Refereed Publications
In Press
Scavo, N, A,, J, G. Juarez, L. F. Chaves, N. A. Fernandez-Santos, E. Carbajal, J. Perkins, B. Londono-Renteria, G. L. Hamer. 2024. Little disease but lots of bites: social, urbanistic, and entomological risk factors of human exposure to Aedes aegypti in South Texas, U.S. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. In press.
2024
142. Forsyth C, Agudelo Higuita NI, Hamer SA, Ibarra- Cerdeña CN, Valdez-Tah A, Stigler-Granados P, Hamer GL, Vingiello M, Beatty N. 2024. Climate change and Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The Lancet Microbe, 5: 100946. [PDF]
141. Benedict BM, Thompson DP, Crouse JA, Hamer GL, Barboza PS. 2024. Wounded but unstressed: Moose tolerate injurious flies in the boreal forest. Journal of Mammalogy, 105(5), 1166-1174. [PDF]
140. Magalhaes T, Hamer GL, Carvalho-Leandro D, Ribeiro VML, Turell MJ. 2024. Uncertainties Surrounding Madariaga Virus, a Member of the Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Complex. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 24:10, 633-640.[PDF]
139. Tian Y , Juarez JG , Moller-Vasquez AM, Granados-Presa M, Ferreira FC, Pennington PM, Padilla N , Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2024. Dog ectoparasites as sentinels for pathogenic Rickettsia and Bartonella in rural Guatemala. Acta Tropica, 260, 107401. [PDF]
138. Fimbres-Macias JP, Oliveira J, Corona-Barrera E, Carrera-Treviño R, Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2024. Pilot Program for the Passive Surveillance of Triatomines and Increasing the Awareness of Chagas Disease in Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist, 49(3), 1-12. [PDF]
137. Hamer GL*, Fimbres-Macias JP*, Juarez JG, Downs CH, Carbajal E, Melo M, Garza DY, Killets KC, Wilkerson G, Carrera-Treviño R, Corona-Barrera E, Tello-Campa AA, Rojas-Mesta MR, Borden JH, Banfield MG, Hamer SA. 2024. Development of an operational trap for collection, killing, and preservation of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): the kissing bug kill trap. Journal of Medical Entomology. *co-first authors [PDF]
136. Salomon J, E. Leeke, H. Montemayor, C. Durden, L. Auckland, S. Balasubramanian, G.L. Hamer, S. A. Hamer. 2024. On-host flea phenology and flea-borne pathogen surveillance among mammalian wildlife of the pineywoods of East Texas. J Vector Ecol. 49(2). [PDF]
135. Aguilar-Durán, J.A., G.L. Hamer, F. Reyes-Villanueva1, N. A. Fernández-Santos, S. Uriegas-Camargo, L. M. Rodríguez-Martínez, J. G. Estrada-Franco, M. A. Rodríguez-Pérez. 2024 . Effectiveness of mass trapping interventions using autocidal gravid ovitraps (AGO) for the control of the dengue vector, Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti, in Northern Mexico. Parasites & Vectors. 17. 10.1186/s13071-024-06361-y [PDF]
134. Benedict, B. M., Thompson, D. P., Crouse, J. A., Hamer, G. L., & Barboza, P. S. 2024. Trapped between food, heat, and insects: Movement of moose (Alces alces) and exposure to flies in the boreal forest of Alaska. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11625.[PDF]
133. Tian Y, Durden C, Hamer GL. 2024. A scoping review of triatomine control for Chagas disease prevention: current and developing tools in Latin America and the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology[PDF]
132. Davila E, Fernández-Santos NA, Estrada-Franco JG, Wei L, Velázquez-Ramírez DD, García-Miranda R, Nájera CI, Cruz-Cadena R, Guichard-Romero C, Rodriguez C, Tarleton R, Rodríguez-Pérez MA, Ochoa-Díaz-López H, Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2024. Domestic dog infection with Trypanosoma cruzi from northern and southern regions of Mexico. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 24:8, 510-519. [PDF]
131. Balasubramanian, S., Busselman, R. E., Fernandez-Santos, N. A., Grunwald, A.P. Wolff, N., Hathaway, N., Hillhouse, A., Bailey, J. A., Teel, P. D., Ferreira, F. C., Hamer, S. A., & Hamer, G. L. (2024). Blood meal metabarcoding of the argasid tick (Ornithodoros turicata Dugès) reveals extensive vector-host associations. Environmental DNA, 6, e522. [PDF]
2023
130. Chaves LF, Meyers AC, Hodo CL, Sanders JP, Curtis-Robles R, Hamer G, Hamer SA. 2023. Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs along the US-Mexico border: R0 changes with vector species composition. Epidemics: 45:100723. [PDF]
129. Bukhari, MH, MY Shad, UDT Nguyen, C JA Treviño, W Jung, WU Bajwa, AL Gallego-Hernández, R Robinson, NS Corral-Frías, GL Hamer, P Wang, E Annan, CK Ra, D Keellings, and U Haque. 2023. A Bayesian spatiotemporal approach to modelling arboviral diseases in Mexico. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 64. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trad064. [PDF]
128. Benedict, B. M., D. P. Thompson, J. A. Crouse, P. T. Shults, G. L. Hamer, P. S. Barboza. 2023. Salivary cortisol response to flies by moose calves. Alces: 59:1-13. [PDF]
