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Overview

Bruce M. Christensen is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple aspects of parasitology and related fields, with work published in recognized journals.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Introduction of the 2019-2020 ASP President Julián F. Hillyer, 2020, Journal of Parasitology
  • Molecular Surveillance Detects High Prevalence of the Neglected Parasite Mansonella ozzardi in the Colombian Amazon, 2023, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • In Memoriam, 2022, Journal of Parasitology

Bruce M. Christensen has collaborated with a number of coauthors in their published research. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Kendra Joy Dahmer
  • Mónica Palma-Cuero
  • Karl Čiuoderis
  • Claudia Patiño
  • Sofia Roitman

Their work is primarily disseminated through publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Parasitology
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Their expertise encompasses several subfields including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Ecology
  • Insect Science

Research topics addressed by Bruce M. Christensen cover areas such as:

  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Best Publications

  • Melanogenesis and associated cytotoxic reactions: applications to insect innate immunity.

    A.J. Nappi;B.M. Christensen

  • Evolutionary Dynamics of Immune-Related Genes and Pathways in Disease-Vector Mosquitoes

    Robert M. Waterhouse;Evgenia V. Kriventseva;Stephan Meister;Zhiyong Xi

  • Genetics of Mosquito Vector Competence

    Brenda T. Beerntsen;Anthony A. James;Bruce M. Christensen

  • Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus Establishes a Platform for Mosquito Comparative Genomics

    Peter Arensburger;Karine Megy;Robert M Waterhouse;Robert M Waterhouse;Jenica Abrudan

  • Melanization immune responses in mosquito vectors

    Bruce M. Christensen;Jianyong Li;Cheng-Chen Chen;Anthony J. Nappi

  • Hemocyte-mediated phagocytosis and melanization in the mosquito Armigeres subalbatus following immune challenge by bacteria

    Julián F. Hillyer;Shelley L. Schmidt;Bruce M. Christensen

  • The wMel Strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Aedes aegypti.

    Matthew T. Aliota;Emma C. Walker;Alexander Uribe Yepes;Ivan Dario Velez

  • RAPID PHAGOCYTOSIS AND MELANIZATION OF BACTERIA AND PLASMODIUM SPOROZOITES BY HEMOCYTES OF THE MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI

    Julián F. Hillyer;Shelley L. Schmidt;Bruce M. Christensen

  • Pathogenomics of Culex quinquefasciatus and Meta-Analysis of Infection Responses to Diverse Pathogens

    Lyric C. Bartholomay;Robert M. Waterhouse;Robert M. Waterhouse;Robert M. Waterhouse;George F. Mayhew;Corey L. Campbell

  • Identification of Drosophila melanogaster yellow-f and yellow-f2 proteins as dopachrome-conversion enzymes.

    Qian Han;Jianmin Fang;Haizhen Ding;Jody K Johnson

  • Insect immunity : isolation of three novel inducible antibacterial defensins from the vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti

    Carl Lowenberger;Philippe Bulet;Maurice Charlet;Charles Hetru

  • Characterization of hemocytes from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

    Julián F. Hillyer;Bruce M. Christensen

  • Brugia pahangi: Exsheathment and Midgut Penetration in Aedes aegypti

    Bruce M. Christensen;Daniel R. Sutherland

  • COSTS AND BENEFITS OF MOSQUITO REFRACTORINESS TO MALARIA PARASITES: IMPLICATIONS FOR GENETIC VARIABILITY OF MOSQUITOES AND GENETIC CONTROL OF MALARIA.

    Guiyun Yan;David W. Severson;Bruce M. Christensen

  • Mosquito-Plasmodium Interactions in Response to Immune Activation of the Vector

    Carl A. Lowenberger;Sofie Kamal;Jody Chiles;Susan Paskewitz

  • Description of the transcriptomes of immune response-activated hemocytes from the mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti and Armigeres subalbatus.

    Lyric C. Bartholomay;Wen-Long Cho;Thomas A. Rocheleau;Jon P. Boyle

  • Age-associated mortality in immune challenged mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) correlates with a decrease in haemocyte numbers.

    Julián F. Hillyer;Shelley L. Schmidt;Jeremy F. Fuchs;Jon P. Boyle

  • Antimicrobial activity spectrum, cDNA cloning, and mRNA expression of a newly isolated member of the cecropin family from the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti.

    Carl Lowenberger;Maurice Charlet;Jacopo Vizioli;Sofie Kamal

  • Linkage Map for Aedes aegypti Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms

    D. W. Severson;A. Mori;Y. Zhang;B. M. Christensen

  • Effect of prophenoloxidase expression knockout on the melanization of microfilariae in the mosquito Armigeres subalbatus.

    S. H. Shiao;S. Higgs;Z. Adelman;B. M. Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Severson
David W. Severson University of Notre Dame
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Stephen Higgs
Stephen Higgs Kansas State University
Robert M. Waterhouse
Robert M. Waterhouse Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Marc A. T. Muskavitch
Marc A. T. Muskavitch Biogen (United States)
Philippe Bulet
Philippe Bulet Grenoble Alpes University
Jules A. Hoffmann
Jules A. Hoffmann University of Strasbourg
Shih-Feng Tsai
Shih-Feng Tsai National Health Research Institutes
Alexander S. Raikhel
Alexander S. Raikhel University of California, Riverside
Hilary Ranson
Hilary Ranson Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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