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Explore a collection of the most read and most cited articles making an impact in Journal of Medical Entomology published within the past two years. This collection will be continuously updated with the journal's leading articles so be sure to revisit periodically to see what is being read and cited.

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Cache Valley virus: an emerging arbovirus of public and veterinary health importance
Holly R Hughes and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 1230–1241, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad058
Cache Valley virus (CVV) is a mosquito-borne virus in the genus Orthobunyavirus (Bunyavirales: Peribunyaviridae) that has been identified as a teratogen in ruminants causing fetal death and severe malformations during epizootics in the U.S. CVV has recently emerged as a viral pathogen causing severe disease in humans. ...
Microplastic ingestion perturbs the microbiome of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes aegypti
Carla-Cristina Edwards and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 5, September 2023, Pages 884–898, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad097
Microplastics (MPs) are common environmental pollutants; however, little is known about their effects after ingestion by insects. Here we fed Aedes ( Stegomyia ) aegypti (L.) and Aedes ( Stegomyia ) albopictus (Skuse) mosquito larvae 1 µm polystyrene MPs and examined the impacts of ingestion on adult emergence rates, gut ...
Community-based integrated tick management programs: cost and feasibility scenarios
Terry L Schulze and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 5, September 2023, Pages 1048–1060, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad093
Numerous studies have assessed the efficacy of environmentally based control methods to suppress populations of the blacklegged tick ( Ixodes scapularis Say), but few of these estimated the cost of control. We estimated costs for a range of tick control methods (including habitat management, deer exclusion or population ...
The 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: hypotheses for the late resurgence of cases and fatalities
Najmul Haider and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 4, July 2023, Pages 847–852, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad057
Bangladesh reported the highest number of annual deaths ( n = 281) related to dengue virus infection in 2022 since the virus reappeared in the country in 2000. Earlier studies showed that >92% of the annual cases occurred between the months of August and September. The 2022 outbreak is characterized by late onset of ...
La Crosse virus neuroinvasive disease: the kids are not alright
Corey A Day and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 1165–1182, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad090
La Crosse virus (LACV) is the most common cause of neuroinvasive mosquito-borne disease in children within the United States. Despite more than 50 years of recognized endemicity in the United States, the true burden of LACV disease is grossly underappreciated, and there remain severe knowledge gaps that inhibit public ...
Management of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) on a cow–calf farm in East Tennessee, USA
R A Butler and R T Trout Fryxell
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 1374–1379, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad121
Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann is an exotic and invasive tick species rapidly expanding across the United States. Large infestations of these ticks on cattle can cause anemia, and in eastern regions of the country, they are transmitting Theileria orientalis Ikeda within herds. Methods for managing H. longicornis in the ...
Developing methods for chilling, compacting, and sterilizing adult Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and comparing mating competitiveness between males sterilized as adults versus pupae for sterile male release
Dylan A Tussey and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 5, September 2023, Pages 1038–1047, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad079
The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti L., can transmit several pathogens responsible for human diseases. With insecticide resistance development becoming a concern, alternative control strategies are needed for Ae. aegypti . Sterile insect technique (SIT) is an increasingly popular option being explored. However, ...
Persistent variation in insecticide resistance intensity in container breeding Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) co-collected in Houston, TX
Alden Estep and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 4, July 2023, Pages 725–732, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad051
As observed in many locations worldwide, resistance to pyrethroids is common in Aedes aegypti (L.) in the southern United States and northern Mexico. Strong resistance in Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is less common and is not as well characterized. These 2 species have been undergoing range expansion and are sympatric in many ...
The increasing threat of Rift Valley fever virus globalization: strategic guidance for protection and preparation
Seth Gibson and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 1197–1213, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad113
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) (Bunyavirales: Phlebovirus ) is a prominent vector-borne zoonotic disease threat to global agriculture and public health. Risks of introduction into nonendemic regions are tied to changing climate regimes and other dynamic environmental factors that are becoming more prevalent, as well as ...
Emerging tickborne viruses vectored by Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae): Heartland and Bourbon viruses
Alan P Dupuis and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 1183–1196, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad060
Heartland (HRTV) and Bourbon (BRBV) viruses are newly identified tick-borne viruses, isolated from serious clinical cases in 2009 and 2014, respectively. Both viruses originated in the lower Midwest United States near the border of Missouri and Kansas, cause similar disease manifestations, and are presumably vectored by ...

