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  1. Ali Khalighifar, Daniel Jiménez-García, Lindsay P Campbell, Koffi Mensah Ahadji-Dabla, Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Luis Arturo Ibarra-Juárez, A Townsend Peterson. (2021). Application of Deep Learning to Community-Science-Based Mosquito Monitoring and Detection of Novel Species, Journal of Medical Entomology; jab161, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab161
  2. Alomar, A.A, Alto, B.W. 2021. Mosquito responses to lethal and nonlethal effects of predation and an insect growth regulator. Ecosphere 12(3): e03452. 8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3452
  3. Alomar, A, Eastmond, B., Alto, B.W. 2021. Juveline hormone analog enhances Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti. Scientific reports 11: 21062. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00432-1
  4. Bellamy, S, Alto, B.W. 2021. The role of predation in determining traits of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and infection with Zika virus. Journal of Medical Entomology 58(3): 1197- 1201. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab004
  5. Brockmeyer, R.E., M. Donnelly, J.R. Rey, Carlson, D.B.2021. Manipulating, managing and rehabilitating mangrove-dominated wetlands along Florida’s east coast (USA): Balancing mosquito control and ecological values.  Wetl. Ecol. Manag: 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09843-3
  6. Buckner EA, Williams KF, Ramirez S, Darrisaw C, Carrillo JM, Latham MD, Lesser CR. 2021. A field efficacy evaluation of In2Care Mosquito Traps in comparison with routine integrated vector management at reducing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 37(4):242-249. doi: 10.2987/21-7038.
  7. Burkett-Cadena ND, Blosser EM, Loggins AA, Valente MC, Long MT, Campbell LP, Reeves LE, Bargielowski I, McCleery RA. 2021. Invasive Burmese pythons alter host use and virus infection in the vector of a zoonotic virus. Communications Biology. 4(1):1-1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02347-z
  8. Burkett-Cadena ND, Day JF, Unnasch TR. 2021. Ecology of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in the Southeastern United States: Incriminating Vector and Host Species Responsible for Virus Amplification, Persistence, and Dispersal. Journal of Medical Entomology. 4. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab076
  9. Beatty NL, White ZS, Bhosale CR, Wilson K, Cannella AP, Stenn T, Burkett-Cadena N, Wisely SM. 2021. Anaphylactic Reactions Due to Triatoma protracta (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) and Invasion into a Home in Northern California, USA. Insects.12(11):1018. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12111018
  10. Campbell LP, Burkett-Cadena ND, Miqueli E, Unlu I, Sloyer KE, Medina J, Vasquez C, Petrie W, Reeves LE. 2021. Potential Distribution of Aedes (Ochlerotatus) scapularis (Diptera: Culicidae): A Vector Mosquito New to the Florida Peninsula. Insects.12(3):213. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12030213
  11. Campos M, Hanemaaijer M, Gripkey H, Collier TC, Lee Y, Cornel AJ, Pinto J, Rompão H, Lanzaro GC. The origin of island populations of the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii. Communications Biology. 2021. 4:630.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02168-0
  12. Caragata EP, Dutra HLC, Sucupira PHF, Ferreira AGA, Moreira LA.  2021.  Wolbachia as translational science: controlling mosquito-borne pathogens. Trends in Parasitology: 37: 1050-1067. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.06.007
  13. Caragata EP, Otero LM, Tikhe CV, Barrera R, Dimopoulos G. 2021.  Microbial Diversity of Adult Aedes aegypti and Water Collected from Different Mosquito Aquatic Habitats in Puerto Rico.  Microbial Ecology DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01743-6
  14. Chen TY, Lee Y, Wang X, Mathias DK, Caragata EP, Smartt CT. 2021.  Profiling transcriptional response of Dengue-2 virus infection in midgut tissue of Aedes aegypti. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases: 2: 708817. DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2021.708817.
  15. Chen, TY., Smartt, C.T. (2021). Activation of the autophagy pathway decreases dengue virus infection in Aedes aegypti cells. Parasites and Vectors. 14, 551. doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05066-w.
