12/12/2025

1. Bird, E, V Pickens, C Olds, K Silver, D Nayduch. 2025. BALROG-ISO: a high-throuput pipeline for bacterial antimicrobial resistance annotation of genomes – isolate whole genome. microPublication Biology. DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001719.


2. Cooper, AMW, K Pfeiffer, KE Reif, KS Silver, DN Mitzel. 2025. Protocol for synchronizing waveforms and videos from electropenetrography studies of arthropods. Star Protocols. 6: 104038. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.104038


3. Cooper, A.M.W, CJ Osborne, V Pickens, K Pfeiffer, SB Jameson, A Rodrigo da Silva, KE Reif, DN Mitzel, KS Silver. 2025 A waveform library for the study of probing and ingestion behaviors of Culicoides sonorensisusing AC–DC electropenetrography. Parasites and Vectors 18: 265. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-025-06899-5.


4. Bird, E, V Pickens, D Molik, KS Silver, D Nayduch. 2025. BALROG-MON: a high-throughput pipeline for Bacterial AntimicrobiaL Resistance annOtation of Genomes-Metagenomic Oxford Nanopore. microPublication Biology. DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001427.


5. Nguyen VT, Dryden DS, Broder BA, Tadimari A, Tanachiwiwat P, Mathias DK, Thongsripong P, Reeves LE, Ali R, Gebhardt ME, Saili K, Simubali L, Simulundu E, Norris DE, Lee Y. 2025. A comprehensive review: biology of Anopheles squamosus, an understudied malaria vector in Africa. Insects. 16; 110. DOI: 10.3390/insects16020110.


6. Seok S, Blore K, Smoleroff S, Lee Y. Investigation of insecticide resistance profile of St. Johns County populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to permethrin. 2025. J Florida Mosq Cont Assoc. 72; 89-91. DOI: 10.32473/jfmca.72.1.139364.


7. Romero-Weaver AL, Nguyen VT, Bae J, Seok S, Bauer A, Magaletta O, Mullin M, Byrd BD, Clark M, Ber J, Harrison RL, Evans CL, Zohdy S, Allen B, Campbell LP, Killingsworth D, Giordano BV, Gray EW, Riegel C, Riles MT, Lee Y. Survey in the southeastern United States reveals the need for improved invasive mosquito surveillance. 2025. J Am Mosq Cont Assoc. 41; 77-85. DOI: 10.2987/25-7216.


8. Seok S, Vorsino AE, Collier TC, Hapairai L, Jacobson CM, Hasty JM, Romero-Weaver AL, Buckner EA, LaPointe DA, Leong M, Tabuloc CA, Chiu JC, Raban R, Akbari OS, Lee Y. 2025. Population genomics of Aedes albopictus across remote Pacific Islands for genetic biocontrol considerations. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 19; e0013414. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013414. PMCID: PMC12352873.


9. Nguyen VT, Ali RLMN, Burini BC, Dryden DS, Riddin MA, Saili K, Simulundu E, Reeves LE, Norries DE, Lee Y. (2025). A new assay for molecular identification of Anopheles squamosus (Diptera: Culicidae) using internal transcribed spacer 2. 2025. Malaria J. 24; 345. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05600-6.


10. Seok S, McCollum MT, Jacobsen CM, Akbari OS, Mathias DK, Lee Y. 2025. Pyrethroid insecticide resistance of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) across the Hawaiian Islands. Parasites and Vectors. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7303372/v1.


11. Gonzalez J, Harvey C, Ribeiro-Silva CS, Leal-Galvan B, Persinger KA, Olafson PU, Johnson TL, Oliva Chavez A. 2025. Evaluation of tick salivary and midgut extracellular vesicles as anti-tick vaccines in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). 2025. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 16; 102420. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102420. PMID: 39667072.


12. Cassens J, Oliva Chavez AS, Tufts DM, Zhong J, Faulk C, Oliver JD. Whole genome sequencing reveals clade-specific genetic variation in blacklegged ticks. 2025. Ecol Evol. 15; e70987. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70987. PMID: 39944902; PMCID: PMC11814477.


