Loganathan Ponnusamy

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

Travanty, N. V., Apperson, C. S., & Ponnusamy, L. (2019, February 11). Journal of Medical Entomology, Vol. 2.

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

Travanty, N. V., Ponnusamy, L., Kakumanu, M. L., Nicholson, W. L., & Apperson, C. S. (2019, August 19). Symbiosis, Vol. 79, pp. 239–250.

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

Deguenon, J. M., Travanty, N., Zhu, J., Carr, A., Denning, S., Reiskind, M. H., … Ponnusamy, L. (2019, December 30). Scientific Reports, Vol. 9.

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

Ponnusamy, L., Willcox, A. C., Roe, R. M., Davidson, S. A., Linsuwanon, P., Schuster, A. L., … Apperson, C. S. (2018, December 6). (M. A. Perotti, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 13, p. e0208327.

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

Kakumanu, M. L., Ponnusamy, L., Sutton, H., Meshnick, S. R., Nicholson, W. L., & Apperson, C. S. (2018, May 16). Journal of Medical Entomology.

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), 1570.

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

Kakumanu, M. L., Ponnusamy, L., Sutton, H. T., Meshnick, S. R., Nicholson, W. L., & Apperson, C. S. (2016, January 28). Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

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

Wallace, J. W., Nicholson, W. L., Perniciaro, J. L., Vaughn, M. F., Funkhouser, S., Juliano, J. J., … Meshnick, S. R. (2016, March 23). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.

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

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

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

Treuren, W. V., Ponnusamy, L., Brinkerhoff, R. J., Gonzalez, A., Parobek, C. M., Juliano, J. J., … Meshnick, S. R. (2015, July 7). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 81, pp. 6200–6209.

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

Lee, S., Kakumanu, M. L., Ponnusamy, L., Vaughn, M., Funkhouser, S., Thornton, H., … Apperson, C. S. (2014, December 1). Parasites & Vectors.

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

Ponnusamy, L., Gonzalez, A., Treuren, W. V., Weiss, S., Parobek, C. M., Juliano, J. J., … Meshnick, S. R. (2013, October 26). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 80, pp. 354–359.

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

Ponnusamy, L., Xu, N., Stav, G., Wesson, D. M., Schal, C., & Apperson, C. S. (2008, March 28). Microbial Ecology, Vol. 56, pp. 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 <I>Aedes albopictus</I> (Diptera: Culicidae) in Relation to Availability of Human and Domestic Animals in Suburban Landscapes of Central North Carolina

Richards, S. L., Ponnusamy, L., Unnasch, T. R., Hassan, H. K., & Apperson, C. S. (2006, May 1). Journal of Medical Entomology.