Jason Rasgon

Differences in extent of genetic introgression between sympatric Culex pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in California and South Africa.

Wolbachia-induced mortality as a mechanism to modulate pathogen transmission by vector arthropods.

Wolbachia and cytoplasmic incompatibility in the California Culex pipiens mosquito species complex: parameter estimates and infection dynamics in natural populations.

An initial survey for Wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) infections in selected California mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae).

Crimson: a novel sex-linked eye color mutant of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae).

Impact of population age structure on Wolbachia transgene driver efficacy: ecologically complex factors and release of genetically modified mosquitoes.

Phylogenetic characterization of Wolbachia symbionts infecting Cimex lectularius L. and Oeciacus vicarius Horvath (Hemiptera: Cimicidae).

Wolbachia infections in the Cimicidae: museum specimens as an untapped resource for endosymbiont surveys.

Evolutionary history of a mosquito endosymbiont revealed through mitochondrial hitchhiking.

Geographic distribution of Wolbachia infections in Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae).

Survival of Wolbachia pipientis in cell-free medium.

Can Anopheles gambiae be infected with Wolbachia pipientis? Insights from an in vitro system.

Evidence for a population expansion in the West Nile virus vector Culex tarsalis.

Transgenic malaria-resistant mosquitoes have a fitness advantage when feeding on Plasmodium-infected blood.

Stable isotope analysis can potentially identify completely-digested bloodmeals in mosquitoes.

Using predictive models to optimize Wolbachia-based strategies for vector-borne disease control.

Mosquitocidal vaccines: a neglected addition to malaria and dengue control strategies.

Viral paratransgenesis in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

SSCP analysis of scnDNA for genetic profiling of Aedes aegypti.

The virulent Wolbachia strain wMelPop efficiently establishes somatic infections in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

Multi-locus assortment (MLA) for transgene dispersal and elimination in mosquito populations.

Manipulating insulin signaling to enhance mosquito reproduction.

Population genetic data suggest a role for mosquito-mediated dispersal of West Nile virus across the western United States.

Duplication, concerted evolution and purifying selection drive the evolution of mosquito vitellogenin genes.

Potential for the Anopheles gambiae densonucleosis virus to act as an "evolution-proof" biopesticide.

Mass drug administration of ivermectin in south-eastern Senegal reduces the survivorship of wild-caught, blood fed malaria vectors.

Wolbachia infections in Anopheles gambiae cells: transcriptomic characterization of a novel host-symbiont interaction.

Distribution and molecular characterization of Wolbachia endosymbionts and filarial nematodes in Maryland populations of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum).

Aquaporin water channel AgAQP1 in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae during blood feeding and humidity adaptation.

Wolbachia infections are virulent and inhibit the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae.

Endectocides for malaria control.

Using infections to fight infections: paratransgenic fungi can block malaria transmission in mosquitoes.

Dengue fever: Mosquitoes attacked from within.

Larval nutritional stress does not affect vector competence for West Nile virus (WNV) in Culex tarsalis.

Wolbachia Strain wAlbB Enhances Infection by the Rodent Malaria Parasite Plasmodium berghei in Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes.

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.