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2011
Bartlett-Healy K, Hamilton G, Healy S, Crepeau T, Unlu I, Farajollahi A,
Fonseca D, Gaugler R, Clark GG, Strickman D. 2011 Source reduction behavior
as an independent measurement of the impact of a pucli health education
campaign in an integrated vector management program for the asian tiger
mosquito. Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:1358-1367
Gaugler, R, Suman, D., and Yank, Y. 2011 An autodissemination station for
the transfer of an insect growth regulator to mosquito oviposition sites.
Med and Vet Entomol
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.0097.x. 2010 Fonseca DM, Widdel A, Spichiger S-E, Hutchinson M, Kramer LD (2010)
Fine-scale spatial and temporal population genetics of a new US mosquito, reveal
multiple introductions. Mol Ecol (in press) Fonseca DM, Harrison B, Faybyshev M, Kramer LD.
2010. Selection on phenotypic traits in the US Culex pipiens complex
hybrid swarm. Genes (in press)
2009
Bataille A, Cunningham AA, Cedeño V, Cruz M, Eastwood G, Fonseca DM, Causton CE, Azuero R, Loayza J, Cruz Martinez JD, and Goodman SJ. 2009. Evidence for regular on-going introductions of mosquito disease vectors into the Galápagos Islands. Proc Roy Soc Lond, Ser B. 276:3769-75.
Cameron E, RC Wilkerson, M Mogi, Toma T, Myiagi I, Kim H-C, Fonseca DM. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics of Aedes japonicus, a disease vector that recently invaded Western Europe, North America, and the Hawaiian Islands. J Med Entomol (in press).Fonseca DM, Smith JL, Kim H-C, Mogi M. 2009. Population genetics of the mosquito Culex pipiens pallens reveals sex-linked asymmetric introgression by Culex quinquefasciatus Infection. Genet Evol 9:1197-203.
Koppenhöfer, H & R Gaugler. 2009. Entomopathogenic nematode and bacteria mutualism. In “Defensive Mutualism in Microbial Symbiosis” (J White & M Torres, Eds), pp. 99-116. Taylor & Francis.
Zhang, J, C Huang, C Brey, M Rodriguez, Y Oksov, R Gaugler & S Hashmi. 2009. Mutation in Caenorhabditis elegans Krüppel-like factor, KLF-3 results in fat accumulation and alters fatty acid composition. Exper Cell Res 315:2568-80.
2008
Bartlett-Healy, Crans, W, and Gaugler, R. 2008 Phonotaxis to amphibian
volcalizations in Culex territans (Diptera: Culicidae). Ann.
Entomol. Soc. Am. 101(1): 95-103
L. Schulze, Robert A. Jordan, Marc C. Dolan, Gabrielle Dietrich, Sean P. Healy, and Joseph Piesman. 2008. Ability of 4-Poster Passive Topical Treatment Devices for Deer to Sustain Low Population Levels of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) After Integrated Tick Management in a Residential Landscape. J. Med. Entomol. 45(5): 899-904.
Nelder, M. and Gaugler, R. NJAES Fact Sheet: New Jersey Black Flies 2007 Kilpatrick AM, Kramer LD, Jones MJ, Marra PP, Daszak P, and Fonseca DM.
2007. Genetic influences on mosquito feeding behavior and the emergence of
zoonotic pathogens. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
77(4):667-671 2006 Shamseldean, M.M., E.G. Platzer, and R. Gaugler. 2006.
Ultrastructure of the immune responses of Anopheles
quadrimaculatus to Romanomermis
culicivorax (Nematoda: Mermithidae) infection. Nematropica. 36: 243-249. 2005 Farajollahi, A., W.J. Crans, P. Bryant, B. Wolf, K.L.
Burkhalter, M.S. Godsey, S.E. Aspen, and R.S. Nasci. 2005. Detection of West
Nile viral RNA from an overwintering pool of Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in New Jersey, 2003.
Journal of Medical Entomology. 42: 490-494.
2004
Apperson, C.S., H.K. Hassan, B.A. Harrison, H.M. Savage, S.E.
Aspen, A. Farajollahi, W. Crans, T.J. Daniels, R.C. Falco, M. Benedict, M.
Anderson, L. McMillen, and T.R. Unnasch. 2004. Host feeding patterns of
established and potential mosquito vectors of West Nile virus in the eastern
United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 4: 71-82. 2003 2002 2001 Fonseca, D.M., S. Campbell, W.J. Crans, M. Mogi, I, Miyagi, T.
