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Overview

Ann M. Powers is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, particularly those transmitted by vectors such as mosquitoes. The main field of study is Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields including Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

Their work addresses a variety of topics within infectious disease research, including mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne infectious diseases, malaria research and control, viral infections and outbreaks research, Yersinia bacterium, plague and ectoparasites research, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Ann M. Powers has published extensively in several scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Diseases
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • SAGE Open Medical Case Reports

They have collaborated frequently with fellow researchers such as Khin Saw Aye Myint, Edison Johar, Frilasita A. Yudhaputri, Yora Permata Dewi, and Jeremy P. Ledermann.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The global epidemiology of chikungunya from 1999 to 2020: A systematic literature review to inform the development and introduction of vaccines" (2022, PLoS neglected tropical diseases)
  • "Rickettsia felis identified in two fatal cases of acute meningoencephalitis" (2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases)
  • "Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Zika Virus Transmission in Indonesia: Serosurveillance Data from a Pediatric Population" (2021, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
  • "Resurgence of Interest in Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Vaccine Development" (2021, Journal of Medical Entomology)
  • "Detection of dengue virus serotype 1 in central nervous system of a child in Bandung, West Java: A case report" (2021, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports)

Best Publications

  • Zika virus outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia.

    Mark R Duffy;Tai-Ho Chen;W Thane Hancock;Ann M Powers

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  • Changing patterns of chikungunya virus: re-emergence of a zoonotic arbovirus

    Ann M. Powers;Christopher H. Logue

  • Chikungunya Fever: An Epidemiological Review of a Re-Emerging Infectious Disease

    J. Erin Staples;Robert F. Breiman;Ann M. Powers

  • A single positively selected West Nile viral mutation confers increased virogenesis in American crows.

    Aaron C. Brault;Claire Y.-H. Huang;Stanley A. Langevin;Richard M. Kinney

  • Zika Virus Disease in Colombia — Preliminary Report

    Oscar Pacheco;Mauricio Beltrán;Christina A Nelson;Diana Valencia

  • DROUGHT-ASSOCIATED CHIKUNGUNYA EMERGENCE ALONG COASTAL EAST AFRICA

    Jean-Paul Chretien;Assaf Anyamba;Sheryl A. Bedno;Robert F. Breiman

  • Interim Guidance for Interpretation of Zika Virus Antibody Test Results.

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  • Genetically Engineered Resistance to Dengue-2 Virus Transmission in Mosquitoes

    K. E. Olson;S. Higgs;P. J. Gaines;A. M. Powers

  • Interim Guidelines for the Evaluation and Testing of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection — United States, 2016

    J. Erin Staples;Eric J. Dziuban;Marc Fischer;Janet D. Cragan

  • SEROPREVALENCE OF CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS INFECTION ON GRANDE COMORE ISLAND, UNION OF THE COMOROS, 2005

    Kibet Sergon;Ali Ahmed Yahaya;Jennifer Brown;Said A. Bedja

  • Update: Interim Guidelines for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure - United States, 2016.

    Titilope Oduyebo;Emily E. Petersen;Sonja A. Rasmussen;Paul S. Mead

  • Aedes hensilli as a potential vector of Chikungunya and Zika viruses.

    Jeremy P. Ledermann;Laurent Guillaumot;Lawrence Yug;Steven C. Saweyog

  • Mayaro Virus Disease: An Emerging Mosquito-Borne Zoonosis in Tropical South America

    Robert B. Tesh;Douglas M. Watts;Kevin L. Russell;Chitra Damodaran

  • Arbovirus evolution in vivo is constrained by host alternation

    Lark L. Coffey;Nikos Vasilakis;Nikos Vasilakis;Aaron C. Brault;Aaron C. Brault;Ann M. Powers

  • Venezuelan equine encephalitis emergence: Enhanced vector infection from a single amino acid substitution in the envelope glycoprotein

    Aaron C. Brault;Ann M. Powers;Ann M. Powers;Diana Ortiz;Jose G. Estrada-Franco

  • Tracking epidemic Chikungunya virus into the Indian Ocean from East Africa

    M. Kariuki Njenga;L. Nderitu;J. P. Ledermann;A. Ndirangu

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Togaviridae.

    Rubing Chen;Suchetana Mukhopadhyay;Andres Merits;Bethany Bolling

  • Attenuation of Chikungunya Virus Vaccine Strain 181/Clone 25 Is Determined by Two Amino Acid Substitutions in the E2 Envelope Glycoprotein

    Rodion Gorchakov;Eryu Wang;Grace Leal;Naomi L. Forrester

  • Novel Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate with an IRES-Based Attenuation and Host Range Alteration Mechanism

    Kenneth Plante;Eryu Wang;Charalambos D. Partidos;James Weger

  • Nowcasting the spread of chikungunya virus in the Americas.

    Michael A Johansson;Ann M. Powers;Nicki T. Pesik;Nicole J. Cohen

  • Genetic and antigenic diversity among eastern equine encephalitis viruses from North, Central, and South America.

    Aaron C. Brault;Ann M. Powers;Cesar Luis Villarreal Chavez;Roberto Navarro Lopez

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Aaron C. Brault
Aaron C. Brault Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
J. Erin Staples
J. Erin Staples Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ken E. Olson
Ken E. Olson Colorado State University
Margaret A. Honein
Margaret A. Honein Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barry R. Miller
Barry R. Miller Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lyle R. Petersen
Lyle R. Petersen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Denise J. Jamieson
Denise J. Jamieson Emory University
Robert S. Lanciotti
Robert S. Lanciotti Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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