127. Busselman RE, Zecca IB, Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2023. Canine systemic insecticides fluralaner and lotilaner induce acute mortality of Triatoma gerstaeckeri, North American vector of the Chagas disease parasite. Am J Trop Med Hyg., 109(5), pp. 1012–1021 [PDF]
126. Wei, L., N. A. Fernandez-Santos, G. L. Hamer, E. E. Lara-Ramirez, M. A. Rodriguez-Perez. 2023. Daytime resting activity of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus populations in northern Mexico. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 39. [PDF]
125. Mulgaonkar, N, H. Wang, J. Zhang, C. M Roundy, W. Tang, S. P. Chaki, A. Pauvolid-Corrêa, G. L Hamer, S. Fernando. 2023. Montelukast and Telmisartan as Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant. Pharmaceutics. 15:1891. [PDF]
124. Durden C, Tian Y, Knape K, Klemashevich C, Norman KN, Carey J, Hamer SA, Hamer GL. 2023. Fluralaner systemic treatment of chickens results in mortality in Triatoma gerstaeckeri, vector of the agent of Chagas disease. Parasites & Vectors., 16:178 [PDF]
123. Kiehl WM, Hodo CL, Hamer GL, Hamer SA, Wilkerson GK. 2023. Exclusion of Horizontal and Vertical Transmission as Major Sources of Trypanosoma cruzi Infections in a Breeding Colony of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). Comp Med., Vol. 73, No 3, pp. 229-241 [PDF]
122. Christopher DM*, Curtis-Robles R*, Hamer GL, Bejcek J, Saunders AB, Roachell WD, Cropper TL, Hamer SA. 2023. Collection of triatomines from sylvatic habitats by a Trypanosoma cruzi-infected scent-detection dog in Texas, USA. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 17(3): e0010813. *co-first authors [PDF]
121. Aguilar-Duran, J. A., C. Villarrael-Trevino, N. A. Fernandez-Santos, G. L. Hamer, M. A. Rodriguez-Perez. 2023. Virulence of entomopathogenic fungi isolated from wild mosquitoes against Aedes aegypti. Entomological Research., 53, 158-166 [PDF]
120. Fimbres-Macias, JP, TA Harris, SA Hamer, GL Hamer. 2023. Phenology and environmental predictors of Triatoma sanguisuga dispersal in east-central Texas, United States. Acta Tropica., 240 [PDF]
119. Wilke ABB, Mhlanga A, Kummer AG, Vasquez C, Moreno M, Petrie WD, Rodriguez A., Vitek C., Hamer GL, Mutebi JP, Ajelli M. 2023. Diel activity patterns of vector mosquito species in the urban environment: Implications for vector control strategies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 17(1): e0011074. [PDF]
118. Fiatsonu E*, Busselman RE*, Hamer GL, Hamer SA, Ndeffo- Mbah ML. 2023. Effectiveness of fluralaner treatment regimens for the control of canine Chagas disease: A mathematical modeling study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011084. *co-first authors [PDF]
117. Rhodes, C. G., L. F. Chaves, L. R. Bergmann, G. L. Hamer. 2023. Ensemble species distribution modeling of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the continental United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 60(4), 664–679 [PDF]
116. Uelmen JA Jr, Lamcyzk B, Irwin P, Bartlett D, Stone C, Mackay A, Arsenault-Benoit A, Ryan SJ, Mutebi JP, Hamer GL, Fritz M, Smith RL. 2023. Human biting mosquitoes and implications for West Nile virus transmission. Parasites & Vectors. Jan 2;16(1):2. [PDF]
115. Liew AY, Carpenter A, Moore TA, Wallace RM, Hamer SA, Hamer GL, Fischer RSB, Zecca IB, Davila E, Auckland LD, Rooney JA, Killian ML, Tell RM, Rekant SI, Burrell SD, Ghai RR, Behravesh CB; and the Companion Animals Working Group. Clinical and epidemiologic features of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats compiled through national surveillance in the United States. 2023. J Am Vet Med Assoc., 2:1-10. [PDF]
2022
114. McMillan JR, Hamer GL, Levine RS, Mead DG, Waller LA, Goldberg TL, Walker ED, Brawn JD, Ruiz MO, Kitron U, Vazquez-Prokopec G. Multi-year comparison of community- and species-level West Nile virus antibody prevalence in birds from Atlanta, Georgia and Chicago, Illinois, 2005-2016. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Dec 26:tpmd211086. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1086. [PDF]
113. Fernández-Santos NA, Trujillo-García, Hamer SA, Wei L, Martínez-Montoya H, Tamez-Guerra P, Hamer GL, Rodríguez-Pérez MA. 2022. Domestic Triatoma spp. infections with Trypanosoma cruzi, household infestations, and molecular identification in Oaxaca, México. Insects 13(12), 1134. [PDF]
112. Hampton JT, Lalonde TJ, Tharp JM, Kurra Y, Alugubelli YR, Roundy CM, Hamer GL, Xu S, Liu WR. 2022. Novel regioselective approach to cyclize phage-displayed peptides in combination with epitope-directed selection to identify a potent neutralizing macrocyclic peptide for SARS-CoV-2. ACS Chem Biol. 17(10):2911-2922. [PDF]
111. Fernández-Santos NA, Hamer GL, Garrido-Lozada EG, Rodríguez-Pérez MA. 2022. SARS-CoV-2 Infections in a high-risk migratory population arriving to a migrant house along the US-Mexico border. Trop Med Infect Dis., 7(10):262. [PDF]