  16. Chen T, Vorsino AE, Kosinski KJ, Romero-Weaver A, Buckner EA, Chiu JC, Lee Y. 2021. A magnetic-bead-based mosquito DNA extraction protocol for Next-generation sequencing. Journal of Visualized Experiments 170:e62354. doi: 10.3791/62354.
  17. Dinh ET, Gomez JP, Orange JP, Morris MA, Sayler KA, McGregor BL, Blosser EM, Burkett-Cadena ND, Wisely SM, Blackburn JK. 2021. Modeling Abundance of Culicoides stellifer, a Candidate Orbivirus Vector, Indicates Nonrandom Hemorrhagic Disease Risk for White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Viruses.13(7):1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071328
  18. Erram D, Vincent Black T, Burkett-Cadena N. 2021. Host Bloodmeal Source Has No Significant Effect on the Fecundity and Subsequent Larval Development Traits of the Progeny in Culicoides furens Poey (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 9;58(6):2439-2445. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab085
  19. Erram D, Burkett-Cadena N. 2021. Oviposition of Culicoides insignis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) under laboratory conditions with notes on the developmental life history traits of its immature stages. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05025-5
  20. Giordano BV, Allen B, Wishard R, Xue RD, Campbell LP. 2021. Light trap collections utilizing dry ice and octenol attractants in adjacent mosquito control districts. Florida Entomologist 103:499-504. https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/121989
  21. Giordano BV, Cruz A, Pérez-Ramos DW, Ramos MM, Tavares Y, Caragata EP. 2021.  Mosquito Communities Vary across Landscape and Vertical Strata in Indian River County, Florida.  Pathogens 10: 1575 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10121575.
  22. Jones CM, Ciubotariu II, Muleba M, Lupiya J, Mbewe D, Simubali L, Mudenda T, Gebhardt M, Carpi G, Malcolm AN, Kosinski KJ, Romero-Weaver AL, Stevenson JC, Lee Y, Norris DE. Multiple novel clades of anopheline mosquitoes caught outdoors in northern Zambia. Frontiers Trop Dis. 2021. 2:780664. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2021.780664.
  23. Kawahara AY, Reeves LE, Barber JR, Black S. 2021. Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118: e2002547117. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2002547117
  24. Kelly ET, Mack LK, Campos M, Grippin C, Chen TY, Romero-Weaver AL, Kosinski KJ, Brisco KK, Collier TC, Buckner EA, Campbell LP. 2021. Evidence of Local Extinction and Reintroduction of Aedes aegypti in Exeter, California. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 2:703873. doi: 10.3389/fitd.2021.703873.
  25. Kim D, DeBriere TJ, Cherukumalli S, White GS, Burkett-Cadena ND. 2021. Infrared light sensors permit rapid recording of wingbeat frequency and bioacoustic species identification of mosquitoes. Scientific Reports. 11(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89644-z
  26. Kondapaneni R, Malcolm AN, Vazquez BM, Zeng E, Chen T-Y, Kosinski KJ, Romero-Weaver AL, Giordano BV, Allen B, Riles MT, Killingsworth D, Campbell LP, Caragata EP, Lee Y. (2021). Mosquito Control Priorities in Florida—Survey Results from Florida Mosquito Control Districts. Pathogens. 2021; 10(8):947. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10080947
  27. Lee, Y., Saavedra-Rodriguez, K., Chen, T.-Y., Campbell, L.P. & Smartt, C. T. (2021). The population genomics of Aedes aegypti: progress and prospects. In: Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/13836_2021_93.
