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Andrea S. Varela-Stokes is affiliated with Mississippi State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the study of vector-borne infectious diseases, with particular attention to parasitology, infectious diseases, and public health. The scientist's work spans various intersecting fields including medicine and immunology and microbiology.

The main topics of research explored by Andrea S. Varela-Stokes include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Virology and viral diseases
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

Andrea S. Varela-Stokes has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers published in several scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Spatial and risk factor analyses of vector-borne pathogens among shelter dogs in the Eastern United States, 2023, Parasites & Vectors
  • The guinea pig model for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses: A second look, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Correlated Population Genetic Structure in a Three-Tiered Host-Parasite System: The Potential for Coevolution and Adaptive Divergence, 2021, Journal of Heredity
  • Beyond the IFA: Revisiting the ELISA as a More Sensitive, Objective, and Quantitative Evaluation of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Exposure, 2021, Pathogens
  • Association between vector-borne pathogen seroprevalence in shelter-housed and owned dog populations in the contiguous United States of America, 2023, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrea S. Varela-Stokes include:

  • John V. Stokes
  • Navatha Alugubelly
  • Claire E. Cross
  • Anne-Marie L. Ross
  • Jenna R. Gettings

The scientist's work is published predominantly in the following journals and venues:

  • Pathogens
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Current Protocols
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Best Publications

  • Role of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), in human and animal diseases.

    Jerome Goddard;Andrea S. Varela-Stokes

  • Isolation of Rickettsia parkeri and identification of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. from Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) in the United States.

    Christopher D. Paddock;Pierre-Edouard Fournier;John W. Sumner;Jerome Goddard

  • Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis, Argentina

    Yamila Romer;Alfredo C. Seijo;Favio Crudo;William L. Nicholson

  • Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum ticks, North Carolina, USA, 2009-2010.

    Andrea S. Varela-Stokes;Christopher D. Paddock;Barry Engber;Marcee Toliver

  • Multistate Survey of American Dog Ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) for Rickettsia Species.

    Joy A. Hecht;Michelle E.J. Allerdice;Elizabeth A. Dykstra;Laura Mastel

  • Microbial Communities in North American Ixodid Ticks of Veterinary and Medical Importance.

    Andrea S. Varela-Stokes;Si Hong Park;Sun Ae Kim;Steven C. Ricke

  • Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Gulf Coast ticks, Mississippi, USA.

    Flavia A.G. Ferrari;Jerome Goddard;Christopher D. Paddock;Andrea S. Varela-Stokes

  • Prevalence of canine heartworm infection in Mississippi animal shelters.

    Uri Donnett;Kristina Hubbard;Kimberly Woodruff;Andrea Varela-Stokes

  • Tick-borne disease agents in various wildlife from Mississippi.

    Ashley H. Castellaw;Erle F. Chenney;Andrea S. Varela-Stokes

  • Sequence analysis and serological responses against Borrelia turicatae BipA, a putative species-specific antigen.

    Job E. Lopez;Hannah K. Wilder;William Boyle;L. Brock Drumheller

  • Isolation of "Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae" (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in embryonic cells of naturally infected Amblyomma maculatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae).

    F.A.G. Ferrari;J. Goddard;G. M. Moraru;W.E.C. Smith

  • Chronic Toxoplasma gondii in Nurr1-null heterozygous mice exacerbates elevated open field activity

    Jeffrey B. Eells;Andrea Varela-Stokes;Shirley X. Guo-Ross;Evangel Kummari

  • Quantitative factors proposed to influence the prevalence of canine tick-borne disease agents in the United States

    Roger W Stich;Byron L Blagburn;Dwight D Bowman;Christopher Carpenter

  • Evidence of Antibodies to Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Small Mammals and Quail from Mississippi

    Gail Miriam Moraru;Jerome Goddard;Alexandria Murphy;Diana Link

  • TRANSMISSION OF EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS FROM LONE STAR TICKS (AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM ) TO WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS)

    A. S. Varela-Stokes

  • Artificial infection of the bed bug with Rickettsia parkeri.

    Jerome Goddard;Andrea Varela-Stokes;Whitney Smith;Kristine T. Edwards

  • Experimental infection of cotton rats and bobwhite quail with Rickettsia parkeri

    Gail Miriam Moraru;Jerome Goddard;Christopher D Paddock;Andrea Varela-Stokes

  • Transmission of bacterial agents from lone star ticks to white-tailed deer.

    Andrea S. Varela-Stokes

  • Detection of a Borrelia species in questing Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum.

    Jung Keun Lee;Whitney Crow Smith;Chelsea McIntosh;Flavia Girao Ferrari

  • ASPIDODERIDAE FROM NORTH AMERICA, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ASPIDODERA (NEMATODA: HETERAKOIDEA)

    F. Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz;F. Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz;Scott Lyell Gardner;Scott Lyell Gardner;Andrea S. Varela-Stokes;Andrea S. Varela-Stokes

  • Dracunculus infections in domestic dogs and cats in North America; an under-recognized parasite?

    Brianna M. Williams;Christopher A. Cleveland;Guilherme G. Verocai;Liandrie Swanepoel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome Goddard
Jerome Goddard Mississippi State University
Christopher D. Paddock
Christopher D. Paddock Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ellis C. Greiner
Ellis C. Greiner University of Florida
Susan E. Little
Susan E. Little Oklahoma State University
Steven C. Ricke
Steven C. Ricke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Scott Lyell Gardner
Scott Lyell Gardner University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sidney A. Ewing
Sidney A. Ewing Oklahoma State University
Dwight D. Bowman
Dwight D. Bowman Cornell University
Rebecca J. Eisen
Rebecca J. Eisen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David S. Lindsay
David S. Lindsay Virginia Tech

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