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Jan E. Conn is affiliated with the New York State Department of Health in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, Parasitology, Plant Science, and Immunology.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

They have published extensively in several key scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent scientific papers demonstrate a focus on malaria and vector control across diverse environments. Select recent publications are:

  • "Malaria in Southern Venezuela: The hottest hotspot in Latin America" (2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases)
  • "The use of drones for mosquito surveillance and control" (2022, Parasites & Vectors)
  • "Anthropogenic landscape decreases mosquito biodiversity and drives malaria vector proliferation in the Amazon rainforest" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "Malaria transmission in landscapes with varying deforestation levels and timelines in the Amazon: a longitudinal spatiotemporal study" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Relative contribution of low-density and asymptomatic infections to Plasmodium vivax transmission in the Amazon: pooled analysis of individual participant data from population-based cross-sectional surveys" (2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas)

Frequent collaborators reflect a network within malaria and vector-borne disease research. Their common co-authors include:

  • Maria Anice Mureb Sallum
  • Dionicia Gamboa
  • Joseph M. Vinetz
  • Marta Moreno
  • Sara A. Bickersmith

This collective body of work situates Jan E. Conn within multidisciplinary efforts addressing vector ecology, disease transmission dynamics, and malaria control strategies, focusing largely on regions such as the Amazon and Latin America.

Best Publications

  • Emergence of a New Neotropical Malaria Vector Facilitated by Human Migration and Changes in Land Use

    Jan E Conn;Richard C Wilkerson;M Nazaré O Segura;Raimundo T L de Souza

  • Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region

    Maria E Grillet;Juan V Hernández-Villena;Martin S Llewellyn;Alberto E Paniz-Mondolfi

  • Sequence analysis of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 from populations of Anopheles nuneztovari (Diptera: Culicidae).

    G N Fritz;J Conn;A Cockburn;J Seawright

  • Amazonian malaria: Asymptomatic human reservoirs, diagnostic challenges, environmentally driven changes in mosquito vector populations, and the mandate for sustainable control strategies

    Mônica da Silva-Nunes;Marta Moreno;Jan E. Conn;Jan E. Conn;Dionicia Gamboa

  • DNA barcoding reveals both known and novel taxa in the Albitarsis Group (Anopheles: Nyssorhynchus) of Neotropical malaria vectors

    Freddy Ruiz-Lopez;Richard C Wilkerson;Jan E Conn;Jan E Conn;Sascha N McKeon

  • Population structure of the primary malaria vector in South America, Anopheles darlingi, using isozyme, random amplified polymorphic DNA, internal transcribed spacer 2, and morphologic markers.

    Sylvie Manguin;Richard C Wilkerson;Jan E Conn;Yasmin Rubio-Palis

  • Malaria Vector Heterogeneity in South America

    L. Philip Lounibos;Jan E. Conn

  • Malaria Vectors, Epidemiology, and the Re-Emergence of Anopheles darlingi in Belém, Pará, Brazil

    Marinete M. Povoa;Jan E. Conn;Carl D. Schlichting;Jane C. O. F. Amaral

  • Complete mtDNA genomes of Anopheles darlingi and an approach to anopheline divergence time

    Marta Moreno;Osvaldo Marinotti;Jaroslaw Krzywinski;Wanderli P Tadei

  • The importance of Anopheles albitarsis E and An. darlingi in human malaria transmission in Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Brazil

    Marinete Marins Póvoa;Raimundo Tadeu Lessa de Souza;Raimundo Nonato da Luz Lacerda;Edvaldo Santa Rosa

  • Molecular population genetics of the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi in Central and South America.

    L Mirabello;J E Conn;J E Conn

  • Abundance of impacted forest patches less than 5 km2 is a key driver of the incidence of malaria in Amazonian Brazil.

    Leonardo Suveges Moreira Chaves;Jan E. Conn;Jan E. Conn;Rossana Verónica Mendoza López;Maria Anice Mureb Sallum

  • Infection of New- and Old-World Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by the intracellular parasite Wolbachia: implications for host mitochondrial DNA evolution.

    Peter Armbruster;William E. Damsky;Rosanna Giordano;Josephine Birungi

  • SYSTEMATICS OF MOSQUITO DISEASE VECTORS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE):Impact of Molecular Biology and Cladistic Analysis

    Leonard E. Munstermann;Jan E. Conn

  • Geometric morphometric analysis of Colombian Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) reveals significant effect of environmental factors on wing traits and presence of a metapopulation.

    Giovan F. Gómez;Edna J. Márquez;Lina A. Gutiérrez;Jan E. Conn;Jan E. Conn

  • Phylogeny of Anophelinae using mitochondrial protein coding genes

    Peter G Foster;Tatiane Marques Porangaba de Oliveira;Eduardo S Bergo;Jan E Conn;Jan E Conn

  • Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Peru

    Angel Rosas-Aguirre;Dionicia Gamboa;Paulo Manrique;Jan E. Conn

  • Natural infectivity of Anopheles species from the Pacific and Atlantic Regions of Colombia

    Lina A. Gutiérrez;Nelson Naranjo;Luz Marina Jaramillo;Carlos Muskus

  • Analysis of the evolutionary forces shaping mitochondrial genomes of a Neotropical malaria vector complex.

    Jaroslaw Krzywinski;Cong Li;Cong Li;Marion Morris;Jan E. Conn;Jan E. Conn

  • Semiochemicals for the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonusponderosae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in British Columbia: field trapping studies

    J. E. Conn;J. H. Borden;B. E. Scott;L. M. Friskie

  • Monoterpene metabolism in female mountain pine beetles,Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, attacking ponderosa pine.

    H. D. Pierce;J. E. Conn;A. C. Oehlschlager;J. H. Borden

  • Cryptic Species in the Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis (Diptera: Culicidae) Complex: Incongruence Between Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction Identification and Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA COI Gene Sequences

    M. A. Lehr;C. W. Kilpatrick;R. C. Wilkerson;J. E. Conn

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph M. Vinetz
Joseph M. Vinetz Yale University
Maria Anice Mureb Sallum
Maria Anice Mureb Sallum Universidade de São Paulo
Richard C. Wilkerson
Richard C. Wilkerson Smithsonian Institution
Carl D. Schlichting
Carl D. Schlichting University of Connecticut
Marilyn E. Scott
Marilyn E. Scott McGill University
Eldredge Bermingham
Eldredge Bermingham Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Yvonne-Marie Linton
Yvonne-Marie Linton Smithsonian Institution
John H. Borden
John H. Borden Simon Fraser University
Martin J. Donnelly
Martin J. Donnelly Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego

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