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  1. Variable effects of transient Wolbachia infections on alphaviruses in Aedes aegypti

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 2024, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  2. Transcriptomic and small RNA response to Mayaro virus infection in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2022, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  3. Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) mediates Zika virus entry, replication, and egress from host cells

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  4. Aquaglyceroporin function in the malaria mosquitoAnopheles gambiae

    Article • Biology of the Cell, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  5. Wolbachia pipientis should not be split into multiple species: A response to Ramírez-Puebla et al., “Species in Wolbachia ? Proposal for the designation of ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii’, ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola’, ‘ Candidatus Wo...

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  6. Anti-apoptosis in porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus

    Article • Virulence, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  7. Genome Sequence of Elizabethkingia anophelis Strain EaAs1, Isolated from the Asian Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  8. Genome Sequences of Staphylococcus hominis Strains ShAs1, ShAs2, and ShAs3, Isolated from the Asian Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  9. Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Strain SmAs1, Isolated From the Asian Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  10. Discovery of filarial nematode DNA in Amblyomma americanum in Northern Virginia

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  11. Engineered and natural gene drives: Examining the risks

    Article • January 2016, Entomological Society of America

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  12. The microbiome modulates arbovirus transmission in mosquitoes

    Article • Current Opinion in Virology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  13. In vitro and in vivo host range of Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV)

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2015, Nature

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  14. Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) has negligible effects on adult survival and transcriptome of its mosquito host

    Article • PeerJ, September 2014, PeerJ

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  15. Wolbachia Can Enhance Plasmodium Infection in Mosquitoes: Implications for Malaria Control?

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2014, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  16. Population and Demographic Structure of Ixodes scapularis Say in the Eastern United States

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  17. Wolbachia Enhances West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection in the Mosquito Culex tarsalis

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  18. A viral over-expression system for the major malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2014, Nature

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  19. Harnessing mosquito–Wolbachia symbiosis for vector and disease control

    Article • Acta Tropica, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  20. Culex tarsalis Vitellogenin Gene Promoters Investigated In Silico and In Vivo Using Transgenic Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  21. Temperature alters Plasmodium blocking by Wolbachia

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2014, Nature

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  22. A Functional Workbench for Anopheles gambiae Micro Array Analysis

    Article • November 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon, Marion Adebiyi

  23. Transgenic Mosquitoes Expressing a Phospholipase A2 Gene Have a Fitness Advantage When Fed Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Blood

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  24. Organ-Specific Splice Variants of Aquaporin Water Channel AgAQP1 in the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  25. ANOSPEX: A Stochastic, Spatially Explicit Model for Studying Anopheles Metapopulation Dynamics

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  26. Wolbachia and the Culex pipiens Complex

    Article • Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, December 2012, The American Mosquito Control Association

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  27. Invasion of Wolbachia into Anopheles and Other Insect Germlines in an Ex vivo Organ Culture System

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  28. Wolbachia Induces Male-Specific Mortality in the Mosquito Culex pipiens (LIN Strain)

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  29. 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

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  30. Wolbachia Infections in Arthropod Hosts

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  31. A statistical approach to selecting and confirming validation targets in -omics experiments

    Article • BMC Bioinformatics, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  32. Effects of larval rearing temperature on immature development and West Nile virus vector competence of Culex tarsalis

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  33. Larval Nutritional Stress Does Not Affect Vector Competence for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Culex tarsalis

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, November 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  34. Endectocides for malaria control

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  35. Dengue fever: Mosquitoes attacked from within

    Article • Nature, August 2011, Nature

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

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

    Article • Future Microbiology, August 2011, Future Medicine

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  37. Wolbachia Infections Are Virulent and Inhibit the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum in Anopheles Gambiae

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2011, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

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

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  39. Wolbachia Infections in Anopheles gambiae Cells: Transcriptomic Characterization of a Novel Host-Symbiont Interaction

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2011, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

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

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

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

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

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

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  43. Multi-Locus Assortment (MLA) for Transgene Dispersal and Elimination in Mosquito Populations

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2009, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  44. Manipulating insulin signaling to enhance mosquito reproduction

    Article • BMC Physiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  45. Wolbachia and Anophelesmosquitoes

    Article • October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

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

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  47. Viral Paratransgenesis in the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, August 2008, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  48. Stable Isotope Analysis Can Potentially Identify Completely-Digested Bloodmeals in Mosquitoes

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2008, PLOS

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  49. Maintaining Wolbachia in Cell-free Medium

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, July 2007, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  50. Population Replacement Strategies for Controlling Vector Populations and the Use of Wolbachia pipientis for Genetic Drive

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, July 2007, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  51. Polymorphic microsatellite loci from the West Nile virus vector Culex tarsalis

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  52. Geographic Distribution of Wolbachia Infections in Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae)

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  53. Geographic Distribution of Wolbachia Infections in Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae)

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  54. Phylogenetic Characterization of Wolbachia Symbionts Infecting Cimex lectularius L. and Oeciacus vicarius Horvath (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, November 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

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

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  56. Crimson: A Novel Sex-Linked Eye Color Mutant ofCulex PipiensL. (Diptera: Culicidae)

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, May 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  57. An Initial Survey forWolbachia(Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) Infections in Selected California Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) : Table 1

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, March 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  58. Wolbachia-Induced Mortality as a Mechanism to Modulate Pathogen Transmission by Vector Arthropods

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, March 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  59. Differences in Extent of Genetic Introgression Between SympatricCulex pipiensandCulex quinquefasciatus(Diptera: Culicidae) in California and South Africa

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  60. Fitness studies: developing a consensus methodology

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  61. Using Predictive Models to Optimize Wolbachia-Based Strategies for Vector-Borne Disease Control

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon

  62. Fitness studies: developing a consensus methodology

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason L Rasgon