13. Oliva Chávez A, Gonzalez J, Harvey C, Ribeiro-Silva CS, Leal-Galvan B, Persinger KA, Durski S, Olafson PU, Johnson TL. 2025. Identification of potential Amblyomma americanum antigens after vaccination with tick extracellular vesicles in white-tailed deer. 2025. Vaccines. 13; 355. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines13040355. PMID: 40333200; PMCID: PMC12031118.


14. Marnin L, Valencia LM, Bogale HN, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Rolandelli A, Ferraz CR, O'Neal AJ, Schmitter-Sánchez AD, Cuevas EB, Nguyen TT, Leal-Galvan B, Rickert DM, Mendes MT, Samaddar S, Butler LR, Singh N, Cabrera Paz FE, Wu-Chuang A, Oliver JD, Jameson JM, Munderloh UG, Oliva Chávez AS, Mulenga A, Park S, Serre D, Pedra JHF. Tick Extracellular vesicles alter epidermal keratinocyte function. 2025. J Invest Dermatol. S0022-202X; 02414-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.08.037. PMID: 40915408; PMCID: PMC12603915.


15. Ortiz, Y. V., Casas, S. A., Tran, M. N. D., Decker, E. G., Saborit, I., Le, H. N., Caragata, E. P., Reeves, L. E., & Thongsripong, P. 2025. Mosquito population dynamics and blood host associations in two types of urban greenspaces in coastal Florida. Insects. 16; 233. DOI: 10.3390/insects16030233.


16. Ortiz, Y. V., Pacrez-Ramos, D. W., Caragata, E. P., and Thongsripong, P. 2025. Dengue and dengue virus in Florida. 2025. ENY2116/IN1438, 12/2024. EDIS. DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1438-2024.


17. Thongsripong, P., Ortiz, Y. V., Casas, S. A., & Buckner, E. A. (2025). From bites to bytes: Evaluating user engagement and mosquito bite exposure patterns with the bite diary smartphone application. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0575.


18. Magistrado, D., & Short, S. M. 2025. Bacterial infection elicits the Aedes aegypti unfolded protein response. Open Biology. 15; 250207.


19. Kelly, B. J., Joseph, N. C., Magistrado, D., & Short, S. M. 2025. The effects of mating and blood feeding on the immune defense of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 19; e0013542.


20. Foo, A., Brettell, L. E., Nichols, H. L., et al.. 2025. MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies. PLoS Biology. 22; e3002897.


21. Roberts, C., J. Brown, M. Esoldo, K. Green, G. Z. Chambers, R. T. Marconi, B. Andrews, S. Thangamani, L. Durden, and E. T. Machtinger. 2025. Ectoparasite burden and tick-borne pathogen prevalence in eastern gray squirrels: A suburban risk factor for tick-borne disease. Journal of Medical Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaf125.


22. M Schierer, SM De Urioste-Stone, and AM Gardner. 2025. An ecological and social approach to the distribution of vector and nuisance mosquito species across residential land use types. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62; 970-983.


23. SN Hurd and AM Gardner. 2025. Timber harvesting impacts small mammal foraging behavior and larval tick infestation. PLoS One. 20; e0325495.


24. GM Dill, TF Rounsville, Jr., AM Bryant, E Groden, and AM Gardner. 2024. Effects of Peromyscus spp. (Rodentia: Cricetidae) presence, land use, and ecotone on Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) ecology in an emergent area for tick-borne disease. Journal of Medical Entomology. 61; 1478-1488.


25. LE Price, JM Winter, JL Cantoni, DW Cozens, MA Linske, SC Williams, GM Dill, AM Gardner, SP Elias, TF Rounsville, Jr., RP Smith, Jr., MW Palace, C Herrick, MA Prusinski, P Casey, EM Doncaster, JDT Savage, DI Wallace, and X Shi. 2024. Spatial and temporal distribution of Ixodes scapularis and tick-borne pathogens across the northeastern United States. Parasites and Vectors. 17; e481.


26. BA Lieberthal, BF Allan, SM De Urioste-Stone, AJ Mackay, A Soliman, S Wang, and AM Gardner. 2024. The effects of seasonal human mobility and Aedes aegypti habitat suitability on Zika virus epidemic severity in Colombia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 18; e001257.


