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Publications

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140. Lima L, Berni M, Mota J, Bressan D, Julio A, Cavalcante R, Macias V, Li Z, Rasgon JL, Bier E, Araujo H. 2023. Gene editing in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus by Cas9-mediated ReMOT Control.

139. Pujhari S, Hughes GL, Pakpour N, Suzuki Y, Rasgon JL. Wolbachia-induced inhibition of O’nyong nyong virus in Anopheles mosquitoes is mediated by Toll signaling and modulated by cholesterol.

138. Joseph RE, Bozic J, Werling KL, Urakova N, Rasgon JL. Eilat virus (EILV) causes superinfection exclusion against West NILE virus (WNV) in a strain specific manner in Culex tarsalis mosquitoes.

137. Terradas G, Manzano-Alvarez J, Vanalli C, Werling K, Cattadori IM, Rasgon JL. Temperature affects viral kinetics and vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes co-infected with Mayaro and Dengue viruses.

136. Manzano-Alvarez J, Terradas G, Holmes CJ, Benoit JB, Rasgon JL. Dehydration stress and Mayaro virus vector competence in Aedes aegypti.

135. Dodson BL, Pujhari S, Brustolin M, Metz HC, Rasgon JL. Variable effects of Wolbachia on alphavirus infection in Aedes aegypti.

134. Pujhari S, Heu CC, Brustolin M, Johnson RM, Kim D, Rasgon JL. 2023. Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by ATG-6/Beclin-1 mediated activation of autophagy.

133. Terradas G, Macias VM, Peterson H, McKeand S, Krawczyk G, Rasgon JL. The development and expansion of in vivo germline editing technologies in arthropods: Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo (ReMOT Control) and beyond.

132. Ray AM, Gordon EC, Seeley TD, Rasgon JL, Grozinger CM. 2023. Signatures of adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus in an isolated population of wild honey bees (Apis mellifera).

131. Urakova N, Joseph RE, Huntsinger A, Macias VM, Jones MJ, Sigle LT, Li M, Akbari OS, Xi Z, Lymperopoulos K, Sayre RT, McGraw EA, Rasgon JL. 2023. Alpha-mannosidase-2 modulates arbovirus infection in a pathogen- and Wolbachia-specific manner in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

2023:

130. Chaverra-Rodriguez D, Bui M, Gilleland CI, Rasgon JL, Okbari OS. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri. GEN Biotechnology. 2: 10.1089/genbio.2023.0022.

129. Joseph RE, Urakova N, Werling KL, Metz HC, Monanari K, Rasgon JL. 2023. Culex tarsalis is a competent host of the insect-specific alphavirus Eilat virus (EILV). Journal of Virology. e0196022.

128. Tsujimoto H, Metz H, Smith AA, Sakamoto JM, Pal U, Rasgon JL. 2023. Function and evolution of aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis.Insect Molecular Biology. Online ahead of print doi: 10.1111/imb.12833.

127. Brustolin M, Pujhari S, Henderson CA, Kim D, Rasgon JL. 2023. In vitro and in vivo co-infection and super-infection dynamics of Mayaro and Zika viruses in mosquito and vertebrate backgrounds. Journal of Virology. Online ahead of print e0177822.

2022:

126. Asad S, Mehdi AM, Pujhari S, Rückert C, Ebel GD, Rasgon JL. 2022. Identification of microRNAs in the West Nile virus vector Culex tarsalis. Journal of Medical Entomology. Online ahead of print tjac182.

125. Terradas G, Novelo M, Metz HC, Brustolin M, Rasgon JL. 2022. Anopheles albimanus is a potential alphavirus vector in the Americas. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Online ahead of print 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0417.

124. Henderson CA, Kemirembe K, McKeand S, Bergey C, Rasgon JL. 2022. Novel genome assemblies and evolutionary dynamics of North American Anopheles mosquitoes. G3. jkac284.

