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B. Tesla

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 6 Approach:experimental assay· 5 Organism:Arabidopsis· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:virus· 1

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C. C. Murdock· 4 shared E. A. Mordecai· 3 shared M. A. Brindley· 3 shared M. H. Bonds· 3 shared C. N. Ngonghala· 2 shared L. R. Demakovsky· 2 shared S. J. Ryan· 2 shared A. D. Rodriguez· 1 shared

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Understanding off-target growth defects introduced to influenza A virus by synonymous recoding

C. P. Sharp, E. H. Thompson, B. Tesla, D. Kurian, P. Simmonds, P. Digard, E. R. Gaunt

This study identifies compensatory mutations that cause replication defects in a CpG-enriched influenza A virus, revealing polymerase slippage and type I interferon induction as key mechanisms.

bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Cool temperatures limit Zika virus genome replication

B. Tesla, J. S. Powers, Y. Barnes, S. Lakhani, M. D. Acciani, C. C. Murdock, M. A. Brindley

This study investigates how cool temperatures affect Zika virus replication in mosquito cells, finding reduced genome replication efficiency at lower temperatures.

bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology

Effects of temperature on Zika dynamics and control

C. N. Ngonghala, S. J. Ryan, B. Tesla, L. R. Demokovsky, E. A. Mordecai, C. C. Murdock, M. H. Bonds

This study uses a temperature-dependent dynamical model to analyze how temperature variability affects Zika virus transmission, finding that temperature is the dominant driver of epidemic dynamics.

bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2020 · PreprintEcology

Temperature drives Zika virus transmission: evidence from empirical and mathematical models

B. Tesla, L. R. Demakovsky, E. A. Mordecai, S. J. Ryan, M. H. Bonds, C. N. Ngonghala, M. A. Brindley, C. C. Murdock

The paper estimates the thermal performance of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti and updates a temperature-dependent model to show that Zika transmission is optimized at 29°C with a thermal range of 22.7–34.7°C.

bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2018Ecology

Estimating the effects of variation in viremia on mosquito susceptibility, infectiousness, and R0 of Zika in Aedes aegypti

B. Tesla, L. R. Demakovsky, H. S. Packiam, E. A. Mordecai, A. D. Rodriguez, M. H. Bonds, M. A. Brindley, C. C. Murdock

This study examines how varying ZIKV viremia levels affect mosquito infection, infectiousness, and R0, finding increased infection and infectiousness with higher doses but no effect on dissemination or mortality.

bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2017Microbiology

Fine-scale variation in microclimate across an urban landscape changes the capacity of Aedes albopictus to vector arbovirus

C. Murdock, M. V. Evans, T. McClanahan, K. Miazgowicz, B. Tesla

This study examines how fine-scale microclimate variation across urban landscapes affects the vectorial capacity of Aedes albopictus for arbovirus transmission.

bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2016Ecology