Published in Parasit Vectors on March 19, 2010
"Bird biting" mosquitoes and human disease: a review of the role of Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes in epidemiology. Infect Genet Evol (2011) 2.19
Remote sensing of climatic anomalies and West Nile virus incidence in the northern Great Plains of the United States. PLoS One (2012) 1.29
Effects of temperature on emergence and seasonality of West Nile virus in California. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.23
Culex flavivirus and West Nile virus mosquito coinfection and positive ecological association in Chicago, United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2011) 1.16
Feeding patterns of potential West Nile virus vectors in south-west Spain. PLoS One (2012) 1.16
Environmental drivers of West Nile fever epidemiology in Europe and Western Asia--a review. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2013) 1.14
Multi-year evolutionary dynamics of West Nile virus in suburban Chicago, USA, 2005-2007. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 1.12
Permissive summer temperatures of the 2010 European West Nile fever upsurge. PLoS One (2013) 1.11
Mosquito, bird and human surveillance of West Nile and Usutu viruses in Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) in 2010. PLoS One (2012) 1.08
Climate change impacts on West Nile virus transmission in a global context. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2015) 1.00
The abundance and host-seeking behavior of culicine species (Diptera: Culicidae) and Anopheles sinensis in Yongcheng city, People's Republic of China. Parasit Vectors (2011) 0.97
Weather variability affects abundance of larval Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) in storm water catch basins in suburban Chicago. J Med Entomol (2012) 0.97
Regional and seasonal response of a West Nile virus vector to climate change. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.97
Higher mosquito production in low-income neighborhoods of Baltimore and Washington, DC: understanding ecological drivers and mosquito-borne disease risk in temperate cities. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2013) 0.92
Climatic effects on mosquito abundance in Mediterranean wetlands. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.92
Early warning of West Nile virus mosquito vector: climate and land use models successfully explain phenology and abundance of Culex pipiens mosquitoes in north-western Italy. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.92
Terrestrial vegetation and aquatic chemistry influence larval mosquito abundance in catch basins, Chicago, USA. Parasit Vectors (2013) 0.90
Leishmaniasis and climate change-case study: Argentina. J Trop Med (2012) 0.90
Meteorological conditions associated with increased incidence of West Nile virus disease in the United States, 2004-2012. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.88
The role of viral persistence in flavivirus biology. Pathog Dis (2014) 0.86
Regional variation of climatic influences on West Nile virus outbreaks in the United States. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2014) 0.85
Spatial and temporal distribution of West Nile virus in horses in Israel (1997-2013)--from endemic to epidemics. PLoS One (2014) 0.85
Mosquitoes established in Lhasa city, Tibet, China. Parasit Vectors (2013) 0.84
Climate change projections of West Nile virus infections in Europe: implications for blood safety practices. Environ Health (2016) 0.82
Predictive modeling of West Nile virus transmission risk in the Mediterranean Basin: how far from landing? Int J Environ Res Public Health (2013) 0.81
Climate Change, Drought and Human Health in Canada. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2015) 0.81
Proteolytic profiling and comparative analyses of active trypsin-like serine peptidases in preimaginal stages of Culex quinquefasciatus. Parasit Vectors (2012) 0.80
Spatio-temporal epidemiology of human West Nile virus disease in South Dakota. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2013) 0.80
Stochastic environmental fluctuations drive epidemiology in experimental host-parasite metapopulations. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 0.80
Risk factors for West Nile virus infection and disease in populations and individuals. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther (2015) 0.79
Mosquito surveillance revealed lagged effects of mosquito abundance on mosquito-borne disease transmission: a retrospective study in Zhejiang, China. PLoS One (2014) 0.77
Effect of Trapping Methods, Weather, and Landscape on Estimates of the Culex Vector Mosquito Abundance. Environ Health Insights (2016) 0.76
A risk index model for predicting eastern equine encephalitis virus transmission to horses in Florida. Appl Geogr (2014) 0.76
The incidence of West Nile disease in Russia in relation to climatic and environmental factors. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2014) 0.76
Diagnostic approach for monitoring hydroclimatic conditions related to emergence of west nile virus in west virginia. Front Public Health (2015) 0.75