123. Pujhari S, Brustolin M, Heu CC, Larrosa M, Hafenstein S, Rasgon JL. 2022. Characterization of Mayaro virus (strain BeAn343102) biology in vertebrate and invertebrate cellular backgrounds. Journal of General Virology. 103(1):doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001794.

122. Henderson CA, Brustolin M, Hedge S, Dayma G, Lau N, Hughes GL, Rasgon JL. 2022. Transcriptomic and small RNA response to Mayaro virus infection in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16(6):e0010507.

121. Werling KL, Johnson RM, Metz HC, Rasgon JL. 2022. Sexual transmission of Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) leads to disseminated infection in mated females. Parasites and Vectors. 15(1):218.

110. Sharma A, Pham MN, Reyes JB, Chana R, Yim WC, Heu CC, Kim D, Chaverra-Rodriguez D, Rasgon JL, Harrell RA, Nuss AB, Gulia-Nuss M. 2022. Cas9-mediated gene-editing in the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, by embryo injection and ReMOT Control. iScience. Online ahead of print 10.1016/j.isci.2022.103781.

119. Sigle LT, Jones M, Novelo M, Ford SF, Urakova N, Lymperopoulos K, Sayre RT, Xi Z, Rasgon JL, McGraw EA. 2022. Candidate Wolbachia-mediated pathogen blocking gene limits viral replication in Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology. 31: 356-368.

2021:

118. Ray AM, Davis SL, Rasgon JL, Grozinger CM. 2021. Simulated vector transmission differentially influences dynamics of two viral variants in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of General Virology. 102: 001687.

117. Kumar S, Hol FJH, Pujhari S, Ellington C, Vaidehi N, Li H, Rasgon JL, Prakash M. 2021. Vectorchip: Microfluidic platform for highly parallel bite by bite profiling of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission. Nature Communications. 12: 6018.

116. Wang GH, Gamez S, Raban R, Marchall JM, Alphey L, Li M, Rasgon JL, Akbari OS. 2021. Combating mosquito-borne pathogens using genetic control technologies. Nature Communications. 12: 4388.

115. Ma Q, Srivastav SP, Gamez S, Feitosa-Suntheimer F, Patterson EI, Johnson RM, Matson E, Gold A, Brackney D, Connor J, Colpitts T, Hughes GL, Rasgon JL, Nolan T, Akbari OS, Lau N. 2021. An integrated mosquito small RNA genomics resource reveals dynamic evolution and host responses to viruses and transposons. Genome Res. 31: 512-528.

114. Macias VM, Palantini U, Bonizzoni M, Rasgon JL. 2021. Leaning into the bite: the piRNA pathway as an exemplar for the genetic engineering need in mosquitoes. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 10: 614342.

113. Lin P, Chen Y, Chaverra-Rodriguez D, Heu CC, Zainuddin N, Sidhu J, Peiffer M, Tan CW, Helms A, Kim D, Ali J, Rasgon JL, Lynch JP, Anderson C, Felton G. 2021. Silencing the alarm: An insect salivary enzyme closes plant stomata and inhibits volatile release. New Phytologist.230: 793-803.

112. Gallichotte EN, Dobos K, Ebel G, Hagedorn M, Rasgon JL, Richardson J, Stedman T, Barfield JP. 2021. Current State of Cryopreservation of Mosquito Vectors of Human Pathogens. Cryobiology. 99: 1-10.

111. Main BJ, Marcantonio M, Johnston JS, Rasgon JL, Brown CT, Barker CM. 2021. Whole genome assembly of Culex tarsalis. G3. 11: jkaa063.

110. Pujhari S, Paul S, Ahluwalia J, Rasgon JL. 2021. Clotting Disorder in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Reviews in Medical Virology. 6: e2177.

2020:

109. Long KC, Alphey L, Bloss CS, Campbell KJ, Champer J, Chen CH, Choudhary A, Church GM, Collins JP, Cooper KL, Delborne JA, Edwards OR, Emerson CI, Esvelt K, Evans SW, Friedman RM, Gantz VM, Gould F, Hartley S, Heitman E, Hemingway J, Kanuka H, Kuzma J, Lavery JV, Lee Y, Lunshof JE, Marshall JM, Messer PW, Montell C, Oye KA, Palmer MJ, Papathanos PA, Paradkar PN, Piaggio AJ, Rasgon JL, Rašić G, Rudenko L, Saah JR, Scott MJ, Snow AA, Sutton JT, Vorsino AE, Akbari OS. Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms. Science. 370: 1417-1419.

