1/2020 reference isolate

Patel, D. R., Field, C. J., Septer, K. M., Sim, D. G., Jones, M. J., Heinly, T. A., Vanderford, T. H., McGraw, E. A. & Sutton, T. C., Jun 2021, In: Journal of virology. 95, 13, e02232-20.

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Microbes increase thermal sensitivity in the mosquito aedes aegypti, with the potential to change disease distributions

Ware-Gilmore, F., Sgrò, C. M., Xi, Z., Dutra, H. L. C., Jones, M. J., Shea, K., Hall, M. D., Thomas, M. B. & McGraw, E. A., Jul 2021, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15, 7, e0009548.

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