Overlap in the Seasonal Infection Patterns of Avian Malaria Parasites and West Nile Virus in Vectors and Hosts. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2016) 0.75
Landscape structure affects distribution of potential disease vectors (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasit Vectors (2017) 0.75
Projection of Climate Change Influences on U.S. West Nile Virus Vectors. Earth Interact (2015) 0.75
Identification of Climatic Factors Affecting the Epidemiology of Human West Nile Virus Infections in Northern Greece. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Using undergraduate researchers to build vector and West Nile virus surveillance capacity. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2013) 0.75
Modeling Occurrence of Urban Mosquitos Based on Land Use Types and Meteorological Factors in Korea. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2015) 0.75
Drought and immunity determine the intensity of West Nile virus epidemics and climate change impacts. Proc Biol Sci (2017) 0.75
Review of West Nile virus circulation and outbreak risk in Madagascar: Entomological and ornithological perspectives. Parasite (2016) 0.75
Impact of Climate and Environmental Factors on West Nile Virus Circulation in Iran. J Arthropod Borne Dis (2016) 0.75
Development and validation of a climate-based ensemble prediction model for West Nile Virus infection rates in Culex mosquitoes, Suffolk County, New York. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.75
Transmission Dynamics of the West Nile Virus in Mosquito Vector Populations under the Influence of Weather Factors in the Danube Delta, Romania. Ecohealth (2016) 0.75
West Nile virus host-vector-pathogen interactions in a colonial raptor. Parasit Vectors (2017) 0.75
Association of weather and anthropogenic factors for transmission of Japanese encephalitis in an endemic area of India. Ecohealth (2013) 0.75
Culex Flavivirus During West Nile Virus Epidemic and Interepidemic Years in Chicago, United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2017) 0.75
Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of West Nile virus disease. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 6.09
Spatial epidemiology: an emerging (or re-emerging) discipline. Trends Ecol Evol (2005) 4.61
An update on the potential of north American mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit West Nile Virus. J Med Entomol (2005) 4.13
Host heterogeneity dominates West Nile virus transmission. Proc Biol Sci (2006) 3.54
West Nile virus: a reemerging global pathogen. Emerg Infect Dis (2001) 3.27
Effects of temperature on the transmission of west nile virus by Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol (2006) 3.19
Temperature, viral genetics, and the transmission of West Nile virus by Culex pipiens mosquitoes. PLoS Pathog (2008) 2.88
West Nile virus risk assessment and the bridge vector paradigm. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 2.88
Environmental and social determinants of human risk during a West Nile virus outbreak in the greater Chicago area, 2002. Int J Health Geogr (2004) 2.65
Host selection by Culex pipiens mosquitoes and West Nile virus amplification. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 2.49
Landscape ecology and epidemiology of vector-borne diseases: tools for spatial analysis. J Med Entomol (1998) 2.45
Effect of environmental temperature on the ability of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit West Nile virus. J Med Entomol (2002) 2.26
Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae): a bridge vector of West Nile virus to humans. J Med Entomol (2008) 2.25
Machine learning methods without tears: a primer for ecologists. Q Rev Biol (2008) 2.21
Epidemiology of West Nile virus in Connecticut: a five-year analysis of mosquito data 1999-2003. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2004) 2.15
Risk factors for West Nile virus infection and meningoencephalitis, Romania, 1996. J Infect Dis (1999) 2.03
Seasonal blood-feeding behavior of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Weld County, Colorado, 2007. J Med Entomol (2009) 2.00
Spatial analysis of West Nile virus: rapid risk assessment of an introduced vector-borne zoonosis. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2002) 1.97
Ecological correlates of risk and incidence of West Nile virus in the United States. Oecologia (2008) 1.96
Infectious disease in a warming world: how weather influenced West Nile virus in the United States (2001-2005). Environ Health Perspect (2009) 1.96
Race: a risk factor for dengue hemorrhagic fever. Arch Virol (2006) 1.84
Drought-induced amplification and epidemic transmission of West Nile virus in southern Florida. J Med Entomol (2005) 1.72
Comparison of spatial interpolation methods for the estimation of air quality data. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol (2004) 1.68
Need for improved methods to collect and present spatial epidemiologic data for vectorborne diseases. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.62