108. Pujhari S, Paul S, Ahluwalia J, Rasgon JL. 2020. Clotting Disorder in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Reviews in Medical Virology. 31: e2177.

107. Chaverra-Rodriguez D, Benetta ED, Heu CC, Rasgon JL, Ferree PM, Akbari OS. 2020. Germline mutagenesis of Nasonia vitripennis through ovarian delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein. Insect Molecular Biology. Online ahead of print (Preprint available at bioRxiv 087494).

106. Ma Q, Srivastav SP, Gamez S, Feitosa-Suntheimer F, Patterson EI, Johnson RM, Matson E, Gold A, Brackney D, Connor J, Colpitts T, Hughes GL, Rasgon JL, Nolan T, Akbari OS, Lau N. 2020. An integrated mosquito small RNA genomics resource reveals dynamic evolution and host responses to viruses and transposons. bioRxiv 061598.

105. Urakova N, Brustolin M, Joseph RE, Johnson RM, Pujhari S, Rasgon JL. 2020. Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) negatively affects Mayaro virus infection in Anopheles gambiae cells and mosquitoes. Parasites and Vectors. 13: 143.

104. Heu CC, McCullough F, Luan J, Rasgon JL. 2020. CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in the silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). CRISPR Journal. 3: 89-96. (Preprint available at bioRxiv 996801).

103. Pujhari S, Rasgon JL. 2020. Mice with humanized-lungs and immune system – an idealized model for COVID-19 and other respiratory illness. Virulence. 11: 486 – 488.

102. Dokic S, Anna B, Zurim I , Urakova N, Rasgon JL, Abdu U. 2020. Actin bundles play different role in shaping scale as compare to bristle in mosquito Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports. Online ahead of print. (Preprint available at bioRxiv 027110)

101. Macias VM, McKeand S, Chaverra-Rodriguez D, Hughes GL, Fazekas A, Pujhari S, Jasinskiene N, James AA, Rasgon JL. 2020. Cas9-mediated gene-editing in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi by ReMOT Control. G3. 4: 1353-1360. (Preprint available at: bioRxiv 775312).

2019:

100. Pujhari S, Brustolin M, Macias VM, Nissly RH, Nomura M, Kuchipudi SV, Rasgon JL. 2019. Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) mediates Zika virus entry, replication, and egress from host cells. Emerging Microbes and Infections. 8: 8-16. (Preprint available at: bioRxiv. 135350).

2018:

99. Brustolin M, Pujhari S, Henderson CA, Rasgon JL. 2018. Anopheles mosquitoes may drive invasion and transmission of Mayaro virus across geographically diverse regions. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12: e0006895. (Preprint available at bioRxiv. 359349)

98. Chaverra-Rodriguez D, Macias VM, Hughes GL, Pujhari S, Suzuki Y, Peterson DR, Kim D, McKeand S, Rasgon JL. 2018. Targeted delivery of CRISPR-associated endonuclease 9 (Cas9) into arthropod ovaries for heritable germline gene editing. Nature Communications. 9: 3008.

97. Roberts DF, Fleischer S, Sakamoto JM, Rasgon JL. 2018. Potential biological control of Erwinia tracheiphila by internal alimentary canal interactions in Acalymma vittatum with Pseudomonas fluorescens. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 125: 1137 – 1146.

96. Johnson RM, Rasgon JL. 2018. Densonucleosis viruses (“densoviruses”) for mosquito and pathogen control. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 28: 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.05.009

95. Hagan RW Szuter EM, Rosselot AE, Holmes CJ, Siler SC, Rosendale AJ, Hendershot JM, Elliott KSB, Jennings EC, Rizlallah AE, Xiao Y, Watanabe M, Romick-Rosendale LE, Rasgon JL, Benoit JB. 2018. Dehydration bouts prompt increased activity and blood feeding by mosquitoes. Scientific Reports. 8:6804. (Preprint available at: bioRxiv. 120741).

