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Edward D. Walker is a researcher affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their work primarily centers around the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing to 61 publications in Medicine and 25 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their research covers multiple subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, with 50 publications; Insect Science, with 11 publications; Plant Science, represented in 10 publications; Molecular Biology, with 9 publications; and Infectious Diseases, also with 9 publications.

Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Infections and bacterial resistance

Edward D. Walker has contributed to a range of recent papers, exemplifying the scope of their research interests and expertise:

  • Nanotechnology for Targeted Detection and Removal of Bacteria: Opportunities and Challenges, 2021, Advanced Science
  • Student loneliness through the pandemic: How, why and where?, 2022, Geographical Journal
  • Proximity of Residence to Irrigation Determines Malaria Risk and Anopheles Abundance at an Irrigated Agroecosystem in Malawi, 2021, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Nonrandom Selection and Multiple Blood Feeding of Human Hosts by Anopheles Vectors: Implications for Malaria Transmission in Papua New Guinea, 2021, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Understanding the Intransigence of Malaria in Malawi, 2022, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Their work frequently appears in specific publication venues, which include:

  • Malaria Journal (7 publications)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (6 publications)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (3 publications)
  • Journal of Medical Entomology (3 publications)
  • Research Square (3 publications)

Edward D. Walker has collaborated extensively with several coauthors in their research endeavors. These frequent collaborators include:

  • John B. Keven (9 joint publications)
  • Shicheng Chen (9 joint publications)
  • Rex B. Mbewe (6 joint publications)
  • Themba Mzilahowa (5 joint publications)
  • Don P. Mathanga (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Feeding Behavior, Natural Food, and Nutritional Relationships of Larval Mosquitoes

    R W Merritt;R H Dadd;E D Walker

  • Anopheles gambiae: historical population decline associated with regional distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets in western Nyanza Province, Kenya

    M Nabie Bayoh;M Nabie Bayoh;Derrick K Mathias;Derrick K Mathias;Derrick K Mathias;Maurice R Odiere;Maurice R Odiere;Francis M Mutuku;Francis M Mutuku

  • Host Selection by Culex pipiens Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus Amplification

    Gabriel L. Hamer;Uriel D. Kitron;Tony L. Goldberg;Jeffrey D. Brawn

  • Predicting the Risk of Lyme Disease: Habitat Suitability for Ixodes scapularis in the North Central United States

    Marta M Guerra;Edward Walker;Carl Jones;Susan Paskewitz

  • Land use change alters malaria transmission parameters by modifying temperature in a highland area of Uganda.

    Kim A. Lindblade;Edward D. Walker;Ambrose W. Onapa;Justus Katungu

  • Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review.

    Richard W. Merritt;Edward D. Walker;Pamela L. C. Small;John R. Wallace

  • Density-dependent development of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in artificial habitats.

    John E. Gimnig;Maurice Ombok;Samson Otieno;Michael G. Kaufman

  • Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae): a bridge vector of West Nile virus to humans.

    Gabriel L. Hamer;Uriel D. Kitron;Jeffrey D. Brawn;Scott R. Loss

  • Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, USA

    Marilyn O Ruiz;Luis F Chaves;Gabriel L Hamer;Ting Sun

  • NUTRIENT DYNAMICS, BACTERIAL POPULATIONS, AND MOSQUITO PRODUCTIVITY IN TREE HOLE ECOSYSTEMS AND MICROCOSMS'

    Edward D. Walker;Daniel L. Lawson;Richard W. Merritt;William T. Morgan

  • Highland malaria in Uganda: prospective analysis of an epidemic associated with El Niño.

    Kim A. Lindblade;Edward D. Walker;Ambrose W. Onapa;Justus Katungu

  • Spatiotemporal patterns of host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States.

    M. A. Diuk-Wasser;A. G. Gatewood;M. R. Cortinas;S. Yaremych-Hamer

  • Midgut Bacteria in Anopheles gambiae and An. funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kenya and Mali

    Susanne C. Straif;Charles N. M. Mbogo;Abdoulaye M. Toure;Edward D. Walker

  • Association of West Nile virus illness and urban landscapes in Chicago and Detroit.

    Marilyn O Ruiz;Edward D Walker;Erik S Foster;Linn D Haramis

  • Climatic variability and landscape heterogeneity impact urban mosquito diversity and vector abundance and infection

    Luis Fernando Chaves;Luis Fernando Chaves;Gabriel L. Hamer;Gabriel L. Hamer;Edward D. Walker;William M. Brown

  • Spatiotemporal Patterns of Host-SeekingIxodes scapularisNymphs (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States

    M. A. Diuk-Wasser;A. G. Gatewood;M. R. Cortinas;S. Yaremych-Hamer

  • Structuring time and task in electronic brainstorming

    Alan R. Dennis;Jay E. Aronson;William G. Heninger;Edward D. Walker

  • Invasion of the lyme disease vector ixodes scapularis: Implications for Borrelia burgdorferi endemicity

    Sarah A. Hamer;Jean I. Tsao;Edward D. Walker;Graham J. Hickling

  • Culex Flavivirus and West Nile Virus Mosquito Coinfection and Positive Ecological Association in Chicago, United States

    Christina M. Newman;Francesco Cerutti;Tavis K. Anderson;Gabriel L. Hamer

  • Impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission indices on the south coast of Kenya

    Francis M. Mutuku;Charles Harding King;Peter Mungai;Charles Mbogo

  • Pupal habitat productivity of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a rural village in western Kenya.

    Francis M. Mutuku;M. Nabie Bayoh;John E. Gimnig;John M. Vulule

  • Pyrethroid tolerance is associated with elevated expression of antioxidants and agricultural practice in Anopheles arabiensis sampled from an area of cotton fields in Northern Cameroon.

    Pie Müller;Mouhamadou Chouaïbou;Patricia Pignatelli;Josiane Etang

Frequent Co-Authors

Uriel Kitron
Uriel Kitron Emory University
Tony L. Goldberg
Tony L. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Scott R. Loss
Scott R. Loss Oklahoma State University
Jeffrey D. Brawn
Jeffrey D. Brawn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Sarah A. Hamer
Sarah A. Hamer Texas A&M University
Luis Fernando Chaves
Luis Fernando Chaves Nagasaki University
Graham J. Hickling
Graham J. Hickling University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Richard W. Merritt
Richard W. Merritt Michigan State University
Jochen Blom
Jochen Blom University of Giessen

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