Modeling the spatial distribution of mosquito vectors for West Nile virus in Connecticut, USA. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 1.60
Association of West Nile virus illness and urban landscapes in Chicago and Detroit. Int J Health Geogr (2007) 1.55
Drought-induced amplification of Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Florida. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.52
Fine-scale genetic variation and evolution of West Nile Virus in a transmission "hot spot" in suburban Chicago, USA. Virology (2008) 1.48
St. Louis encephalitis: lessons from the last decade. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1987) 1.47
Ecological factors associated with West Nile virus transmission, northeastern United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.47
Behavioral risks for West Nile virus disease, northern Colorado, 2003. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.46
Comparing models for early warning systems of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 1.41
Rapid amplification of West Nile virus: the role of hatch-year birds. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 1.40
Inter-annual associations between precipitation and human incidence of West Nile virus in the United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2007) 1.37
Landscape, demographic, entomological, and climatic associations with human disease incidence of West Nile virus in the state of Iowa, USA. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 1.36
Ecological niche of the 2003 west nile virus epidemic in the northern great plains of the United States. PLoS One (2008) 1.31
Avian GIS models signal human risk for West Nile virus in Mississippi. Int J Health Geogr (2006) 1.30
Modeling the impact of variable climatic factors on the crossover of Culex restauns and Culex pipiens (Diptera: culicidae), vectors of West Nile virus in Illinois. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.20
Flushing effect of rain on container-inhabiting mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol (2008) 1.19
Impact of climate variation on mosquito abundance in California. J Vector Ecol (2008) 1.19
Effect of temperature on Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Coachella and San Joaquin Valleys of California. J Med Entomol (1995) 1.18
West Nile virus antibodies in avian species of Georgia, USA: 2000-2004. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 1.16
Epidemiology of West Nile infection in Volgograd, Russia, in relation to climate change and mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) bionomics. Parasitol Res (2008) 1.16
Land use and west nile virus seroprevalence in wild mammals. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.13
Remotely-sensed vegetation indices identify mosquito clusters of West Nile virus vectors in an urban landscape in the northeastern United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 1.13
Urban land use predicts West Nile virus exposure in songbirds. Ecol Appl (2008) 1.11
Avian host community structure and prevalence of West Nile virus in Chicago, Illinois. Oecologia (2008) 1.08
Combining mosquito vector and human disease data for improved assessment of spatial West Nile virus disease risk. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.06
Diel changes in adult mosquito microhabitat temperatures and their relationship to the extrinsic incubation of arboviruses in mosquitoes in Kern County, California. J Med Entomol (1990) 1.05
Influence of warming tendency on Culex pipiens population abundance and on the probability of West Nile fever outbreaks (Israeli Case Study: 2001-2005). Ecohealth (2008) 1.03
Problems in estimating mosquito infection rates using minimum infection rate. J Med Entomol (2003) 1.01
Meteorologically conditioned time-series predictions of West Nile virus vector mosquitoes. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 0.99
Spatio-temporal analysis of the relationship between WNV dissemination and environmental variables in Indianapolis, USA. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 0.98
Locating suitable habitats for West Nile Virus-infected mosquitoes through association of environmental characteristics with infected mosquito locations: a case study in Shelby County, Tennessee. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 0.97
Comparative analysis of distribution and abundance of West Nile and eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus vectors in Suffolk County, New York, using human population density and land use/cover data. J Med Entomol (2008) 0.96
Seasonal abundance and control of Culex spp. in catch basins in Illinois. J Am Mosq Control Assoc (1989) 0.95
Using hydrologic conditions to forecast the risk of focal and epidemic arboviral transmission in peninsular Florida. J Med Entomol (2008) 0.95
Mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) and the transmission of Ross River virus in Brisbane, Australia. J Med Entomol (2006) 0.95
Land cover, landscape structure, and West Nile virus circulation in southern France. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 0.88
