Projects

VECTOR COMPETENCE AND PROTECTION OF U.S. LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE FROM ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 409139

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF ARBOVIRUSES Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 411933

COUNTERMEASURES TO CONTROL AND ERADICATE RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RFV) Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 411726

VECTOR COMPETENCE OF NORTH AMERICAN MOSQUITOES FOR RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement (N)   Accession Number: 411446

EXPANSION OF THE KENYAN RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RVF) VETERINARY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE WILDLIFE SPECIES Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 412497

EVALUATION OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RVF) VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC REAGENTS Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 412498

RESEARCH ON ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 413170

GENETIC STUDIES OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS VECTORS IN KENYA Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 410557

Publications

Effects of Viral Infection on Blood Feeding Behavior and Fecundity in Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) - (Abstract) - (08-Sep-08)

Mitochondrial markers to distinguish two species of Aedes Neomelaniconion (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kenya - (Abstract)

Bennett, K.E., Sang, R., Richardson, J.H. 2008. Mitochondrial markers to distinguish two species of Aedes Neomelaniconion (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kenya. Meeting Abstract.

Blood feeding behavior of vesicular stomatitis virus infected culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Bennett, K.E., Hopper, J.E., Stuart, M.A., West, M.S., Drolet, B.S. 2008. Blood feeding behavior of vesicular stomatitis virus infected culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) . Journal of Medical Entomology. 2008 Sep;45(5):921-6

Viral Surveillance during the 2006 Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak in Natrona County, Wyoming - (Abstract)

Reeves, W.K., Bennett, K.E., Drolet, B.S. 2008. Viral Surveillance during the 2006 Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak in Natrona Co., WY. Meeting Abstract.

Blood Feeding Behavior of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infected Culicoides Sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) - (Abstract)

Bennett, K.E., Stuart, M.A., Hopper, J.E., West, M.S., Drolet, B.S. 2008. Blood Feeding Behavior of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infected Culicoides Sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Meeting Abstract. West Central Mosquito and Vector Control Association meeting. Estes Park, CO; Feb. 6-7, 2008.

Report of the Bluetongue and Bovine Retroviruses Committee - (Proceedings/Symposium)

Wilson, W.C., Drolet, B.S., Kato, C.Y., Harpster, M.H., Bennett, K.E., O Hearn, E.S., Reeves, W.K., Mecham, J.O., Miller, M.M. 2008. Report of the Bluetongue and Bovine Retroviruses Committee. United States Animal Health Association Proceedings,Reno, NV, October 18-24, 2007, 111:207-208.

New Diagnostic Tools for Detecting Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and other Arboviruses - (Proceedings/Symposium)

Wilson, W.C., Drolet, B.S., Kato, C.Y., Harpster, M.H., Bennett, K.E., O Hearn, E.S., Reeves, W.K., Mecham, J.O., Miller, M.M., Stalknecht, D. 2008. New Diagnostic Tools for Detecting Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and other Arboviruses. United States Animal Health Association Proceedings, Reno, NV, October 18-24, 2007, 111:798-799.

A Rift Valley fever risk surveillance system for Africa using remotely sensed data: Potential for use on other continents - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Linthicum, K., Anyamba, A., Britch, S.C., Chretien, J., Erickson, R.L., Small, J., Tucker, C.J., Bennett, K.E., Mayer, R.T., Schmidtmann, E.T., Andreadis, T.G., Anderson, J.F., Wilson, W.C., Freier, J., James, A., Miller, R., Drolet, B.S., Miller, S., Tedrow, C., Bailey, C., Strickman, D.A., Barnard, D.R., Clark, G.G., Zou, L. 2007. A Rift Valley fever Risk Surveillance System for Africa Using Remotely Sensed Data: Potential for use on Other Continents. Veterinaria Italiana 43(3): 663-674.

A Rift Valley Fever Risk Surveillance System in Africa Using Remotely Sensed Data in a GIS: Potential for Use on Other Continents - (Abstract)

Linthicum, K., Anyamba, A., Chretien, J., Erickson, R.L., Small, J., Tucker, C.J., Britch, S.C., Bennett, K.E., Mayer, R.T., Schmidtmann, E.T., Andreadis, T.G., Anderson, J.F., Wilson, W.C., Freier, J., James, A., Miller, R., Drolet, B.S., Miller, S., Tedrow, C., Strickman, D.A., Barnard, D.R., Clark, G.G., Zou, L. 2006. A rift valley fever risk surveillance system in africa using remotely sensed data in a gis: potential for use on other continents. International Conference on Use of GIS in Veterinary Activities in Silvi Marina, Abruzzo, Italy on October 8-11, 2006.

First Records for Culex (Melaniconion) limacifer Komp and Culex (Melaniconion) dunni Dyar from Guatemala - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Williams, Martin R., Juan Garcia, Kristine E. Bennett, Bernarda Molina, Stephen E. Aspen, and Harry M. Savage. 2007. First Records for Culex (Melaniconion) limacifer Komp and Culex (Melaniconion) dunni Dyar from Guatemala. 2007. JAMCA. 23(1):78-79.

Potential for Bluetongue Virus persistence in insect cells - (Abstract)

Wilson, W.C., Drolet, B.S., Bennett, K.E., O Hearn, E.S., Brown, P.L., Stuart, M.A., Mecham, J.O. 2006. Potential for Bluetongue Virus persistence in insect cells. American Society for Virology Meeting. Madison, WI. W22-9. 2006. Abstract.

Potential for bluetongue virus persistence in insect cells. - (Abstract)

Wilson, W.C., Drolet, B.S., Bennett, K.E., O Hearn, E.S., Brown, P.L., Stuart, M.A., Mecham, J.O. 2006. Potential for bluetongue virus persistence in insect cells.. American Society for Virology Meeting. 25th Annual Meeting, W22-9.

INFECTIVITY AND PERSISTENCE OF VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS IN CULICOIDES CELLS - (Abstract)

Drolet, B.S., Pavelko, C.M., Bennett, K.E. 2006. Infectivity and persistence of vesicular stomatitis virus in culicoides cells. American Society for Virology Meeting, P 10-5.