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Research Article
Identifying environmental drivers of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus abundance in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex using Random Forest modeling
Nathanial O’Dell and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, tjaf036, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf036
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are 2 medically important vectors that have established populations globally. In the United States, Ae. aegypti populations declined post- Ae. albopictus introduction, though both species now can be readily found throughout the Southern US. Despite overlapping distributions, there are few ...
Research Article
Ticks of Delaware revisited: an updated checklist of hard ticks (Ixodidae) and first records of soft ticks (Argasidae) in the First State
Ashley C Kennedy and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, tjaf029, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf029
It has been more than three-quarters of a century since the inaugural report of Delaware’s ticks was published. To provide an updated checklist of tick species currently known to occur in Delaware, we reviewed the scientific literature, examined tick collections, accessed archived tick specimen data, and analyzed findings ...
Review Article
Relationships between water quality and mosquito presence and abundance: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Marc Avramov and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 61, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 1–33, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad139
Mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) are emerging in response to climate and land use changes. As mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) habitat selection is often contingent on water availability for egg and larval development, studies have recognized water quality also influences larval habitats. However, underlying species-, genera-, ...
Brief Report
First confirmed identification of a male Asian longhorned tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in the United States
Sara F Margrey and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, tjaf040, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf040
Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, the Asian longhorned tick (ALT), has quickly established widespread invasive populations in the United States since its first at-large detection in 2017. Until recently, no male ALT has been verifiably collected in the United States, despite examinations of tens of thousands of individual ...
Research Article
Genetic diversity and phylogeographic relationships of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) within an established population in southern Manitoba (Canada), and the prevalence of Rickettsia montanensis and Francisella-like endosymbionts
Neil B Chilton and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, tjaf010, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf010
The primary objective of this study was to determine if DNA sequences of the mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 gene ( cox 1) and/or the mt 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene can be used to study the population genetics and phylogeography of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say). DNA sequences were ...
Research Article
Two decades of endemic dengue in Bangladesh (2000–2022): trends, seasonality, and impact of temperature and rainfall patterns on transmission dynamics
Mohammad Nayeem Hasan and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 61, Issue 2, March 2024, Pages 345–353, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae001
The objectives of this study were to compare dengue virus (DENV) cases, deaths, case-fatality ratio [CFR], and meteorological parameters between the first and the recent decades of this century (2000–2010 vs. 2011–2022) and to describe the trends, seasonality, and impact of change of temperature and rainfall patterns on ...
Research Article
Emerging babesiosis in the mid-Atlantic: autochthonous human babesiosis cases and Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Ixodes keiransi (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 2009 to 2024
Ellen Y Stromdahl and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, tjaf054, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf054
The range of Babesia microti (Franca, 1910)-infected ticks is expanding, resulting in locally acquired human babesiosis cases occurring in new areas: Maryland (2009), the District of Columbia (2013), Virginia (2016), and West Virginia (2017). We collected host-seeking ticks from old fields, ecotones, forested habitats and ...
Review Article
Cache Valley virus: an emerging arbovirus of public and veterinary health importance
Holly R Hughes and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 1230–1241, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad058
Cache Valley virus (CVV) is a mosquito-borne virus in the genus Orthobunyavirus (Bunyavirales: Peribunyaviridae) that has been identified as a teratogen in ruminants causing fetal death and severe malformations during epizootics in the U.S. CVV has recently emerged as a viral pathogen causing severe disease in humans. ...
Research Article
Novo plant-based mosquito repellent shows promise for exclusion of Aedes mosquitoes from “window” entry
Sare I Yavasoglu and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 39–46, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae137
Mosquitoes threaten over half of the world’s population through vectored diseases such as malaria, zika, yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya. Mosquitoes have a highly developed olfactory system attuned to chemotaxis relating to host-seeking, mating, and oviposition behavior. In this study, we aimed to determine the ...
Review Article
Perspectives from federal and state public health departments on their participation in and the utility of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Ixodes pacificus tick and tick-borne pathogen surveillance in the United States
Rebecca J Eisen and others
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 2, March 2025, Pages 289–300, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae149
In response to notable increases in tick-associated illnesses in the United States, recent public health policies encouraged multi-sector collaborative approaches to preventing vector-borne diseases. Primary prevention strategies focus on educating the public about risks for tick-borne diseases and encouraging adoption of ...
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