94. Dodson BL, Pujhari S, Rasgon JL. 2018. Vector competence of selected North American Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes for Zika virus. PeerJ. 6:e4324.

2017:

93. Bassat Q, Birkett A, Bompart F, Burt A, Chaccour C, Chitnis C, Culpepper J, Domingo G, Duffy P, Ghani A, Greenwood B, Hall BF, Hamon N, Jacobs-Lorena M, James S, Kaslow D C, Koram K A, Kremsner P, Kumar A, Leroy D, Leroy O, Lindsay S, Majambere S, Mbogo C, McCarthy J, Okumu F, Qi G, Rasgon J, Rabinovich R, Richardson J, Richie T, Sauerwein R, Slutsker L, Vekemans J, Wells TNC. 2017. malERA: An updated research agenda for diagnostics, drugs, vaccines, and vector control in malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine. 14:e1002455

92. Dodson BL, Andrews ES, Turell MJ, Rasgon JL. 2017. Wolbachia effects on Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Culex tarsalis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11:e0006050 (Preprint available at: bioRxiv. 135889).

91. Macias VM, Ohm JR, Rasgon JL. 2017. Gene drive for mosquito control: where did it come from and where are we headed? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14:1006.

90. Tsujimoto H, Sakamoto JM, Rasgon JL. 2017. Functional characterization of Aquaporin-like genes in the human bed bug Cimex lectularius. Scientific Reports 7:3214.

89. Dodson BL, Rasgon JL. 2017. Vector competence of Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes for Zika virus. PeerJ. 5:e3096.

2016:

88. Barik TK, Suzuki Y, Rasgon JL. 2016. Factors influencing infection and transmission of Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) in mosquitoes. PeerJ. 4:e2691.

87. Sakamoto JM, Fei Fan Ng T, Suzuki Y, Tsujimoto H, Deng X, Delwart E, Rasgon JL. 2016. Bunyaviruses are common in male and female Ixodes scapularis ticks in central Pennsylvania. PeerJ. 4: e2324.

86. Liu K, Tsujimoto H, Huang Y, Rasgon JL*, Agre P. 2016. Aquaglyceroporin function in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Biology of the Cell.108: 294-305. *corresponding author (Cover Article)

85. Pujhari S and Rasgon JL. 2016. Zika virus: A newly emergent vector-borne public health threat in the Americas. PeerJ Preprints 4:e1781v1.

84. Pujhari S, Rasgon JL, Zakhartchouk An. 2016. Anti-apoptosis in Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome Virus. Virulence. 3: 610-611.

83. Lindsey AR, Bordenstein SR, Newton IL, Rasgon JL. 2016. Wolbachia pipientis should not be split into multiple species. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 39: 220-222.

82. Hughes GL, Raygoza Garay JA, Rasgon JL*, Mwangi MM. 2016. Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain SmAs1 isolated from the Asian Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Genome Announcements. 4: e00086-16. *corresponding author

81. Hughes GL, Raygoza Garay JA, Rasgon JL*, Mwangi MM. 2016. Genome Sequences of Staphylococcus hominis strains ShAs1, ShAs2 and ShAs3 isolated from the Asian Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi.Genome Announcements. 4: e00085-16. *corresponding author

80. Raygoza Garay JA, Hughes GL, Rasgon JL*, Mwangi MM. 2016. Genome Sequences of Elizabethkingia anophelis strain EaAs1 isolated from the Asian Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi.Genome Announcements. 4: e00084-16. *corresponding author

2015:

79. Henning TC, Orr JM, Smith JD, Arias JR, Rasgon JL, Norris DE. 2015. Discovery of Filarial Nematode DNA in Amblyomma americanum in Northern Virginia. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. EPub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.11.007

78. Hegde S, Rasgon JL, Hughes GL. 2015. The microbiome modulates arbovirus transmission in mosquitoes. Current Opinion in Virology. 15: 97-102.