  28. Lewald KM, Abrieux A, Wilson DA, Lee Y, Conner WR, Andreazza F, Beers EH, Burrack HJ, Daane KM, Diepenbrock L, Drummond FA, Fanning PD, Gaffney MT, Hesler SP, Ioriatti C, Isaacs R, Little BA, Loeb GM, Miller B, Nava DE, Rendon D, Sial AA, da Silva CSB, Stockton DG, Van Timmeren S, Wallingford A, Walton VM, Wang X, Zhao B, Zalom FG, Chiu JC. Population genomics of Drosophila suzukii reveal longitudinal population structure and signals of migrations in and out of the continental United States. G3 (Bethesda). 2021. jkab343. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab343
  29. Mack LK, Kelly ET, Lee Y, Brisco KK, Shen KV, Zahid A, Van Schoor T, Cornel AJ, Attardo GM. Frequency of sodium channel genotypes and association with pyrethrum knockdown time in populations of Californian Aedes aegypti. Parasit Vectors. 2021. 14(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04627-3.
  30. McGregor BL, Giordano BV, Runkel IV AE, Nigg HN, Nigg HL, Burkett-Cadena ND. 2021. Comparison of the Effect of Insecticides on Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) and Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus) by Standard Mosquito Research Methods. Journal of Economic Entomology. 114(1):24-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa282
  31. McGregor, B.L, Erram, D., Alto, B.W., Lednicky, J.A., Wisely, S.M., Burkett-Cadena, N.D. 2021. Vector competence of Florida Culicoides insignis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus serotype-2. Viruses 13(3): 410. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13030410
  32. Miley KM, Downs J, Burkett-Cadena ND, West RG, Hunt B, Deskins G, Kellner B, Fisher-Grainger S, Unnasch RS, Unnasch TR. 2021. Field Analysis of Biological Factors Associated With Sites at High and Low to Moderate Risk for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Winter Activity in Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology. 58(6):2385-2397. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab066
  33. Muturi, E.J., Dunlap, C., Smartt, C.T., & Shin, D. (2021) Resistance to permethrin alters the gut microbiota of Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports. 11, 14406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93725-4.
  34. Parker-Crockett, C, Connelly, C., Siegfried, B., Alto, B.W. 2021. Influence of pyrethroid resistance on vector competency for Zika virus by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 58(4): 1908-1916. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab035
  35. Piedra, L.A., L. Martinez, A. Ruiz, J. Cangas, M. G. Guzmán,  J. R. Rey, J. Bisset.  2021.  First record of natural transovarial transmission of dengue virus in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Cuba.  Am. J. Trop. Medicine & Hygiene: 2021. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0710
  36. Reeves LE, Medina J, Miqueli E, Sloyer KE, Petrie W, Vasquez C, Burkett-Cadena ND. 2021. Establishment of Aedes (Ochlerotatus) scapularis (Diptera: Culicidae) in mainland Florida, with notes on the Ochlerotatus group in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 58(2):717-29. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa250
  37. Schluep SM, Buckner EA. 2021. Metabolic resistance in permethrin-resistant Florida Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Insects 12:866. doi: 10.3390/insects12100866.
  38. Sloyer KE, Burkett‐Cadena ND. 2021. Development and field evaluation of a motion sensor activated suction trap to study vector–host interactions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(1):204-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13500
  39. Stephenson CJ, Coatsworth H, Waits CM, Nazario-Maldonado NM, Mathias DK, Dinglasan RR, Lednicky JA. (2021) Geographic partitioning of dengue virus transmission risk in Florida. Viruses 13(11): 2232. doi: 10.3390/v13112232.
  40. Yanchula, K.Z., Alto, B.W. 2021. Paternal and maternal effects in a mosquito: A bridge for life history transition. Journal of Insect Physiology 131:104243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104243
  41. Yang, B., Borgert, B.A., Alto, B.W., Boohene, C.K., Brew, J., Deutsch, K., et al. 2021. Modelling distributions of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus using climate, host density and interspecies competition. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15(3): e0009063. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009063
  42. Zimler, R, Alto, B.W. 2021. Transmission potential of Zika virus by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes mediovittatus populations from Puerto Rico. Journal of Medical Entomology 58(3): 1405-1411. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjme%2Ftjaa286
  43. Zimler, R, Alto, B.W. 2021.The extrinsic incubation period of Zika virus in Florida mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Pathogens 10(10)1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101252