110. Scavo, N. A., Zecca, I. B. Zecca, C. Sobotyk, M. N. Saleh, S. K. Lane, M. F. Olson, S. A. Hamer, G. G. Verocai, G. L. Hamer. 2022. High prevalence of canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in pet dogs in south Texas, U.S.A., with evidence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes contributing to transmission. Parasites & Vectors., 15:407. [PDF]
109. Dacso, M. M., D. A. Bente, S. C. Weaver, G. P. Kobinger, P. C. Melby, S. L.F. McLellan, P. H. Keiser, S. A. Hamer, G. L. Hamer, G. W. Parker, D. I. Douphrate, A. Rodriguez, M. L. Goodman, G. C. Gray. 2022. Texas professionals are employing a one health approach to protect the United States against biosecurity threats. One Health. 15:100431. [PDF]
108. Dong, B., L. Khan, M. Smith, J. Trevino, M. Zhao, G. L. Hamer, A. Lemus, A. A. Molina, J. Lubinda, U. DT. Nguyen, U. Haque. 2022. Spatio-temporal dynamics of chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses in Mexico. Communications Medicine., 2:134. [PDF]
107. Adams, D. R., A. J. Golnar, J. I. Meyers, M. A. Slotman, G. L. Hamer. 2022. Plasmodium relictum infection in Culex quinquefasciatus (Culicidae) decreases diel flight activity but increases peak dusk flight activity. Malaria Journal., 21:244. [PDF]
106. Hamer SA, Nunez C, Roundy CM, Tang W, Thomas L, Richison J, Benn JS, Auckland LD, Hensley T, Cook WE, Pauvolid-Corrêa A, Hamer GL. 2022. Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies longer than 13 months in naturally-infected, captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Texas. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 11(1):2112-2115. [PDF]
105. Balasubramanian S, Curtis-Robles R, Chirra B, Auckland LD, Mai A, Bocanegra-Garcia V, Clark P, Clark W, Cottingham M, Fleurie G, Johnson CD, Metz RP, Wang S, Hathaway NJ, Bailey JA , Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2022. Characterization of triatomine bloodmeal sources using direct Sanger sequencing and amplicon deep sequencing methods. Sci Rep 12:10234. [PDF]
104. Juarez, J.G., E. Carbajal, K. L. Dickinson, S. Garcia-Luna, N. Vuong, J. P. Mutebi, R. R. Hemme, I. Badillo-Vargas, G. L. Hamer. 2022. The unreachable doorbells of South Texas: community engagement in colonias on the US Mexico border for mosquito control. BMC Public Health. 22:1176. [PDF]
103. Salomon J, Fernandez Santos NA, Zecca IB, Estrada-Franco JG, Davila E, Hamer GL, Rodriguez Perez MA, Hamer SA. 2022. Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato) infection with endosymbiont and human pathogenic Rickettsia spp., northeastern Mexico. Intl J Environ Res Pub Hlth 19, 6249. [PDF]
102. Roundy, C. M., S. A. Hamer, I. B. Zecca, E. B. Davila, L. D. Auckland, W. Tang, H. Gavranovic, S. L. Swiger, J. K. Tomberlin, R. S. B. Fischer, A. Pauvolid-Corrêa, G. L. Hamer. 2022. No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 among flies or cockroaches in households where COVID-19 positive cases resided. Journal of Medical Entomology., 59(4), 1479–1483 [PDF]
101. Rhodes, C. G., N.A. Scavo, M. Finney, J. P. Fimbres-Macias, M. T. Lively, B. H. Strauss, G. L. Hamer. 2022. Meta-analysis of the relative abundance of nuisance and vector mosquitoes in urban and blue-green spaces. Insects.13, 271. [PDF]
100. Roundy CM, Nunez CM, Thomas LF, Auckland LD, Tang W, Richison III JJ, Green BR, Hilton CD, Cherry MJ, Pauvolid-Corrêa A, Hamer GL, Cook WE, Hamer SA. 2022. High seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) at one of three captive cervid facilities in Texas. Microbiology Spectrum. 10:e00576-22. [PDF]
99. Rhodes, C. G., J. R. Loaiza, L. M. Romero, J. Manuel, G. Alvarado, G. Delgado, O. R. Salas, M. R. Rojas, C. Aguilar-Avendaño, E. Maynes, J. A. V. Cordero, A. S. Mora, C. A. Rigg, A. Zardkoohi, M. Prado, M.D. Friberg, L. R. Bergmann, R. M. Rodríguez, G. L. Hamer, L. F. Chaves. 2022. Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) ensemble distribution modeling: applications for malaria elimination. Insects. 13, 221. [PDF]
98. Davila, E., N. A. Fernandez-Santos, J. G. Estrada-Franco, L. Wei, J. A. Agular-Duran, M. J. Lopez-Lopez, R. Solis-Hernandez, R. Garcia-Miranda, D. D. Valazquez-Ramirez, J. Torres-Romero, S. Arellano Chavez, R. Cruz-Cadena, R. Navarro-Lopez, A. A. Perez de Leon, C. Guichard-Romero, E. Martin, W. Tang, M. Frank, M. Borucki, M. J. Turell, A. Pauvolid-Correa, M. A. Rodriguez-Perez, H. Ochoa-Diaz-Lopez, S. A. Hamer, G. L. Hamer. 2022. Domestic Dogs as Sentinels for West Nile Virus but not Aedes-borne Flaviviruses, Mexico. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 28: 1071–1074. [PDF]
97. Mutebi, J.P., E. Ostrum, C. Vasquez, A. B. B.Wilke, G. Cardenas, A. Carvajal, W. D. Petrie, A. Rodriguez, H. Presas, Rodriguez, F. Barnes, G. L. Hamer, C. Vitek, J. C. Beier. 2022. Diel activity patterns of two distinct populations of Aedes aegypti in Miami, FL and Brownsville, TX. Scientific Reports. 12. 5315. [PDF]