27. AM Urcuqui-Bustamante, KC Perry, JE Leahy, AM Gardner, and C Sponarski. 2024. Psychosocial determinants of Lyme disease preventive behavior among outdoor recreationists. Environment and Behavior. 56; 59-93.


28. AM Urcuqui-Bustamante, KC Perry, JE Leahy, CC Sponarski, and AM Gardner. 2024. Factors influencing private woodland owners land management decisions on Lyme disease mitigation in Maine. Trees, Forests, and People. 7; e100603.


29. AE Ali, AM Gardner, HH Shugart, and JA Walter. 2024. Opposing patterns of spatial synchrony in Lyme disease incidence in the Northeast and upper Midwest US. EcoHealth. 21; 46-55.


30. SN Hurd, LS Kenefic, JE Leahy, CC Sponarski, and AM Gardner. 2024. Cascading impacts of overstory structure in managed forests on understory structure, microclimate conditions, and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) densities. Journal of Medical Entomology. 61; 686-700.


31. Kasu R, Luo H, Luckhart S, Christodoulides D, Vasdekis A. 2025. Single Objective Airy Light-Sheet Imaging. ACS Photonics. 12; 2432-2439.


32. Ochwedo KO, Wang X, Caspedes N, Bentil RE, Wild R, Hernandez E, Hernandez A, Kaylor HL, Debebe Y, Datta J, Robert MA, Riffell JA, Lewis EE, Luckhart S. 2025. Regulation of circadian activity and retinal responses of Anopheles stephensi by ingested histamine and serotonin is temperature- and infection-dependent. PLoS Pathogens. 21; e1013139.      


33. Gilvarg SC, Leydetb B, Dovciakb M, Smith AMS, Millere DL, Luckhart S, Lashley MA, Vander Yacht AL. 2025. Integrating wildland fire into One Health to benefit ecosystems, animals, plants, and people. BioScience. biaf068.


34. Dobson ME, Kaylor HL, Pruett SL, Brady J, Savoie-Penton K, Isoe J, Debebe Y, Riehle MA, Luckhart S. 2025. Pantothenate regulates feeding and reproduction in the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi, with patterns dependent on supplementation scheme and parental nutrition. Parasites and Vectors. 18; 334.


35. Park, P.M. Piermarini. 2025. Heat activation desensitizes Aedes aegypti transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (AaTRPA1) to chemical agonists that repel mosquitoes. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 209; 106326.


36. Rochlin I, Kenney J, Little E, Molaei G. 2025. Public health significance of the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and its role in the eco-epidemiology of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases in North America. Parasit Vectors. 18; 43. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-025-06674-6.


37. Molaei G, Mohapatra AR, Khalil N, Cozens D, Bonilla D. Ehrlichia chaffeensis DNA in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks, Connecticut, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 31;1260-1262. DOI: 10.3201/eid3106.250034.


38. Anderson JF, Bransfield A, Misencik MJ, Jones S, Main AJ, Armstrong PM, Andreadis TG, Molaei G. 2025. Host-feeding behavior of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in North Dakota, 2003 to 2006. J Med Entomol. 62; 621-632. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaf021.


39. Khalil N, Sandland L, Molaei G. 2025. Cross-continental hitchhiking of exotic ticks on human travelers and ensuing public health challenges in the USA. iScience. 28; 113223. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113223.


40. Khalil N, Chang A, Sandland L, Feder HM Jr, Molaei G. 2025. A case of illness following a bite by a male lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum Linnaeus) infected with Ehrlichia sp. and Rickettsia amblyommatis in Connecticut, United States. Clin Case Rep. 13; e70825. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.70825.


41. Ferdous Z, Dieme C, Sproch H, Kramer LD, Ciota AT, Brackney DE, Armstrong PM. 2025. Multiple bloodmeals enhance dissemination of arboviruses in three medically relevant mosquito genera. Parasit Vectors. 17; 432.


