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Overview

Dave D. Chadee was affiliated with the University of the West Indies in Jamaica and contributed to research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work covered a range of subfields including Water Science and Technology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Ocean Engineering, Urban Studies, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research focused on topics such as Child Nutrition and Water Access, Fecal Contamination and Water Quality, Water Resources and Sustainability, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Mosquito-Borne Diseases and Control, and Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences.

Frequent coauthors included Akilah T. M. Stewart, John Agard, Adrian Cashman, Adesh Ramsubhag, and Catherine Seepersad.

Chadee published in several venues, including:

  • Water Science & Technology Water Supply
  • Journal of Water and Health
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • PLOS Water

Some of their recent papers were:

  • Water Poverty Indices of three rural communities in the southern Caribbean, 2021, Water Science & Technology Water Supply
  • Sources and microbiological quality of domestic water in three rural communities in the southern Caribbean, 2022, Journal of Water and Health
  • Mating Competitiveness of Transgenic Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Males Against Wild-Type Males Reared Under Simulated Field Conditions, 2020, Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Profiling domestic water bacteriome within the rainwater harvesting-dependent community of Carriacou Island, Grenada in the Southern Caribbean, 2025, PLOS Water

Best Publications

  • Effects of different temperature regimens on the development of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes.

    Azad Mohammed;Dave D. Chadee

  • Characterization of insecticide resistance in Trinidadian strains of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

    Karen A. Polson;William G. Brogdon;Samuel C. Rawlins;Dave D. Chadee

  • Natural skip oviposition of the mosquito Aedes aegypti indicated by codominant genetic markers

    Y. M. Colton;D. D. Chadee;D. W. Severson

  • Climate, mosquito indices and the epidemiology of dengue fever in Trinidad (2002-2004).

    D. D. Chadee;B. Shivnauth;S. C. Rawlins;A. A. Chen

  • Seasonal profiles of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats in an urban area of Costa Rica with a history of mosquito control

    Adriana Troyo;Olger Calderón-Arguedas;Douglas O. Fuller;Mayra E. Solano

  • Resting behaviour of Aedes aegypti in Trinidad: with evidence for the re-introduction of indoor residual spraying (IRS) for dengue control

    Dave D Chadee

  • Quantifying the Epidemiological Impact of Vector Control on Dengue.

    Robert C. Reiner;Robert C. Reiner;Nicole Achee;Roberto Barrera;Thomas R. Burkot

  • Egg-laying yellow fever mosquitoes avoid sites containing eggs laid by themselves or by conspecifics

    Dave D. Chadee;Philip S. Corbet;J. J. D. Greenwood

  • Heritability and adaptive phenotypic plasticity of adult body size in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with implications for dengue vector competence.

    Jennifer R. Schneider;Dave D. Chadee;Akio Mori;Jeanne Romero-Severson

  • Impact of vector control on a dengue fever outbreak in Trinidad, West Indies, in 1998.

    Dave D. Chadee;Fiona L. R. Williams;Uriel D. Kitron

  • Natural habitats of Aedes Aegypti in the Caribbean--a review.

    D D Chadee;R A Ward;R J Novak

  • Landing periodicity of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in Trinidad in relation to the timing of insecticidal space-spraying.

    Dave D. Chadee

  • Efficacy of sticky and standard ovitraps for Aedes aegypti in Trinidad, West Indies

    Dave D. Chadee;Scott A. Ritchie;Scott A. Ritchie

  • Investigations of dengue-2 susceptibility and body size among Aedes aegypti populations

    J. R. Schneider;A. Mori;J. Romero-Severson;D. D. Chadee

  • Description of Brachymeria philornisae sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a parasitoid of the bird parasite Philornis trinitensis (Diptera: Muscidae) in Tobago, with a review of the sibling species.

    Gérard Delvare;George E. Heimpel;Hannes Baur;Dave D. Chadee

  • Seasonality, biting cycle and parity of the yellow fever vector mosquito Haemagogus janthinomys in Trinidad.

    Dave D. Chadee;Elisha S. Tikasingh;Rajpaul Ganesh

  • Dengue cases and Aedes aegypti indices in Trinidad, West Indies.

    D.D. Chadee

  • Larval stress alters dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti (L.) adult females.

    David S. Kang;Yehonatan Alcalay;Diane D. Lovin;Joanne M. Cunningham

  • Effects of irradiation, presence of females, and sugar supply on the longevity of sterile males Aedes albopictus (Skuse) under semi-field conditions on Reunion Island.

    Clelia F. Oliva;Clelia F. Oliva;Clelia F. Oliva;Marco J. Maier;Jeremie R. L. Gilles;Maxime Jacquet;Maxime Jacquet

  • Oviposition response of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to different concentrations of hay infusion in Trinidad, West Indies.

    Dave D Chadee;A Lakhan;W. E Ramdath;R. C Persad

  • A Novel Xenomonitoring Technique Using Mosquito Excreta/Feces for the Detection of Filarial Parasites and Malaria.

    Nils Pilotte;Weam I. Zaky;Brian P. Abrams;Dave D. Chadee

  • Reactivation of Plasmodium malariae infection in a Trinidadian man after neurosurgery.

    Dave D. Chadee;Clive C. Tilluckdharry;Paramanand Maharaj;C. Sinanan

  • An outbreak of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Trinidad, W.I.

    Dave D. Chadee;A. Le Maitre;C. C. Tilluckdharry

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Severson
David W. Severson University of Notre Dame
John C. Beier
John C. Beier University of Miami
Abiodun A. Adesiyun
Abiodun A. Adesiyun University of the West Indies
Scott A. Ritchie
Scott A. Ritchie James Cook University
Richard C. Wilkerson
Richard C. Wilkerson Smithsonian Institution
Petra Tschakert
Petra Tschakert Curtin University
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Steven A. Williams
Steven A. Williams Smith College
Kirk R. Smith
Kirk R. Smith University of California, Berkeley
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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