96. Dickinson, K. L., N. Banacos, E. Carbajal, N. Dacko, C. Fredregill, S. Hinojosa, J. G. Juarez, C. Weldon, G. L. Hamer. 2022. Public willingness to pay and social acceptability for mosquito control in Texas. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 28: 425-428. [PDF]
95. Hamer SA, Ghai RR, Zecca IB, Auckland LD, Roundy CM#, Davila E, Busselman RE, Tang W, Pauvolid-Corrêa A,
Killian ML, Jenkins-Moore M, Torchetti MK, Robbe Austerman S, Lim A, Akpalu Y, Fischer RSB, Barton Behravesh C, Hamer GL. 2022. SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant of concern detected in a pet dog and cat after exposure to a person with COVID-19, USA. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021:1–3. [PDF]
2021
94. Šafářová B, Giusti CH, Perez MP, Zecca IB, Carbajal ES, Hamer GL, Hamer SA. 2021. Habitat and environmental risks of Chagas disease in low-income colonias and peri-urban subdivisions in South Texas. Habitat Int 118:102460.
93. Keyel, A. C., M. E. Gorris, I. Rochlin, J. A. Uelmen, L. F. Chaves, G. L. Hamer, I. K. Moise, M. Shocket, A. M. Kilpatrick, N. B. DeFelice, J. K. Davis, E. Little, P. Irwin, A. J. Tyre, K. H. Smith, C. L. Fredregill, O. E. Timm, K. Holcomb, M. C. Wimberly, M. J. Ward, C. M. Barker, R. L. Smith. 2021. A proposed framework for the development and qualitative evaluation of West Nile virus models and their application to local public health decision-making. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. [PDF]
92. Juarez, J. G., L. F. Chaves, S. Garcia-Luna, E. Martin, I. Badillo-Vargas, M. C. I. Medeiros, G. L. Hamer. 2021. Variable coverage in an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap intervention impacts efficacy of Aedes aegypti control. Journal of Applied Ecology. [PDF]
91. Adams, D. R., A. J. Golnar, S. A. Hamer, M. A. Slotman, G. L. Hamer. 2021. Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) survivorship following the ingestion of bird blood infected with Haemoproteus sp. parasites. Parasitology Research. 120:2343–2350. [PDF]
90. Juarez, J. G., S. M. Garcia-Luna, C. M. Roundy, A. Branca, M. G. Banfield, G. L. Hamer. 2021. Susceptibility of South Texas Aedes aegypti to pyriproxyfen. Insects. 12: 460. [PDF]
89. Hamer SA, Pauvolid-Corrêa A, Zecca IB, Davila E, Auckland LD, Roundy CM, Tang W, Torchetti M, Killian ML, Jenkins-Moore M, Mozingo K, Akpalu Y, Ghai RR, Spengler JR, Behravesh CB, Fischer RSB, Hamer GL. 2021. Natural SARS-CoV-2 infections, including virus isolation, among serially tested cats and dogs in households with confirmed human COVID-19 cases in Texas, USA. Viruses. 13: 938. [PDF]
88. Adams, D. R., E. Aguirre-Cordero, G. L. Hamer. 2021. The effects of anticoagulants in artificial bloodmeals on the mortality, fecundity, and fertility of Culex quiquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti (Culicidae). Journal of Vector Ecology., 46(2):137-142 [PDF]
87. Olson MF, Juarez JG, Kraemer MUG, Messina JP, Hamer GL. 2021. Global patterns of aegyptism without arbovirus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(5): e0009397. [PDF]
86. Golnar, A. J. M. C. I. Medeiros, K. Rosenbaum, J. Bejcek, S. A. Hamer, G. L. Hamer. 2021. Vector-borne blood-parasites of the great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) in east-central Texas, USA. Microorganisms. 9, 504. [PDF]
85. Juarez, J. G., S. Garcia-Luna#, M. C. I. Medeiros, K. L. Dickinson, M. K. Borucki, M. Frank, I. Badillo-Vaargas, L. Chaves, G. L. Hamer. 2021. The eco-bio-social factors that modulate Aedes aegypti abundance in South Texas border communities. Insects. 12, 183. [PDF]
84. Busselman RE, Olson MF, Martinez V, Davila E, Briggs C, Eldridge DS, Higgins B, Bass B, Cropper TL, Casey TM, Edwards T, Teel PD, Hamer SA and Hamer GL. 2021. Host bloodmeal identification in cave-dwelling Ornithodoros turicata Dugès (Ixodida: Argasidae), Texas, USA. Front. Vet. Sci. 8:639400. [PDF]
83. Kim HJ, Hamer GL, Hamer SA, Lopez JE and Teel PD (2021) Identification of host bloodmeal source in Ornithodoros turicata Dugès (Ixodida: Argasidae) using DNA-based and stable isotope-based techniques. Front. Vet. Sci. 8:620441. [PDF]
2020
82. Estrada-Franco JG, Fernandez-Santos NA, Adebiyi AA, Lopez-Lopez M de J, Aguilar-Duran JA, Hernandez-Triana LM, Prosser SW, Hebert PDN, Fooks AR, Hamer GL, Xue L, Rodriguez-Perez MA. 2020. Vertebrate-Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera)-arbovirus transmission networks: Nonhuman feeding revealed by meta-barcoding and next-generation sequencing. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14(12): e0008867. [PDF]
81. Kading, C. R., L. W. Cohnstaedt, K. Fall, G. L. Hamer. 2020. Emergence of arboviruses in the United States: The boom and bust of funding, innovation, and capacity. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 5:E96. [PDF]