42. Anderson JF, Bransfield A, Misencik MJ, Jones S, Main AJ, Armstrong PM, Andreadis TG, Molaei G. 2025. Host-feeding behavior of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in North Dakota, 2003 to 2006. J Med Entomol. 62; 621-632.


43. McMillan JR, Sun J, Chaves LF, Armstrong PM. 2025. Using mosquito and arbovirus data to computationally predict West Nile virus in unsampled areas of the Northeast United States. PNAS Nexus. 4; pgaf227.


44. Killets, K.C.; Wormington, J.; Zecca, I.; Chaves, L.F.; Hamer, G.L.; Hamer, S.A. 2025. Comparative feeding and defecation behaviors of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected and uninfected triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from the Americas. Insects. 16; 188.


45. Beatty NL, Bhosale CR, White ZS, Torhorst CW, Wilson KN, Dorleans R, Stenn TMS, Killets K, Curtis-Robles R, Burkett-Cadena N, Nováková E, Hamer GL, Hamer SA, Wisely SM. 2025. Field evidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, diverse host use and invasion of human dwellings by the Chagas disease vector in Florida, USA.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 19; e0012920.


46. Fernandez-Santos NA, Rodriguez-Pacrez MA, Segovia-Mancillas S, Rodriguez L, Hamer SA, Hamer GL, Correa-Morales F, Medina-Jaramillo S, Palacios-Mendoza MG, Cruz-Aldan E, Rodriguez-Dominguez G, Gomez-Hernandez CH, Larraga-Guillan A, López Gonzalez I, Rodriguez-Martinez LM, Ortega-Morales AI, Salazar-Sanchez MA, Valdez-Gamez HE, Marquez Ruiz MJ, Perteguer-Prieto MJ, Gómez-Gordillo BG, Aguilar-Duran JA, Becker Fauser ID, Weaver S, Turell M, Kramer L, Estrada-Franco JG. 2025. Proceedings from the Fourth Mesoamerican Symposium on Emerging Zoonotic Disease and Arboviruses: Commenting insights and research findings. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine. 16; 65-89.


47. Beatty NL, Hamer GL, Moreno-Peniche B, Mayes B, Hamer SA. 2025. Chagas disease, an endemic disease in the United States of America. Emerg Infect Dis. 31;1691-1697.


48. Tian Y, DeWitt L, Almeida RS, Clark M, Obregon D, Adame S, Davis T, Mendez-Maio NE, Hamer, GL. 2025. A systematic review of the associations between mosquito and tick-borne diseases and vector research in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62; 1047-1056.


49. Salomon J, Montemayor H, Durden C, Abiara D, Busselman RE, Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2025. Tick phenology, tick-host associations, and tick-borne pathogen surveillance in a recreational forest of East Texas, USA. PLoS ONE. 20; e0330826.


50. Killets KC, Perez-Rascan KM, Juarez JG, Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2025. Survival of Trypanosoma cruzi in dead Triatoma gerstaeckeri under laboratory conditions. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 16; 188.


51. Garza, M., Curtis-Robles, R., Sittenauer, S., and Hamer, G. L. 2025. Clear resin casting of arthropods for use in education, outreach, and research. Journal of Visualized Experiments. In press.


52. Tiffin, H.S., Gordon, J.R., and Poh, K.C. 2025. One Health, many approaches: Integrated vector management strategies support One Health goals. Front. Insect Sci. 5; 1549348.


53. Fiorta, M.A., Fyie, L.R. and Meuti, M.E., 2024. Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens. Journal of Insect Physiology. 159; 104725.


54. Wolkoff, M., Yoshida, M., Lowmiller, T., Sim, C. and Meuti, M.E., 2025. The cycle gene is essential for both daily responses and seasonal reproduction in the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens. Scientific Reports. 15; 28279.


55. Egizi, A., Bezhani, F., Jordan, R.A. & Price, D.C. 2025. Parasitism of a US traveler by a nymphal Amblyomma tapirellum Dunn, 1933 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) and review of exotic tick interceptions on humans in the US. Journal of Medical Entomology. tjaf109. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaf109.


56. Barnes, M., Moustafa, M.A., Wagner, N.E., & Price, D.C. (2025). The complete genome of a Serratia marcescens strain isolated from mosquito excreta. Microbiology Resource Announcements. e00743-25. DOI: 10.1128/mra.00743-25.


