2023
Everglades virus: an underrecognized disease-causing subtype of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus endemic to Florida, USA
Burkett-Cadena N, Fish D, Weaver S, Vittor A. Everglades virus: an underrecognized disease-causing subtype of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus endemic to Florida, USA. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2023, 60: 1149-1164. PMID: 37862065, PMCID: PMC10645373, DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEverglades virusEncephalitis virusCases of meningitisCotton rat Sigmodon hispidusHigh natural infection rateEpidemic strainsNatural infection rateInfection rateWidespread transmissionAbundance of AedesNatural infectionSubtype IISubtypesFrequent feedingFrequency of contactCertain mosquitoesVector competenceVirusHuman diseasesRodentsVertebrate hosts
2022
Seasonal Dynamics of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in the Southwestern Florida Everglades, 2016, 2017.
Anderson J, Fish D, Armstrong P, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Ferrandino F, Andreadis T, Stenglein M, Kapuscinski M. Seasonal Dynamics of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in the Southwestern Florida Everglades, 2016, 2017. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2022, 106: 610-622. PMID: 35008051, PMCID: PMC8832897, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies of virusesSpecies of mosquitoesGumbo LimboShotgun metagenomic sequencingShark RiverSpecies complexWest Nile virusHardwood hammocksEverglades virusNotable speciesMosquito-Borne VirusesMetagenomic sequencingAnopheles speciesNile virusSeasonal dynamicsSpeciesFlorida EvergladesTensaw virusCulex nigripalpusEvergladesPools of CxCypress swampsNigripalpusMosquitoesAnopheles crucians
2021
Emergence potential of mosquito-borne arboviruses from the Florida Everglades
Fish D, Tesh R, Guzman H, da Rosa A, Balta V, Underwood J, Sither C, Vasilakis N. Emergence potential of mosquito-borne arboviruses from the Florida Everglades. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0259419. PMID: 34807932, PMCID: PMC8608345, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHardwood hammocksEverglades regionWater levelEnvironmental changesTensaw virusBig Cypress National PreserveLargest natural wetlandWetland restoration projectsGreater Everglades regionEverglades National ParkMajor landscape featuresMajor environmental changesEmergence of arbovirusesInvasive speciesUndergoing restorationNatural wetlandsRestoration projectsSubtropical ecosystemsFlorida EvergladesLandscape featuresState ForestNational ParkNational PreservePathogenic mosquitoEverglades virus
2017
Characterization of Three New Insect-Specific Flaviviruses: Their Relationship to the Mosquito-Borne Flavivirus Pathogens
Guzman H, Contreras-Gutierrez MA, da Rosa A, Nunes MRT, Cardoso JF, Popov VL, Young KI, Savit C, Wood TG, Widen SG, Watts DM, Hanley KA, Perera D, Fish D, Vasilakis N, Tesh RB. Characterization of Three New Insect-Specific Flaviviruses: Their Relationship to the Mosquito-Borne Flavivirus Pathogens. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2017, 98: 410-419. PMID: 29016330, PMCID: PMC5929187, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0350.Peer-Reviewed Original Research