80. Martin E, W. Tang, C. Briggs, H. Hopson, J. G. Juarez, S. Garcia Luna, M. Wise de Valdez, I. Badillo-Vargas, M. Borucki, M. Frank, G. L. Hamer. 2020. Cell fusing agent virus (Flavivirus) infection in Aedes aegypti in Texas: seasonality, comparison by trap type, and individual viral loads. Archives of Virology. 165: 1769-1776. [PDF]
79. Olson, M. F., M. L. Ndeffo-Mbah, J. G. Juarez, S. Garcia-Luna, E. Martin, M. K. Borucki, M. Frank, J. G. EstradaFranco, M. A. Rodriguez-Perez, N. A. Fernandez-Santos, G. J. Molina-Gamboa, S. D. Carmona Aguirre, B. L. Reyes-Berrones, L. J. Cortes-De la cruz, A. Garcia-Barrientos, R. E. Huidobro-Guevara, R. M. Brussolo-Ceballos, Ramirez, A. Salazar, L. F. Chaves, I. E. Badillo-Vargas, G. L. Hamer. 2020. High rate of non-human feeding by Aedes aegypti reduces Zika virus transmission in South Texas. Viruses. 12:453. [PDF]
78. Juarez, J. G., S. Garcia-Luna, L. F. Chaves, E. Carbajal, E. Valdez, C. Avila, W. Tang, E. Martin, R. Barrera, R. Hemme, J. P. Mutebi, N. Vuong, B. Roark, C. R. Maupin, I. E. Badillo-Vargas, G. L. Hamer. 2020. Dispersal of female and male Aedes aegypti from discarded container habitats using a stable isotope mark-capture study design in South Texas. Nature Scientific Reports. 10:6803. [PDF]
77. Ribeiro, G. S., G. L. Hamer, M. Diallo, U. Kitron, A. I. Ko, S. C. Weaver. 2020. Influence of herd immunity in the cyclical nature of arboviruses. Current Opinion in Virology. 40:1-10. [PDF]
76. Poh, K., M. C. I. Medeiros, and G. L. Hamer. 2020. Landscape and demographic determinants of Culex infection with West Nile Virus during the 2012 Dallas County epidemic. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology. 33. 100336. [PDF]
75. Olson M. F., S. Garcia-Luna, J. G. Juarez, E. Martin, L. C. Harrington, M. D. Eubanks, I. E. Badillo-Vargas, G. L. Hamer. 2020. Sugar feeding patterns for Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes in South Texas. Journal of Medical Entomology. 57:1111-1119. [PDF]
74. Garcia-Luna, S. M., J. G. Juarez, S. Cabanas, W. Tang, E. B. Roark, C. R. Maupin, I. E. Badillo-Vargas, G. L. Hamer. 2020. Stable Isotope Marking of Laboratory-Reared Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 57: 649-652. [PDF]
73. Hodo CL, D. Forgacs, L. D. Auckland, K. Bass, C. Lindsay, M. Bingaman, T. Sani, K. Colwell, G. L. Hamer, S. A. Hamer. 2020. Presence of diverse Rickettsia spp. and absence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks in an East Texas forest with reduced tick density associated with controlled burns. Ticks Tick-Borne Dis. 11: 101310. [PDF]
2019
72. Kading, R. C., E. O. Abworo and G. L. Hamer. 2019. Rift Valley fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and African swine fever virus: three transboundary, vector-borne, veterinary biothreats with diverse surveillance and response capacity needs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 6:458. [PDF]
71. Kjeldgaard, M.K.*, O.M. Takano*, A.A. Bockoven*, T.D. Teel, J.E. Light, S.A. Hamer, G.L. Hamer, and M.D. Eubanks. 2019. Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression influences the behavior of three hard tick species. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 79: 87-97. *co-first authors [PDF]
70. Garcia-Luna, S. M., L. F. Chaves, J. G. Juarez, B. G. Bolling, A. Rodriguez, Y. E. Presas, J. P. Mutebi, S. C. Weaver, I. E. Badillo-Vargas, G. L. Hamer, W. A. Qualls. 2019. From surveillance to control: evaluation of a larvicide intervention against Ae. aegypti in Brownsville, Texas. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 35: 233-237. [PDF]
69. Martin, E., M. K. Borucki, J. Thissen, S. Garcia-Luna, M. Hwang, M. Wise de Valdez, C. J. Jaing, G. L. Hamer, M. Frank. 2019. Mosquito-Borne viruses and insect-specific viruses revealed in field-collected mosquitoes by a monitoring tool adapted from a microbial detection array. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85:e01202-19. [PDF]
68. McDermott, E. G., B. A. Mullens, C. E. Mayo, E. B. Roark, C. R. Maupin, A. C. Gerry, G. L. Hamer. 2019. Laboratory evalution of stable isotope labeling of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for adult dispersal studies. Parasites & Vectors. 12. 411. [PDF]
67. Poh, K. C., L. F. Chaves, M. Reyna-Nava, C. M. Roberts, C. Fredregill, R. Bueno, M. Debboun, G. L. Hamer. 2019. The influence of weather and weather variability on mosquito abundance and infection with West Nile virus in Harris County, Texas, USA. Science of the Total Environment. [PDF]
66. Faiman R., A. Dao, A. Yaro, M. Diallo, S. Djibril, Z. Lamissa Sonogo, Y. Ousmane, M. Sullivan, L. Veru, B. Krajacich, A. Krishna, J. Matthews, C. France, G. L. Hamer, K. Hobson, T. Lehmann. 2019. Marking mosquitoes in their natural larval sites using 2H-enriched water: a promising approach for tracking over extended temporal and spatial scales. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10:1274-1285. [PDF]
