Barry J. Beaty

TL;DR: The results suggest that the EIP of DENV-2 in its vector may be shorter that the previously reported and that the tracheal system may facilitate DENV -2 dissemination from the midgut.

TL;DR: Engineering of transgenic A. aegypti that show a high level of resistance against DENV-2 provides a powerful tool for developing population replacement strategies to control transmission of dengue viruses.

TL;DR: Observations provide direct evidence that RNAi is an antagonist of ONNV replication in A. gambiae, and they suggest that the innate immune response conditions vector competence.

TL;DR: During the identification period, physicians and medical staff made rapid progress in developing treatment methods to stabilize and sustain patients through the crisis period, thereby substantially improving patient survivorship; nonetheless, the mortality rate fell only to about 40%, where it remains today.

TL;DR: A population genetic model for vector competence is proposed and recent progress in testing this model is discussed and approaches being taken to identify the genes that may control flavivirus susceptibility in Ae.