Leonard E. Munstermann

TL;DR: Aedes albopictus mitochondrial sequences indicated a history of dispersal from a narrow genetic base, and local differentiation was not observed among Brazil populations in contrast to the United States populations; this suggested distinctive dispersal mechanisms in the two countries.

TL;DR: In vaccination experiments employing the Leishmania infantum D-13 (p80) antigen, significantly higher levels of protection were found with the intradermal murine model than were foundWith a low-dose intravenous infection model, and should prove useful for further investigation of disease pathogenesis as well as vaccine studies of visceral leishmaniasis.

TL;DR: The results suggest that O. japonicus was introduced into Connecticut between 1992 and 1998, and because of the recent detection of this virus in field-collected specimens, the introduction is considered a significant public health development.

TL;DR: Sympatric occurrence of homozygotes for two electro‐morphs controlled by a locus for octanol dehydrogenase, and the absence of heterozygotes, at two localities, indicates two isomorphic species within the taxon Anopheles minimus Theobald in Thailand.

TL;DR: Recently developed light-emitting diode (LED) technology was applied to standard insect-vector traps to produce a more effective lighting system that improved phlebotomine sand fly capture rates, and simultaneously reduced the energy consumption.