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Author:

Ohm, Johanna Ruth

Title:

Mosquito feeding and fitness: An exploration of mosquito diets and feeding behaviors that impact mosquito fitness, with applications for mosquito mass rearing and control

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

mosquito
malaria
artificial diet
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
Anopheles stephensi
Aedes
Anopheles
parasite manipulation
blood feeding
Galleria mellonella
wax moth
sickness behavior
fitness
insecticides
mosquito control
insect

File:

Download J_R_Ohm_Biology_PhD_July_24_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Fraser Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Member
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Outside Member

Author:

Mejia, Austin

Title:

Wolbachia densities in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
artificial selection
inbreeding
biocontrol

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Austin.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ann Mcgraw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member

Author:

Novelo Canto, Mario

Title:

ARBOVIRUS INFECTION DYNAMICS IN THE MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

DENV
CHIKV
dengue
chikungunya
mosquito
Aedes aegypti
infection dynamics
within-vector infection
EIP
intra-host
viral kinetics
co-infection
serotype
DENV-2
DENV-3
Wolbachia
TEP3
CECH
heritability
genetic correlation
mosquito immunity

File:

Download Mario_Novelo-Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Rasgon, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Outside Unit Member
David Kennedy, Outside Field Member

Author:

Manzano Alvarez, Jaime

Title:

Dehydration stress and Mayaro virus vector competence in Aedes aegypti

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Aedes aegypti
Mayaro virus
Relative humidity
Dehydration stress
Vector competence

File:

Download JM_thesis_2023_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Mcgraw, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Committee Member