65. Wormington JD, Golnar A, Poh K, Kading RC, Martin E, Hamer SA, Hamer GL. 2019. Risk of African swine fever virus sylvatic establishment and spillover to domestic swine in the United States. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 19: 506-511. [PDF]
64. Golnar A, Martin E, Wormington JD, Kading RC, Teel P, Hamer SA, Hamer GL. 2019. Reviewing the potential vectors and hosts of African swine fever virus transmission in the United States. Vector-borne andZoonotic Diseases. 19:512-524. [PDF]
63. Martin E, M. Medeiros, E. Carbajal, E. Valdez, J. Juarez, S. Garcia Luna#, A. Salazar, W. Qualls, S. Hinojosa, M. Borucki, H. Manley, I. Badillo-Vargas, M. Frank, G. L. Hamer. 2019. Surveillance of Aedes aegypti indoors and outdoors using Autocidal Gravid Ovitraps in South Texas during local transmission of Zika virus, 2016 to 2018. Acta Tropica. [PDF]
62. Martin E, Chu E, Shults P, Golnar AJ, Swanson DA, Benn J, Kim D, Schneider P, Pena S, Culver C, Medeiros MCI, Hamer SA, Hamer GL. 2019. Culicoides species community composition and infection status with parasites in an urban environment of east central Texas. Parasites & Vectors 12:39. [PDF]
2018
61. Kading R. C., Golnar A. J., Hamer S. A., Hamer G. L. 2018. Advanced surveillance and preparedness to meet a new era of invasive vectors and emerging vector-borne diseases. PLoS Neg Trop Dis. 12:e0006761. [PDF]
60. Wormington J. D., Gillum C., Meyers A. C., Hamer G. L., Hamer S. A. 2018. Daily activity patterns of movement and refuge use in Triatoma gerstaeckeri and Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), vectors of the Chagas disease parasite. Acta Tropica 18:301–306. [PDF]
59. Hamer G. L., J. R. Bejcek, E. A.Valdez, R. Curtis-Robles, S. A. Hamer. 2018. A pilot radio telemetry field study of triatomine vectors (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) of the Chagas disease parasite. J Med Entomol. 55:1380-1385. [PDF]
58. Komar, N. N. A. Panella, A. J. Golnar, G. L. Hamer. 2018. Forage ratio analysis of the southern house mosquito in College Station, Texas. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 18:485-490. [PDF]
57. Hamer S.A., R. Curtis-Robles, G. L. Hamer. 2018. Contributions of citizen scientists to arthropod vector data in the age of digital epidemiology. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 28:98-104. [PDF]
56. Nelson, C. W., S. D. Sibleh, G. L. Hamer, C. M. Newman, T. K. Anderson, E. D. Walker, E. D. Kitron, J. D. Brawn, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg. 2018. Selective constraint and adaptive potential of West Nile virus within and among naturally infected hosts and vectors. Virus Evolution. 4:vey013. [PDF]
55. Poh, K. C., E. M. Martin, E. D. Walker, U. Kitron, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, G. L. Hamer. 2018. Co-circulation of Flanders virus and West Nile virus in Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Chicago, Illinois. Journal of Medical Entomology. 55:1062-1066. [PDF]
54. Bejcek, J. R., R. Curtis-Robles, M. Riley, A. Brundage, S. A. Hamer, G. L. Hamer. 2018. Clear resin casting of arthropods of medical importance for use in educational and outreach activities. Journal of Insect Science. 18:34. [PDF]
53. Curtis-Robles R, L. D. Auckland, K. F. Snowden, G. L. Hamer, S. A. Hamer. 2018. Analysis of over 1500 triatomine vectors from across the US, predominantly Texas, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection and discrete typing units. Infec Genet Evol. 58: 171-180. [PDF]
52. Curtis-Robles R, S. A. Hamer, S. Lane S, M. Levy M, G. L. Hamer. 2018. Bionomics and spatial distribution of Triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Texas and other southern states, USA. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 98: 113-121. [PDF]
51. Hensel M, M. R. Bertram, R. Rech, G. L. Hamer, S. H. Hamer. 2018. Survey of gross and histopathologic findings in two wintering subpopulations of sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis). J Wildl Dis. 54: 156-160. [PDF]
2017
50. Newman, C. M., B. L. Krebs, T. K. Anderson, G. L. Hamer, M. O. Ruiz, J. D. Brawn, W. M. Brown, U. D. Kitron, T. L. Goldberg. 2017. Culex flavivirus during West Nile virus epidemic and inter-epidemic years in Chicago, USA. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease. 17: 567-575. [PDF]
49. Levine, R. S., D. L. Hedeen, M. W. Hedeen, G. L. Hamer, D. G. Mead, U. D. Kitron. 2017. Avian species diversity and transmission of West Nile virus in Atlanta, Georgia. Parasites & Vectors. 10: 62. [PDF]
48. Medeiros, M. C. I, E. C. Boothe, E. B. Roark, G. L. Hamer. 2017. Dispersal of male and female Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes using stable isotope enrichment. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11(1): e0005347. [PDF]
