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Alexander Mathis is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with extensive work in several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

Their scientific contributions focus on various topics related to vector biology and disease management such as mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, animal disease management and epidemiology, insect pest control strategies, insect and pesticide research, and poxvirus research and outbreaks.

Alexander Mathis has collaborated frequently with coauthors including Niels O. Verhulst, Eva Veronesi, Anca Ioana Paslaru, Lena M. Maurer, and Paul R. Torgerson.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Thermal preferences of subtropical Aedes aegypti and temperate Ae. japonicus mosquitoes, 2020, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Potential mechanical transmission of Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) by the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) through regurgitation and defecation, 2020, Current Research in Insect Science
  • Skin bacterial volatiles: propelling the future of vector control, 2021, Trends in Parasitology
  • Modelling the monthly abundance of Culicoides biting midges in nine European countries using Random Forests machine learning, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Video analysis of the locomotory behaviour of Aedes aegypti and Ae. japonicus mosquitoes under different temperature regimes in a laboratory setting, 2022, Journal of Thermal Biology

Alexander Mathis has published in several recurring venues. These include:

  • Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Medical and Veterinary Entomology
  • Current Research in Insect Science
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including the 2023 work titled "Rechtsmissbrauch und seine Auslegung im europäischen Recht" published by Nomos.

Best Publications

  • DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning

    Alexander Mathis;Pranav Mamidanna;Kevin M. Cury;Taiga Abe

  • Using DeepLabCut for 3D markerless pose estimation across species and behaviors

    Tanmay Nath;Alexander Mathis;An Chi Chen;Amir Patel

  • Zoonotic Potential of the Microsporidia

    Alexander Mathis;Rainer Weber;Peter Deplazes

  • High prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and voles (Arvicola terrestris) in the city of Zürich, Switzerland.

    S. Hofer;S. Gloor;U. Müller;A. Mathis

  • Identification of taeniid eggs in the faeces from carnivores based on multiplex PCR using targets in mitochondrial DNA.

    D. Trachsel;P. Deplazes;A. Mathis

  • Deep learning tools for the measurement of animal behavior in neuroscience.

    Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis;Alexander Mathis

  • Dengue and dengue vectors in the WHO European region: past, present, and scenarios for the future

    Francis Schaffner;Alexander Mathis

  • Tumor-specific cytolytic CD4 T cells mediate immunity against human cancer

    Amélie Cachot;Mariia Bilous;Mariia Bilous;Yen-Cheng Liu;Xiaokang Li

  • Neuronal Representation of Social Information in the Medial Amygdala of Awake Behaving Mice

    Ying Li;Alexander Mathis;Benjamin F. Grewe;Jessica A. Osterhout;Jessica A. Osterhout

  • An improved test system for PCR-based specific detection of Echinococcus multilocularis eggs

    A. Mathis;P. Deplazes;J. Eckert

  • Molecular epidemiology of Encephalitozoon cuniculi and first detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in faecal samples of pigs.

    Peter Deplazes;Alexander Mathis;Christine Müller;Rainer Weber

  • European surveillance for West Nile virus in mosquito populations.

    Olivier Engler;Giovanni Savini;Anna Papa;Jordi Figuerola

  • The invasive mosquito Aedes japonicus in Central Europe

    F. Schaffner;C. Kaufmann;D. Hegglin;A. Mathis

  • Parasitology in veterinary medecine

    Peter Deplazes;Johannes Eckert;Alexander Mathis;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

  • Immunologic and Molecular Characteristics of Encephalitozoon-Like Microsporidia Isolated from Humans and Rabbits Indicate That Encephalitozoon cuniculi Is a Zoonotic Parasite

    Peter Deplazes;Alexander Mathis;Ruth Baumgartner;Isabelle Tanner

  • PCR and in vitro cultivation for detection of Leishmania spp. in diagnostic samples from humans and dogs.

    A Mathis;P Deplazes

  • Polymerase chain reaction for detection of patent infections of Echinococcus granulosus ("sheep strain") in naturally infected dogs.

    Saša Štefanić;Block S. Shaikenov;Peter Deplazes;Anke Dinkel

  • Spatial and temporal aspects of urban transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis.

    C. Stieger;D. Hegglin;G. Schwarzenbach;A. Mathis

  • High prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in swine with four genotypes that differ from those identified in humans.

    A. C. Breitenmoser;A. Mathis;E. Bürgi;R. Weber

  • Somatosensory Cortex Plays an Essential Role in Forelimb Motor Adaptation in Mice.

    Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis;Alexander Mathis;Naoshige Uchida

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Deplazes
Peter Deplazes University of Zurich
Francis Schaffner
Francis Schaffner University of Zurich
Paul R. Torgerson
Paul R. Torgerson University of Zurich
Rainer Weber
Rainer Weber University of Zurich
Matthias Bethge
Matthias Bethge University of Tübingen
Cornelia Silaghi
Cornelia Silaghi Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Venkatesh N. Murthy
Venkatesh N. Murthy Harvard University
Claire Garros
Claire Garros INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Daniel Hegglin
Daniel Hegglin University of Zurich

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