Toma, M. Bullians, T.G. Andreadis, R.L. Berry, B. Pagac, M.R. Sardellis, and
R.C. Wilkerson. 2001. Aedes (Finlaya)
japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae), a newly recognized mosquito in the United
States: analyses of genetic variation in the United States and putative source
populations. Journal of Medical Entomology. 38: 135-146. 1999
Crans, W.J., and L.J. McCuiston. 1999. An updated checklist of
the mosquitoes of New Jersey. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.
15: 115-116.
1998
Mahmood, F., and W.J. Crans. 1998. Effect of temperature on the
development of Culiseta melanura
(Diptera: Culicidae) and its impact on the amplification of eastern equine
encephalomyelitis virus in birds. Journal of Medical Entomology. 35: 1007-1012.
1997 Mahmood, F., and W.J. Crans. 1997. A thermal heat summation
model to predict the duration of the gonotrophic cycle of Culiseta melanura in nature. Journal of the American Mosquito
Control Association. 13: 92-94. 1996 Crans, W.J., D.A. Sprenger, and F. Mahmood. 1996. The
blood-feeding habits of Aedes sollicitans
(Walker) in relation to eastern equine encephalitis virus in coastal areas of
New Jersey. II. Results of experiments with caged mosquitoes and the effects of
temperature and physiological age on host selection. Journal of Vector Ecology.
21: 1-5. 1995 1994 1993 Crans, W.J., and L.J. McCuiston. 1993. New Jersey's approach to
encephalitis prevention. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology. 18: 45-48.
1990 Crans, W.J., L.J. McCuiston, and D.A. Sprenger. 1990. The
blood-feeding habits of Aedes sollicitans
(Walker) in relation to eastern equine encephalitis virus in coastal areas of
New Jersey. I. Host selection in nature determined by precipitin tests on
wild-caught specimens. Bulletin Society of Vector Ecology. 15: 144-148. 1989 1986 Crans, W.J. 1986. Failure of chickens to act as sentinels
during an epizootic of eastern equine encephalitis in southern New Jersey, USA.
Journal of Medical Entomology. 23: 626-629. 1985 1984 1983
1982 1981 Slaff, M., and W.J. Crans. 1981. The host seeking activity of Culex salinarius. Mosquito News. 41:
443-447. 1980 Gaugler, R., and D. Molloy. 1980. Feeding inhibition in black
fly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) and its effects on the pathogenecity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis.
Environmental Entomology. 9: 704-708. 1979 Crans, W.J., F. Lesser, and T. Candeletti. 1979. Recent
distribution records of Culex tarsalis
in New Jersey. Mosquito News. 39: 244-247. 1977
Crans, W.J. 1977. The status of Aedes sollicitans as an epidemic vector of eastern equine
encephalitis in New Jersey. Mosquito News. 37: 85-89.
1976 1975 1973 1971 1970 Crans, W.J. 1970. The blood feeding habits of Culex territans Walker. Mosquito News.
30: 445-447. 1969 1968 Crans, W.J., and L.J. Gander. 1968. Notes on the occurrence of
abnormal scale patterns in adult female Aedes
vexans (Meigen). Mosquito News. 28: 235-236. 1967
Williges E, Farajollahi A, Scott JJ, McCuiston LJ, Crans WJ, Gaugler R. 2008. Laboratory Colonization of Aedes japonicus japonicus. J. American Mosquito Control Association. 24: 591-593
Schulze, T.L., R.A. Jordan, S.P. Healy, V.E. Roegner, M.
Meddis, M.B. Jahn, and D.L. Guthrie. 2006. Relative abundance and prevalence of
selected Borrelia infections in Ixodes
scapularis and Amblyomma americanum
(Acari: Ixodidae) from publicly owned lands in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Journal of Medical Entomology. 43: 1269-1275.
Farajollahi, A., W.J. Crans, D. Nickerson, P. Bryant, B. Wolf,
A. Glaser, and T.G. Andreadis. 2005. Detection of West Nile virus RNA from the
louse fly Icosta americana (Diptera: Hippoboscidae). Journal of the American
Mosquito Control Association. 21: 474-476.
Crans, W.J. 2004. A classification system for mosquito life
cycles: life cycle types for mosquitoes of the northeastern United States.
Journal of Vector Ecology. 29: 1-10.
Farajollahi, A., R. Gates, W. Crans, and N. Komar. 2004.
Serologic evidence of West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis virus
infections in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus
virginianus) from New Jersey, 2001. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 4:
379-383.
Scott,
J.J., F.L. Carle, and W.J. Crans. 2001. Ochlerotatus
japonicus collected from natural rockpools in New Jersey. Journal of the
American Mosquito Control Association. 17: 91-92.
Scott, J.J., S.C. Crans, and W.J. Crans. 2001. Use of an
infusion-baited gravid trap to collect adult Ochlerotatus japonicus. Journal of the American Mosquito Control
Association. 17: 142-143.