77. Suzuki Y, Barik TK, Johnson RM, Rasgon JL. 2015. In vitro and in vivo host range of Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV). Scientific Reports. 5: 12701.

76. Adebiyi M, Ogunlana O, Adebiyi E, Fatumo S, Rasgon JL. 2015. The Anopheles gambiae insecticidal targets made bare by in-silica analysis. Proceedings of the International Conference on African Development Issues (CU-ICADI) 2015: Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Track. pp. 32-39.

2014:

75. Ren X, Hughes GL, Niu G, Suzuki Y and Rasgon JL. 2014. Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) has negligible effects on adult survival and transcriptome of its mosquito host. PeerJ. 2: e584.

74. Hughes GL, Rivero A and Rasgon JL. 2014. Wolbachia can enhance Plasmodium infection in mosquitoes: Implications for malaria control? PLoS Pathogens. 10: e1004182.

73. Hughes GL, Dodson BL, Johnson RM, Murdock CC, Tsuijimoto H, Suzuki Y, Patt AA, Cui L, Nossa CW, Barry RM, Sakamoto JM, Hornett EA and Rasgon JL. 2014. Native microbiome impedes vertical transmission of Wolbachia in Anopheles mosquitoes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 111: 12498-12503.

72. Sakamoto JM, Goddard J and Rasgon JL. 2014. Population and demographic structure of Ixodes scapularis Say in the eastern United States. PLoS ONE. 9: e101389.

71. Dodson BL, Hughes GL, Paul O, Matacchiero AC, Kramer LD and Rasgon JL. 2014. Wolbachia enhances West Nile virus (WNV) infection in the mosquito Culex tarsalis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8: e2965.

70. Suzuki Y, Niu G, Hughes GL, Rasgon JL. 2014. A viral over-expression system for the major malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Scientific Reports. 4: 5127.

69. Hughes GL, Samuels SK, Shaikh K, Rasgon JL and Vardo-Zalik AM. 2014. Discrimination of the Plasmodium mexicanum vectors Lutzomyia stewarti and Lutzomyia vexator by a PCR-RFLP assay and Wolbachia infections. Journal of Vector Ecology. 39: 224-227.

68. Chen S, Rasgon JL. 2014. Culex tarsalis vitellogenin gene promoters investigated in silico and in vivo using transgenic Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS ONE. 9: e88994. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088994

67. Provost-Javier KN and Rasgon JL. 2014. 20-hydroxyecdysone mediates non-canonical regulation of mosquito vitellogenins through alternative splicing. Insect Molecular Biology. 23: 407-416.

66. Murdock CC, Hughes GL, Rasgon JL and Thomas MB. 2014. Environmental temperature alters malaria transmission blocking by Wolbachia. Scientific Reports 4: 3932. doi: 10.1038/srep03932

65. Hughes GL and Rasgon JL. 2014. Transinfection: a method to investigate Wolbachia-host interactions and control arthropod-borne disease. Insect Molecular Biology. 23 :141-51.

64. Bourtzis K, Dobson S, Xi Z, Rasgon JL, Calviti M, Moreira LA, Bossin H, Moretti R, Baton LA, Hughes GL, Mavingui P and Gilles J. 2014. Harnessing Mosquito-Wolbachia Symbiosis for vector and disease control. Acta Tropica. 132S: S150-63.

2013:

63. Liu K, Dong Y, Huang Y, Rasgon JL and Agre P. 2013. Impact of trehalose transporter knockdown on Anopheles gambiae stress adaptation and susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 110: 17504 – 17509.

62. Smith RC, Kizito CM, Rasgon JL and Jacobs-Lorena M. 2013. Malaria-resistant mosquitoes have a fitness advantage when fed Plasmodium falciparum-infected blood. PLoS ONE. 8: e76097.