47. Bertram, M., S. A. Hamer, B. K. Hartup, K. F. Snowden, M. C. Medieros, D. C. Outlaw, G. L. Hamer. 2017. A novel Haemosporida clade at the rank of genus in North American cranes (Aves: Gruiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 73-79. [PDF]
46. Golnar, A. J., R. C. Kading, G. L. Hamer. 2017. Quantifying the pathways and locations of Rift Valley fever virus entry into the United States. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. doi:10.1111/tbed.12608. [PDF]
2016
45. Bertram, M.R., G. L. Hamer, B. K. Hartup, K. F. Snowden, M. C. I. Medeiros, S. H. Hamer. 2016. Haemosporida prevalence and diversity are similar in endangered wild whooping cranes (Grus americana) and sympatric sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis). Parasitology. [PDF]
44. Grigar M. K., K. J. Cummings, L. D. Rodriguez-Rivera, S. C. Rankin, K. Johns, G. L. Hamer, S. A. Hamer. 2016. Salmonella surveillance among Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) and other urban bird species in eastern Texas. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 16: 752-757. [PDF]
43. Loss, S. R., B. H. Noden, G. L. Hamer, S. A. Hamer. 2016. A quantitative synthesis of the role of birds in carrying ticks and tick-borne pathogens in North America. Oecologia. 182:947-959. [PDF]
42. Castellanos, A.A.*, M.C.I. Medeiros*, G.L. Hamer, M.E. Morrow, M.D. Eubanks, P.D. Teel, S.A. Hamer, and J.E. Light. 2016. Decreased small mammal and tick abundance in association with invasive red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). Biology Letters. 12. *Authors contributed equally. [PDF]
41. Opiyo M. A., G. L. Hamer, D. W. Lwetoijera, L. D. Auckland, S. Majmbere, F. O. Okumu. 2016. Marking wild malaria mosquitoes using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen: a small-scale field demonstration in south-eastern Tanzania. PLoS ONE. e0159067. [PDF]
40. Levine, R. D. G. Mead, G. L. Hamer, B. J. Brosi, D. L. Hedeen, M. W. Hedeen, J. R. McMillan, D. Bisanzio, U. Kitron. 2016. Supersuppression: reservoir competency and timing of mosquito host shifts combine to reduce spillover of West Nile virus. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 95:1174-1184. [PDF]
39. Karki, S., G. L. Hamer, T. K. Anderson, T. L. Goldberg, U. D. Kitron, B. L. Krebs, E. D. Walker, M. O. Ruiz. 2016. Effect of trapping methods, weather, and landscape on estimates of the Culex vector mosquito abundance. Environmental Health Insights. 10: 93–103. [PDF]
38. Medeiros, M. C., R. E. Ricklefs, J. D. Brawn, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, G. L. Hamer. 2016. Overlap in the seasonal infection patterns of avian malaria parasites and West Nile virus in vectors and hosts. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 95:1121-1129. [PDF]
37. Shand, L., W. M. Brown, L. F. Chaves, T. L. Goldberg, G. L. Hamer, L. Haramis, U. Kitron, E. D. Walker, M. O. Ruiz. 2016. Predictive West Nile virus risk from the synergistic effects of rainfall and temperature. Journal of Medical Entomology. 53: 935–944. [PDF]
36. Hamer, G. L. 2016. Heterogeneity of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) control community size, research productivity, and arboviral diseases across the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 53:485-495. [PDF]
2015
35. Curtis-Robles R., Wozniak E. J., Auckland L. D., Hamer G. L., Hamer S. A. 2015. Combining public health education and disease ecology research: Using citizen science to assess Chagas disease entomological risk in Texas. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(12): e0004235. [PDF]
34. Medeiros, M. C. I., R. E. Ricklefs, J. D. Brawn, and G. L. Hamer. 2015. Plasmodium prevalence across avian host species is positively associated with exposure to mosquito vectors. Parasitology. 142: 1612-1620. [PDF]
33. Hamer S. A., A. C. Weghorst, L.D. Auckland, E. B. Roark, O. F. Strey, P. D. Teel, G. L. Hamer. 2015. Comparison of DNA and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope-based techniques for tick blood meal analysis. Journal of Medical Entomology. 52:1043-1049. [PDF]
32. Bertram M. R., G. L. Hamer, K. F. Snowden, B. K. Hartup, S. A. Hamer. 2015. Coccidian parasites and conservation implications for the endangered whooping crane (Grus americana). PLoS ONE. 10(6): e0127679. [PDF]
31. Boothe E. C., M. C. I. Medeiros, U. D. Kitron, J. D. Brawn, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, E. D. Walker, G. L. Hamer. 2015. Identification of avian and hemoparasite DNA in blood-engorged abdomens of Culex pipiens (Diptera; Culicidae) from a West Nile virus epidemic region in suburban Chicago, Illinois. Journal of Medical Entomology. 52: 461-468. [PDF]
30. McKee, E. M., E. D. Walker, T. K. Anderson, U.D. Kitron, J. D. Brawn, B. L. Krebs, C. M. Newman, M. O. Ruiz, R. S. Levine, M. E. Carrington, R. G. McLean, T. L. Goldberg, and G. L. Hamer. 2015. West Nile virus antibody decay rate in free-ranging birds. Journal of Wildlife Disease. 51: 601-608. [PDF]
2014
