Loganathan Ponnusamy

A Diverse Microbial Community Supports Larval Development and Survivorship of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae)

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 56(3), 632–640.

Diel periodicity and visual cues guide oviposition behavior in Phlebotomus papatasi, vector of old-world cutaneous leishmaniasis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(3), e0007165.

Diversity and structure of the bacterial microbiome of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, is dominated by the endosymbiont Francisella

SYMBIOSIS, 79(3), 239–250.

Exogenous and endogenous microbiomes of wild-caught Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) flies from a suburban farm by 16S rRNA gene sequencing

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9.

Bacterial microbiome of the chigger mite Leptotrombidium imphalum varies by life stage and infection with the scrub typhus pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi

PLOS ONE, 13(12).

Prevalence of Rickettsia Species (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in Dermacentor variabilis Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in North Carolina

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 55(5), 1284–1291.

Stable Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto on the Outer Banks of North Carolina

Zoonoses and Public Health, 64(5), 337–354.

Biology, pest status, microbiome and control of kudzu bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae): a new invasive pest in the U.S.

Int. J. Mol. Sci, 17(9).

Design and Testing of Novel Lethal Ovitrap to Reduce Populations of Aedes Mosquitoes: Community-Based Participatory Research between Industry, Academia and Communities in Peru and Thailand

PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0160386.

Development and Validation of an Improved PCR Method Using the 23S-5S Intergenic Spacer for Detection of Rickettsiae in Dermacentor variabilis Ticks and Tissue Samples from Humans and Laboratory Animals

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 54(4), 972–979.

Effect of Spatial Repellent Exposure on Dengue Vector Attraction to Oviposition Sites

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(7), e0004850.

Incident Tick-Borne Infections in a Cohort of North Carolina Outdoor Workers

VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES, 16(5), 302–308.

Attraction and oviposition preferences of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae), vector of Old-World cutaneous leishmaniasis, to larval rearing media

Parasites & Vectors, 8(1).

Evidence for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) oviposition on boats in the Peruvian Amazon

Journal of Medical Entomology, 52(4), 726–729.

Oviposition responses of Aedes mosquitoes to bacterial isolates from attractive bamboo infusions

Parasites & Vectors, 8.

Variation in the Microbiota of Ixodes Ticks with Regard to Geography, Species, and Sex

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 81(18), 6200–6209.

Diversity of Rickettsiales in the Microbiome of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 80(1), 354–359.

Prevalence of Rickettsiales in ticks removed from the skin of outdoor workers in North Carolina

PARASITES & VECTORS, 7.

Bacteria Stimulate Hatching of Yellow Fever Mosquito Eggs

PLoS ONE, 6(9), e24409.

Oviposition Responses of the Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to Experimental Plant Infusions in Laboratory Bioassays

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36(7), 709–719.

Species Composition of Bacterial Communities Influences Attraction of Mosquitoes to Experimental Plant Infusions

Microbial Ecology, 59(1), 158–173.

Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Container Habitats of Mosquitoes

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, 56(4), 593–603.

Identification of bacteria and bacteria-associated chemical cues that mediate oviposition site preferences by Aedes aegypti

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(27), 9262–9267.

Host-feeding patterns of Aedes albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae) in relation to availability of human and domestic animals in suburban landscapes of central north Carolina

Journal of Medical Entomology, 43(3), 543–551.