61. Tsujimoto H, Liu K, Linser PJ, Agre P and Rasgon JL. 2013. Organ-specific splice variants of aquaporin AgAQP1 in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. PLoS ONE. 8: e75888.

60. M Adebiyi, Oghuan J, Fatumo S, AdebiyiE and Rasgon J. 2013. A functional workbench for Anopheles gambiae micro array analysis. Proceedings of the UKSim-AMSS Seventh European Modeling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2013). 138-143.

59. Oluwagbemi OO, Fornadel CM, Adebiyi EF, Norris DE and Rasgon JL. 2013. ANOSPEX: A stochastic spatially explicit model for studying Anopheles metapopulation dynamics. PLoS ONE. 8: e68040.

2012:

58. Rasgon JL. 2012. Wolbachia and the Culex pipiens species complex. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 28(4s): 122.

57. Dodson BL, Kramer LD and Rasgon JL. 2012. Effects of larval rearing temperature on immature development and West Nile virus vector competence of Culex tarsalis. Parasites and Vectors. 5: 199.

56. Leek JT, Taub MA and Rasgon JL. 2012. A statistical approach to selecting and confirming validation targets in -omics experiments. BMC Bioinformatics. 13: 150.

55. Hughes GL, Pike AD, Xue P and Rasgon JL. 2012. Invasion of Wolbachia into Anopheles and other insect germlines in an ex vivo organ culture system. PLoS ONE. 7: e36277.

54. Rasgon JL. 2012. Wolbachia induces male-specific mortality in the mosquito Culex pipiens (LIN strain). PLoS ONE. 7: e30381.

53. Hughes GL, Vega-Rodriguez J, Xue P and Rasgon JL. 2012. Wolbachia strain wAlbB enhances infection by the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78: 1491-1495.

52. Zhang X, Ren X, Norris DE and Rasgon JL. 2012. Distribution and infection frequency of Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii in Maryland populations of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), and culture in an Anopheles gambiae mosquito cell line. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 3: 38-42.

51. Hughes G and Rasgon JL. 2012. Wolbachia infections in arthropod hosts. Chapter 9, Insect Pathology and Microbial Pest Control, Eds. H Kaya and F Vega.

2011:

50. Rasgon JL. 2011. Mosquitoes attacked from within. Nature. 476: 407-408.

49. Foy BD, Kobylinski KC, da Silva IM, Rasgon JL and Sylla M. 2011. Endectocides for malaria control. Trends in Parasitology. 10: 423-428.

48. Dodson BL, Kramer LD and Rasgon JL. 2011. Larval nutritional stress does not affect vector competence for West Nile virus (WNV) in Culex tarsalis. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11: 1493-1497.

47. Rasgon JL. Using infections to fight infections: Paratransgenic fungi can block malaria transmission in mosquitoes. 2011. Future Microbiology. 6: 851-853.

46. Zhang X, Norris DE and Rasgon JL. 2011. Distribution and molecular characterization of Wolbachia endosymbionts and filarial nematodes in Maryland populations of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 77:50-56.

45. Hughes GL, Koga R, Xue P, Fukatsu T and Rasgon JL. 2011. Wolbachia infections are virulent and inhibit the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae. PLoS Pathogens. 7: e1002043. (May 2011 issue Cover Article)

44. Liu K, Tsujimoto H, Cha S, Agre P and Rasgon JL. 2011. Aquaporin water channel AgAQP1 in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae during blood-feeding and humidity adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 108: 6062-6066.

43. Hughes GL, Ren X, Ramirez JL, Sakamoto JM, Bailey JA, Jedlicka AE and Rasgon JL. 2011. Wolbachia infections in Anopheles gambiae cells: transcriptomic characterization of a novel host-symbiont interaction. PLoS Pathogens. 7: e1001296.

42. The malERA Consultative Group on Basic Science and Enabling Technologies (31 authors, including Rasgon J). 2011. A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Basic Science and Enabling Technologies. PLoS Medicine. 8: e1000399.