29. Krebs, B. L., T. K. Anderson, T. L. Goldberg, G. L. Hamer, U. D. Kitron, C. M. Newman, M. O. Ruiz, E. D. Walker, J. D. Brawn. 2014. Host group formation decreases exposure to vector-borne disease: a field experiment in a ‘hotspot’ of West Nile virus transmission. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281: 20141586. [PDF]
28. Medeiros, M. C., J. M. Higashiguchi, T. K. Anderson, U. D. Kitron, E. D. Walker, J. D. Brawn, B. L. Krebs, M. O. Ruiz, T. L. Goldberg, R. E. Ricklefs, G. L. Hamer. 2014. An inverse association between West Nile virus serostatus and avian malaria infection status. Parasites and Vectors. 7:415. [PDF]
27. Golnar, A. J., M. J. Turell, A. D. LaBeaud, R. C. Kading, G. L. Hamer. 2014. Predicting the mosquito species and vertebrate species involved in the theoretical transmission of Rift Valley fever virus in the United States. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8:e3163. [PDF]
26. Hamer G. L., T. K. Anderson, D. J. Donovan, J. D. Brawn, B. L. Krebs, A. M. Gardner, M. O. Ruiz, W. M. Brown, U. D. Kitron, C. M Newman, T. L. Goldberg, E. D. Walker. 2014. Dispersal of adult Culex mosquitoes in an urban West Nile virus hotspot: a mark-capture study incorporating stable isotope enrichment of natural larval habitats. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8:e2768. [PDF]
2013
25. Hamer G. L., and P. M. Muzzall. 2013. Helminths of American Robins, Turdus migratorius and House Sparrows, Passer domesticus (Order: Passeriformes) from Suburban Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology. 80:287-291. [PDF]
24. Medeiros, M. C., G. L. Hamer, R. E. Ricklefs. 2013. Host compatibility rather than vector-host encounter rate determines the host range of avian Plasmodium parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280 [PDF]
23. Gardner, A, T. K. Anderson, G. L. Hamer, D. E. Johnson, K. E. Varela, E. D. Walker, M. O. Ruiz. 2013. Terrestrial vegetation and aquatic chemistry influence larval mosquit
o abundance in catch basins, Chicago, USA. Parasites and Vectors. 6:9. [PDF]
22. Hamer G. L., T. K. Anderson, G. Berry, A. P. Makohon-Moore, J. Crafton, J. D. Brawn,
A. Dolinski, B. Krebs, M. O. Ruiz, P. M. Muzzall, T. L. Goldberg, E. D. Walker. 2013. Prevalence of filarioid nematodes and trypanosomes in American robins and house sparrows, Chicago USA. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 2:42-49. [PDF]
2012
21. Hamer, S. A., T. L. Goldberg, U. D. Kitron, J. D. Brawn, T. K. Anderson, S. R. Loss, E. D. Walker, G. L. Hamer. 2012. Wild birds and the urban ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005-2010. Emerging Infectious Disease. 18:1589-1595. [PDF]
20. Morningstar, R. J., G. L. Hamer, T. L. Goldberg, S. Huang, T. G. Andreadis, E. D. Walker. 2012. Diversity of Wolbachia pipientis Strain wPip in a genetically admixtured, above-ground Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) Population: association with form molestus ancestray and host selection patterns. Journal of Medical Entomology. 49: 474-481. [PDF]
19. Gardner, A, G. L. Hamer, A. Hines, C. Newman, E. D. Walker, M. O. Ruiz. 2012. Weather variability affects abundance of larval Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) in storm water catch basins in suburban Chicago. Journal of Medical Entomology. 49:270-276. [PDF]
18. Hamer, G. L., D. J. Donovan, R. Hood-Nowotny, M. G. Kaufman, T. L. Goldberg, E. D. Walker. 2012. Evaluation of a stable isotope method to mark naturally-breeding mosquitoes for adult dispersal studies. Journal of Medical Entomology. 49:61-70. [PDF]
2011
17. 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]
16. 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]
15. 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]
14. 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]
13. 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]
2010
12. 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]
11. 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]
10. 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]
2009
9. 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]
8. 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]
7. 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]
6. 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]
2008
5. 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]
4. 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]
3. 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]
2. Hamer, G. L., E. J. Heske, J. D. Brawn, and P. W. Brown. 2008. Migrant shorebird use of a wetland complex in the Ilinois River valley. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science. 101:95-106. [PDF]
2006
1. Hamer, G. L., E. J. Heske, J. D. Brawn, and P. W. Brown. 2006. Migrant shorebird predation on benthic invertebrates
along the Illinois River, Illinois. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 118:152-163. [PDF]