Spatio-temporal analyses of West Nile virus transmission in Culex mosquitoes in northern Illinois, USA, 2004. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2006) 0.87
Rate of oviposition by Culex quinquefasciatus in San Antonio, Texas, during three years. J Am Mosq Control Assoc (1988) 0.86
Spatiotemporal investigation of adult mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in an eastern Iowa county, USA. J Med Entomol (2007) 0.83
Anopheles gambiae: historical population decline associated with regional distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets in western Nyanza Province, Kenya. Malar J (2010) 4.89
Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 2.98
Density-dependent development of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in artificial habitats. J Med Entomol (2002) 2.82
Host selection by Culex pipiens mosquitoes and West Nile virus amplification. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 2.49
Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae): a bridge vector of West Nile virus to humans. J Med Entomol (2008) 2.25
Pyrethroid tolerance is associated with elevated expression of antioxidants and agricultural practice in Anopheles arabiensis sampled from an area of cotton fields in Northern Cameroon. Mol Ecol (2007) 2.24
A simplified high-throughput method for pyrethroid knock-down resistance (kdr) detection in Anopheles gambiae. Malar J (2005) 2.23
Pupal habitat productivity of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a rural village in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 2.12
Spatial and temporal variation in the kdr allele L1014S in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and phenotypic variability in susceptibility to insecticides in Western Kenya. Malar J (2011) 1.74
Impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission indices on the south coast of Kenya. Malar J (2011) 1.69
Novel, divergent simian hemorrhagic fever viruses in a wild Ugandan red colobus monkey discovered using direct pyrosequencing. PLoS One (2011) 1.62
Association of West Nile virus illness and urban landscapes in Chicago and Detroit. Int J Health Geogr (2007) 1.55
Exceptional simian hemorrhagic fever virus diversity in a wild African primate community. J Virol (2012) 1.53
Characterization of the fecal microbiome from non-human wild primates reveals species specific microbial communities. PLoS One (2010) 1.49
Fine-scale genetic variation and evolution of West Nile Virus in a transmission "hot spot" in suburban Chicago, USA. Virology (2008) 1.48
Gastrointestinal bacterial transmission among humans, mountain gorillas, and livestock in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Conserv Biol (2008) 1.45
Blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured? Front Zool (2010) 1.44
Diversity and evolution of West Nile virus in Illinois and the United States, 2002-2005. Virology (2006) 1.41
Molecular epidemiology of cross-species Giardia duodenalis transmission in western Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.41
Rapid amplification of West Nile virus: the role of hatch-year birds. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 1.40
Malaria control in Malawi: current status and directions for the future. Acta Trop (2011) 1.38
Distribution, description, and local knowledge of larval habitats of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in a village in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.38
Invasion of the lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis: implications for Borrelia burgdorferi endemicity. Ecohealth (2010) 1.37
Unforeseen costs of cutting mosquito surveillance budgets. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.36
The efficacy of long-lasting nets with declining physical integrity may be compromised in areas with high levels of pyrethroid resistance. Malar J (2013) 1.35
A novel hepacivirus with an unusually long and intrinsically disordered NS5A protein in a wild Old World primate. J Virol (2013) 1.30
Physiological disturbance and recovery dynamics of bonefish (Albula vulpes), a tropical marine fish, in response to variable exercise and exposure to air. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol (2007) 1.30
Fine-scale variation in vector host use and force of infection drive localized patterns of West Nile virus transmission. PLoS One (2011) 1.26
Mutational analysis of the ompA promoter from Flavobacterium johnsoniae. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.24
Persistently high estimates of late night, indoor exposure to malaria vectors despite high coverage of insecticide treated nets. Parasit Vectors (2014) 1.22
Importance of algal biomass to growth and development of Anopheles gambiae larvae. J Med Entomol (2006) 1.22
The Zfx gene is expressed in human gliomas and is important in the proliferation and apoptosis of the human malignant glioma cell line U251. J Exp Clin Cancer Res (2011) 1.22
Expression features of SOX9 associate with tumor progression and poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Diagn Pathol (2012) 1.20