2010:

41. Sylla M, Kobylinski KC, Gray M, Chapman P, Sarr MD,Rasgon JL and Foy BD. 2010. Mass drug administration of ivermectin in south-eastern Senegal reduces the survivorship of wild-caught, blood fed malaria vectors. Malaria Journal. 9: 365.

40. Ren X and Rasgon JL. 2010. Potential for the Anopheles gambiae densonucleosis virus (AgDNV) to act as an “evolution proof” biopesticide. Journal of Virology. 84: 7726-7729.

39. Chen S, Armistead J, Provost-Javier K, Sakamoto JM and Rasgon JL. 2010. Duplication, concerted evolution and purifying selection drive the evolution of mosquito vitellogenin genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 142.

38. Provost-Javier KN, Chen S and Rasgon JL. 2010. Vitellogenin gene expression in autogenous Culex tarsalis. Insect Molecular Biology. 19: 423-429.

37. Venkatesan M and Rasgon JL. 2010. Population genetic data suggest a role for mosquito-mediated dispersal of West Nile virus across the western United States. Molecular Ecology. 19: 1573–1584.

2009:

36. Arik AJ, Rasgon JL, Quicke KM and Riehle MA. 2009. Manipulating insulin signaling to enhance mosquito reproduction. BMC Physiology. 9: 15.

35. Rasgon JL. 2009. Multi-locus assortment (MLA) for transgene dispersal and elimination in mosquito populations. PLoS ONE 4: e5833.

34. Venkatesan M, Broman KW, Sellers M and Rasgon JL. 2009. An initial linkage map of the West Nile Virus vector Culex tarsalis. Insect Molecular Biology. 18: 453-463.

33. Jin C, Ren X and Rasgon JL. 2009. The virulent Wolbachia strain wMelPop efficiently establishes somatic infections in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 3373-3376.

2008:

32. Dunning-Hotopp JC and Rasgon JL. 2008. Bacterial sequences in an invertebrate genome. Microbiology Today. Nov: 176-179.

31. Ren X, Hoiczyk E and Rasgon JL. 2008. Viral paratransgenesis in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. PLoS Pathogens, 4: e1000135. Featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology and Faculty of 1000 Medicine.

30. Rasgon JL. Wolbachia and Anopheles mosquitoes. In Insect symbiosis, vol. 3. Eds. K. Bourtzis and T. Miller. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Ch. 14, 321-372.

29. Wong J, Tripet F, Rasgon JL, Lanzaro GC and Scott TW. 2008. SSCP analysis of scnDNA for genetic profiling of Aedes aegypti. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 79: 511-517.

28. Billingsley PF, Foy B and Rasgon JL, 2008. Mosquitocidal vaccines: a neglected addition to malaria and dengue control strategies. Trends in Parasitology, 24: 396-400.

27. Rasgon JL, 2008. Stable isotope analysis can potentially identify completely-digested bloodmeals in mosquitoes. PLoS ONE 3: e2198.

26. Rasgon JL, 2008. Using predictive models to optimize Wolbachia-based strategies for vector-borne disease control. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 627: 114-125.

2007:

25. Marrelli M, Li C, Rasgon JL and Jacobs-Lorena M. 2007. Transgenic malaria-resistant mosquitoes have a fitness advantage when feeding on Plasmodium-infected blood. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104: 5580-5583. Featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology and Faculty of 1000 Medicine.

24. Venkatesan M, Westbrook CJ, Hauer MC and Rasgon JL. 2007. Evidence for a population expansion in the West Nile virus vector Culex tarsalis. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24: 1208-1218.

23. Venkatesan M, Hauer MC and Rasgon JL. 2007. Using fluorescently-labeled M13-tailed primers to isolate 45 novel microsatellite loci from the arboviral vector Culex tarsalis. Med. Vet. Entomol. 21: 204-208.

22. Rasgon J. 2007. Population Replacement Strategies for Controlling Vector Populations and the Use of Wolbachia pipientis for Genetic Drive. J. Vis. Exp. 5: 225.