Mahmood, F., and W.J. Crans. 1999. Life history characteristics
of Wyeomyia smithii from New Jersey.
Journal of Vector Ecology. 24: 70-77.
Peyton,
E.L., S.R. Campbell, T.M. Candeletti, M. Romanowski, and W.J. Crans. 1999. Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus
(Theobald), a new introduction into the United States. Journal of the American
Mosquito Control Association. 15: 238-241.
Mahmood, F. 1998. Laboratory bioassay to compare
susceptibilities of Aedes aegypti and
Anopheles albimanus to Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis
as affected by their feeding rates. Journal of the American Mosquito Control
Association. 14: 69-71.
Mahmood, F., and W.J. Crans. 1997. Observations on multiple
bloodfeeding in field-collected Culiseta
melanura. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 13: 156-157.
Crans, W.J., and D.A. Sprenger. 1996. The blood-feeding habits
of Aedes sollicitans (Walker) in
relation to eastern equine encephalitis virus in coastal areas of New Jersey.
III. Habitat preference, vertical distribution, and diel periodicity of
host-seeking adults. Journal of Vector Ecology. 21: 6-13.
Crans, W.J., M.S. Chomsky, D. Guthrie, and A. Acquaviva. 1996.
First record of Aedes albopictus from
New Jersey. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 12: 307-309.
McMahon, M.J., and R. Gaugler. 1993. Effect of salt marsh
drainage on the distribution of Tabanus
nigrovittatus (Diptera: Tabanidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 30:
474-476.
Mitchell, C.J., R.G. McLean, R.S. Nasci, W.J. Crans, G.C.
Smith, and D.F. Caccamise. 1993. Susceptibility parameters of Aedes albopictus to per oral infection
with eastern equine encephalitis virus. Journal of Medical Entomology. 30:
233-235.
Lorenz, L.H., T.W. Scott, R.A. Anderson, J.D. Edman, W.J.
Crans, and S.D. Costa. 1990. The relationship between size and parity status of
field collected Culiseta melanura. Journal of the American
Mosquito Control Association. 6: 433-440.
Crans, W.J., J. Mcnelly, T.L. Schulze, and A. Main. 1986.
Isolation of eastern equine encephalitis virus from Aedes sollicitans during an epizootic in southern New Jersey.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 2: 68-72.
Main, A.J., and W.J. Crans. 1986. Cache Valley virus from Aedes sollicitans in New Jersey. Journal
of the American Mosquito Control Association. 1: 95-96.
Walker, E.D., and W.J. Crans. 1986. A simple method for
sampling Coquillettidia perturbans
larvae. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 2: 239-240.
Slaff, M., and W.J. Crans. 1981. The activity and physiological
status of pre- and posthibernating Culex
salinarius (Diptera: Culicidae) populations. Journal of Medical Entomology.
18: 65-68.
Gaugler, R., D. Molloy, T. Haskins, and G. Rider. 1980. A
bioassay system for the evaluation of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) control
agents under simulated stream conditions. Canadian Entomologist. 112:
1271-1276.
Molloy, D., R. Gaugler, and H. Jamnback. 1980. The
pathogenecity of Neoaplectana carpocapsae
to black fly larvae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 36: 302-306.
Feldlaufer, M.F., and W.J. Crans. 1979. The relative
attractiveness of carbon dioxide to parous and nulliparous mosquitoes. Journal
of Medical Entomology. 15: 140-142.
Downing, J.D., and W.J. Crans. 1977. The Ehrenberg pigeon trap
as a sampler of Culex mosquitoes for St. Louis encephalitis surveillance.
Mosquito News. 37: 48-53.
Ebsary, B.A., and W.J. Crans. 1977. The physiological age
structure of an Aedes sollicitans
population in New Jersey. Mosquito News. 37: 647-653.
Ebsary, B.A., and W.J. Crans. 1977. The biting activity of Aedes sollicitans in New Jersey.
Mosquito News. 37: 721-724.
Crans, W.J., and L.G. McCuiston. 1970. A checklist of the
blackflies of New Jersey (Diptera: Simuliidae). Mosquito News. 30: 654-655.
Crans, W.J. 1970. The occurrence of Aedes flavescens (Muller), Psorophora
cyanescens (Coquillett) and Culex
erraticus (Dyar and Knab) in New Jersey. Mosquito News. 30: 655.
Crans,
W.J. 1968. Aedes atlanticus Dyar and
Knab, feeding on turtles. Mosquito News. 28: 239.
Crans,
W.J., and E.G. Rockel. 1968. The mosquitoes attracted to turtles. Mosquito
News. 28: 332-337.