57. Narvaez, Z.E., Egizi, A.M., Yabsley, M.J., Thompson, A.T., Moustafa, M.A., Alt, E., Bickerton, M., Bjorgo, K., Butler, R.A., Cumbie, A., Eastwood, G., Falco, R.C., Fonseca, D.M., Hang, J., Harper, V.L., Lewis, N., Lovy, J., Maestas, L.P., Mather, T.N., Nakao, R., Occi, J.L., Rainey, T., Sal, M., Stoops, C.A., Trout-Fryxell, R.T., Watson, W., Wagner, N.E., Zheng, A., Saelao, P., & Price, D.C. 2025. Multiple introductions of the Asian Longhorned Tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) to the United States revealed using mitogenomics. Ecology and Evolution 15; e71312. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71312.


58. Moustafa, M.A.M., Barnes, M., Wagner, N., Bodine, D., Teel, P.D., Saelao, P. & Price, D.C. 2025. Genome of the invasive North American Haemaphysalis longicornis tick as a template for bovine anti-tick vaccine discovery. BMC Genomics. 26: 1-14. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-025-11477-1.


59. Moustafa, M.A.M., Wagner, N.E., Narvaez, Z.E., Price, D.C. 2025. Molecular detection of a canine respiratory pathogen, Mycoplasma cynos, in the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaf062.


60. Henriquez, BE, Loss, SR, Noden, BH. 2025. Mosquitoes in small urban spaces: identification of blood meals and flight distances of engorged females in southern Great Plains. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62; 1200-1207.


61. Henriquez, BE, Talley JL, Loss SR, Noden BH. 2025 Mosquito abundance, blood feeding, and West Nile virus infection in association with woody plant encroachment in the U.S. Great Plains. Journal of Vector Ecology. 50; 100-110.


62. Horton O., Propst J., Loss SR, Noden BH. 2024. Tick utilization of eastern redcedar encroached areas at the individual tree scale in Oklahoma. Southwestern Entomologist. 49; 1-9.


63. Propst, J, Taylor T, Loss SR, Noden BH. 2025. Effects of woody plant encroachment on abundance of multiple tick species in the U.S. Great Plains. Plos One. 20; e0332832.


64. Taylor, T, Loss, SR, Noden, BH. 2025. Rickettsia and Ehrlichia of veterinary and public health importance in ticks collected from birds in the Great Plains of the United States. Pathogens. 14; 461.


65. Taylor, TC, Propst JD, Noden BH, Loss, SR. 2025. Tick infestation of birds in grasslands experiencing woody plant encroachment in the United States Great Plains. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62; 1306-1316.


66. Bickerton M, González J, Toledo A. 2025. Insights on the phenology of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) using stored lipids. Insect Science. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70009. PMID: 40017090.


67. Rothman, et al. Leaf litter characteristic of low-income urban blocks improves population performance and eases competition between Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology. In review.

Extension publications

1. Nguyen VT, Magaletta OR, Lee Y. Anopheles squamosus (Theobald, 1901) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae: Culicine). AskIFAS Featured Creatures Series. 2025. *** In Press ***


2. Bae JS, Lee Y. The empire strikes back: insect “carbonization” through hand sanitizer. UF/IFAS Blogs. 2025. https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/entnemdept/2025/07/30/the-empire-strikes-back-insect-carbonization-through-hand-sanitizer/


3. Lee Y. Educational poster about Anopheles mosquitoes. UF/IFAS Blogs. 2025. https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/fmel/2025/07/04/anopheles_mosquito_educational_poster/

Alternative Media

1. Magaletta OR, Allen B, Campbell LP, Giordano BV, Gray EW, Killingsworth D, Riegel C, Riles MT, Lee Y. Educational Outcomes Delivered by the Mosquito BEACONS Invasive Mosquito Workshops (2021-2024). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=708sEZw-YR8


2. Blosser I, Lee Y. “My Mosquito Biology Coloring Book” Paperback: ISBN 9781304914729 [Lulu link][UF/IFAS Bookstore link]