21. Gamston C and Rasgon J. 2007. Maintaining Wolbachia in Cell-free Medium. J. Vis. Exp. 5: 223.

2006:

20. Rasgon JL, Ren X and Petridis M. 2006. Can Anopheles gambiae be infected with Wolbachia pipientis? Insights from an in vitro system. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 7718-7722.

19. Rasgon JL, Gamston C and Ren X, 2006. Survival of Wolbachia pipientis in cell-free medium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 6934-6937.

18. Rasgon JL, Cornel AJ and Scott TW, 2006. Evolutionary history of a mosquito endosymbiont revealed through mitochondrial hitchhiking. Proc. R. Soc. B. 273: 1603-1611.

17. Sakamoto JM, Feinstein J and Rasgon JL, 2006. Wolbachia infections in the Cimicidae: Museum specimens as an untapped resource for endosymbiont surveys. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 3161-3167.

16. Rasgon JL, Venkatesan M, Westbrook CJ, and Hauer MC, 2006. Polymorphic microsatellite loci from the West Nile virus vector Culex tarsalis. Mol. Ecol. Notes. 6: 680-682.

15. Sakamoto JM and Rasgon JL, 2006. Geographic distribution of Wolbachia infections in Cimex lectularius L. (Heteroptera: Cimicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 43: 696-700.

14. Sakamoto JM and Rasgon JL, 2006. Endosymbiotic bacteria of bed bugs: Evolution, ecology and genetics. Amer. Entomol. 52: 119-122.

2005:

13. Rasgon JL and Gould F, 2005. Transposable element insertion location bias and the dynamics of gene drive in mosquito populations. Insect Mol. Biol. 14: 493-500.

12. Scott TW, Rasgon JL, Black WCIV and Gould F, 2005. Fitness studies: developing a consensus methodology, in Bridging laboratory and field research for genetic control of disease vectors, eds. Knols BGJ and Louis C. Frontis, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Ch. 16, 171-181.

11. Rasgon JL, Styer LM and Minnick SL, 2005. Traditional vector control research should receive higher priority than transgenic efforts to control vector-borne diseases: Con position. Amer. Entomol. 51: 108.

10. Rasgon JL, Styer LM and Minnick SL, 2005. The federal government should support the use of pesticides previously banned in the United States to fight vector-borne diseases in developing countries. Amer. Entomol. 51: 110-111.

2004:

9. Rasgon JL and Scott TW, 2004. Phylogenetic Characterization of Wolbachia Symbionts Infecting Cimex lectularius L. and Oeciacus vicarius Horvath (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 41: 1175-1178.

8. Rasgon JL and Scott TW, 2004. Crimson: A novel sex-linked eye color mutant of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 41: 385-391.

7. Rasgon JL and Scott TW, 2004. Impact of population age structure on Wolbachia transgene driver efficacy: Ecologically complex factors and release of genetically-modified mosquitoes. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 34: 707-713.

6. Rasgon JL and Scott TW, 2004. An initial survey for Wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) infection in selected California mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 41: 255-257.

2003:

5. Rasgon JL and Scott TW, 2003. Wolbachia and cytoplasmic incompatibility in the California Culex pipiens mosquito species complex: Parameter estimates and infection dynamics in natural populations. Genetics 165: 2029-2038.

4. Rasgon JL, Styer LM and Scott TW, 2003. Wolbachia-induced mortality as a mechanism to modulate pathogen transmission by vector arthropods. J. Med. Entomol. 40: 125-132.

3. Cornel AJ, McAbee RD, Rasgon J, Stanich MA, Scott TW and Coetze M, 2003. Differences in extent of genetic introgression between sympatric Culex pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus in California and South Africa. J. Med. Entomol. 40: 36-51.

2. Rasgon JL, 2003. Population subdivision can help or hinder Wolbachia introductions into vector populations. Proc. Mosq. Vec. Control Assoc. CA 71: 80-86.

2000:

1. Rasgon JL, 2000. Geographic distribution of Wolbachia infection in the California Culex pipiens complex: infection frequencies in natural populations. Proc. Mosq. Vec. Control Assoc. CA 68: 75-79.