Genetic variation associated with mammalian feeding in Culex pipiens from a West Nile virus epidemic region in Chicago, Illinois. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2009) 1.18
Downregulation of miR-210 expression inhibits proliferation, induces apoptosis and enhances radiosensitivity in hypoxic human hepatoma cells in vitro. Exp Cell Res (2012) 1.17
Culex flavivirus and West Nile virus mosquito coinfection and positive ecological association in Chicago, United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2011) 1.16
Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. infections in primates in fragmented and undisturbed forest in western Uganda. J Parasitol (2007) 1.15
Incidence of malaria among mosquito collectors conducting human landing catches in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.14
Beyond bushmeat: animal contact, injury, and zoonotic disease risk in Western Uganda. Ecohealth (2014) 1.13
Wild birds and urban ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005-2010. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.12
Multi-year evolutionary dynamics of West Nile virus in suburban Chicago, USA, 2005-2007. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 1.12
Host compatibility rather than vector-host-encounter rate determines the host range of avian Plasmodium parasites. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 1.11
The emergence of west nile virus during a large outbreak in Illinois in 2002. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.09
Leaf-associated bacterial and fungal taxa shifts in response to larvae of the tree hole mosquito, Ochlerotatus triseriatus. Microb Ecol (2008) 1.09
Epidemiology and molecular relationships of Cryptosporidium spp. in people, primates, and livestock from Western Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.09
Evaluation of a cancer prevention and detection curriculum for medical students. Prev Med (2002) 1.09
Indirect effects of soluble nitrogen on growth of Ochlerotatus triseriatus larvae in container habitats. J Med Entomol (2006) 1.08
Reemergence of Anopheles funestus as a vector of Plasmodium falciparum in western Kenya after long-term implementation of insecticide-treated bed nets. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2014) 1.08
Avian host community structure and prevalence of West Nile virus in Chicago, Illinois. Oecologia (2008) 1.08
L1 cell adhesion molecule overexpression in hepatocellular carcinoma associates with advanced tumor progression and poor patient survival. Diagn Pathol (2012) 1.07
Push by a net, pull by a cow: can zooprophylaxis enhance the impact of insecticide treated bed nets on malaria control? Parasit Vectors (2014) 1.06
Life on the edge: African malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae s. l.) larvae are amphibious. Naturwissenschaften (2006) 1.05
Discovery and full genome characterization of two highly divergent simian immunodeficiency viruses infecting black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Retrovirology (2013) 1.05
Impact of vector control on a dengue fever outbreak in Trinidad, West Indies, in 1998. Trop Med Int Health (2005) 1.04
Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) oviposition in response to agarose media and cultured bacterial volatiles. J Med Entomol (2006) 1.04
Perspectives for biotechnological production of biodiesel and impacts. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2008) 1.04
Use of tick surveys and serosurveys to evaluate pet dogs as a sentinel species for emerging Lyme disease. Am J Vet Res (2009) 1.04
Daily temperature profiles in and around Western Kenyan larval habitats of Anopheles gambiae as related to egg mortality. Malar J (2006) 1.03
An effective method for the fabrication of few-layer-thick inorganic nanosheets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2012) 1.03
A compressive sensing and unmixing scheme for hyperspectral data processing. IEEE Trans Image Process (2011) 1.01
Correlation of cell-mediated immunity against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus with protection against reproductive failure in sows during outbreaks of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in commercial herds. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2005) 1.00
Nestling passerines are not important hosts for amplification of West Nile Virus in Chicago, Illinois. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 0.99
Diverse Borrelia burgdorferi strains in a bird-tick cryptic cycle. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 0.99
Weather variability affects abundance of larval Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) in storm water catch basins in suburban Chicago. J Med Entomol (2012) 0.97
Identification of immunodominant T-cell epitopes present in glycoprotein 5 of the North American genotype of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Vaccine (2008) 0.97
Evaluation of a stable isotope method to mark naturally-breeding larval mosquitoes for adult dispersal studies. J Med Entomol (2012) 0.95