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Jerome Goddard is affiliated with Mississippi State University in the United States. The primary focus of their research spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Insect Science, Parasitology, and Infectious Diseases. Their work has also engaged with Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main research topics Jerome Goddard investigates include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Jerome Goddard has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Hallucinations in ChatGPT: A Cautionary Tale for Biomedical Researchers (2023), published in The American Journal of Medicine
  • Laboratory Studies of Questing Behavior in Colonized Nymphal Amblyomma maculatum Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) (2020), published in Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Solenopsis invicta x richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) necrophagous behavior causes post-mortem lesions in pigs which serve as oviposition sites for Diptera (2020), published in Forensic Science International Reports
  • Relative Roles of Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Invasive Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis spp.) in Carrion Decomposition (2021), published in Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Reproductive incompatibility between Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) group ticks from two disjunct geographical regions within the USA (2020), published in Experimental and Applied Acarology

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • The American Journal of Medicine
  • Systematic and Applied Acarology
  • Journal of Entomological Science
  • Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Jerome Goddard has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Wendy C. Varnado
  • Florencia Meyer
  • Grant D. De Jong
  • Afsoon Sabet
  • Christopher D. Paddock

Best Publications

  • Rickettsia parkeri: A newly recognized cause of spotted fever rickettsiosis in the United States

    Christopher D. Paddock;John W. Sumner;James A. Comer;Sherif R. Zaki

  • Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis and Its Clinical Distinction from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

    Christopher D. Paddock;Richard W. Finley;Cynthia S. Wright;Howard N. Robinson

  • Role of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), in human and animal diseases.

    Jerome Goddard;Andrea S. Varela-Stokes

  • The Evolving Medical and Veterinary Importance of the Gulf Coast tick (Acari: Ixodidae).

    Christopher D. Paddock;Jerome Goddard

  • Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States.

    John W. Sumner;Lance A. Durden;Jerome Goddard;Ellen Y. Stromdahl

  • Isolation of Rickettsia parkeri and identification of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. from Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) in the United States.

    Christopher D. Paddock;Pierre-Edouard Fournier;John W. Sumner;Jerome Goddard

  • Infectious Diseases and Arthropods

    Jerome Goddard

  • Focus of Human Parasitism by the Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae)

    Jerome Goddard

  • Experimental Infection of Lone Star Ticks, Amblyomma americanum (L.), with Rickettsia parkeri and Exposure of Guinea Pigs to the Agent

    Jerome Goddard

  • Implications of presumptive fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in two dogs and their owner.

    Brigid N Elchos;Jerome Goddard

  • Spotted fever group rickettsiae in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae).

    Jerome Goddard;B.R. Norment

  • A ten-year study of tick biting in Mississippi: implications for human disease transmission.

    Jerome Goddard

  • Allergic reactions to Triatoma bites

    John E. Moffitt;Daniel Venarske;Jerome Goddard;Anne B. Yates

  • Seasonal Activity and Relative Abundance of Amblyomma americanum in Mississippi

    Lorraine K. Jackson;Douglas M. Gaydon;Jerome Goddard

  • Population and demographic structure of Ixodes scapularis Say in the eastern United States.

    Joyce M. Sakamoto;Jerome Goddard;Jason L. Rasgon

  • Multistate Survey of American Dog Ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) for Rickettsia Species.

    Joy A. Hecht;Michelle E.J. Allerdice;Elizabeth A. Dykstra;Laura Mastel

  • Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Gulf Coast ticks, Mississippi, USA.

    Flavia A.G. