Publications
Hamer, G. L., D. J. Donovan, R. Hood-Nowotny, M. G. Kaufman, T. L. Goldberg, E. D. Walker. 2011. Evaluation of a stable isotope method to mark naturally-breeding mosquitoes for adult dispersal studies. Journal of Medical Entomology. In press.
Hamer, G. L., L. F. Chaves, T. K. Anderson, U. D. Kitron, J. D. Brawn, M. O. Ruiz, S. R. Loss, E. D. Walker, T. L. Goldberg. 2011. Fine-scale variation in vector host use and force of infection drive localized patterns of West Nile virus transmission. PLoS ONE. 6:e23767.[PDF]
Newman, C., F. Cerutti, T. K. Anderson, G. L. Hamer, E. D. Walker, U. D. Kitron, M. O. Ruiz, J. D. Brawn, T. L. Goldberg. 2011. Culex flavivirus and West Nile virus mosquito co-infection and positive association in Chicago, USA. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease. 11:1099-1105.[PDF]
Chaves, L. F., Hamer, G. L., E. D. Walker, W.M. Brown, M. O. Ruiz, U. D. Kitron. 2011. Climatic variability and landscape heterogeneity impact urban mosquito diversity and vector abundance and infection. Ecosphere 2:70.[PDF]
Girard, J., T. L. Goldberg, G. L. Hamer. 2011. Field investigation of innate immunity in passerine birds in suburban Chicago, Illinois. Journal of Wildlife Disease. 47:603-611.[PDF]
Hamer, G.L., P. H. Kelly, D. A. Focks, T. L. Goldberg, E. D. Walker. 2011. Evaluation of a novel emergence trap to study Culex mosquitoes in urban catch basins. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 27:142-147.[PDF]
Chaves, L. F., U. D. Kitron. 2011 Weather variability impacts on oviposition dynamics of the southern house mosquito at intermediate time scales. Bulletin of Entomological Research. In press.[PDF]
Amore, G., L. Bertolotti, G. L. Hamer, U. D. Kitron, E. D. Walker, M. O. Ruiz, J. D. Brawn, and T. L. Goldberg. 2010. Multi-year evolutionary dynamics of West Nile virus in suburban Chicago, USA, 2005-2007. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 365:1871-1878.[PDF]
Goldberg, T. L., T. K. Anderson, G. L. Hamer. 2010. West nile virus may have hitched a ride across the Western United States on Culex tarsalis mosquitoes. Molecular Ecology. 19:1518-1519.[PDF]
Ruiz, M. O., Chaves, L. F., G. L. Hamer, T. Sun, W. M. Brown, E. D. Walker, L. Haramis, T. L. Goldberg, and U. D. Kitron. 2010. Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, U.S.A. Parasites & Vectors. 3:19.[PDF]
Chaves, L. F., L. C. Harrington, C. L. Keogh, A. M. Nguyen, U. D. Kitron. 2010. Blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured? Frontiers in Zoology 7.[PDF]
Loss, S. R., M. O. Ruiz, and J. D. Brawn. 2009. Relationships between avian diversity, neighborhood age, income, and environmental characteristics of an urban landscape. Biological Conservation. 142:2578–2585. [PDF]
Huang, S, G. L. Hamer, G. Molaei, E. D. Walker, T. L. Goldberg, U. D. Kitron, and T. Andreadis. 2009. Genetic variation associated with mammalian feeding in Culex pipiens from a West Nile virus epidemic region in Chicago, Illinois. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease. 6:637-642. [PDF]
Hamer, G. L., U. D. Kitron, J. D. Brawn, S. R. Loss, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, D. Hayes,
and E. D. Walker. 2009. Host selection by Culex pipiens and West Nile virus amplification. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 80:268-278. [PDF]
Loss, S. R., G. L. Hamer, T. L. Goldberg, M. O. Ruiz, U. D. Kitron, E. D. Walker, and J. D. Brawn. 2009. Nestling passerines are not major hosts for West Nile virus in Chicago, Illinois. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 9:13-17. [PDF]
Loss, S. R., G. L. Hamer, E. D. Walker, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, U. D. Kitron, and J. D. Brawn. 2009. Avian host community structure and prevalence of West Nile virus in Chicago, Illinois. Oecologia. 159:415. [PDF]
Bertolotti, L., U. D. Kitron, E. D. Walker, M. O. Ruiz, J. D. Brawn, S. R. Loss, G. L. Hamer, and T. L. Goldberg. 2008. Fine-scale genetic variation and evolution of West Nile virus in a transmission “hot spot” in suburban Chicago, USA. Virology. 374:381-389. [PDF]
Hamer, G. L., E. D. Walker, J. D. Brawn, S. R. Loss, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, A. M. Schotthoefer, W. M. Brown, E. R. Wheeler, and U. D. Kitron. 2008. Rapid amplification of West Nile virus: the role of hatch year birds. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8:57-67. [PDF]
Hamer, G. L., U. D. Kitron, J. D. Brawn, S. R. Loss, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, and E. D. Walker. 2008. Culex pipiens can be a bridge vector of West Nile virus to humans. Journal of Medical Entomology. 45:125-128. [PDF]
Bertolotti, L., Kitron, U., and Goldberg, T. L. 2007. Diversity and Evolution of West Nile virus in Illinois and The United States, 2002-2005. Virology. 360:143-149. [PDF]
Ruiz, M.O., Walker, E.D., Foster, E.S., Haramis, L.D., Kitron, U.D. 2007. Association of West Nile virus illness and urban landscapes in Chicago and Detroit. International Journal of Health Geographics. 6:1-11. [PDF]
Ruiz MO, C Tedesco, T McTighe and U Kitron. 2004. Environmental and Social Determinants of Human Risk for West Nile Virus in the Chicago Region, 2002. International Journal of Health Geographics.3:8. [PDF]
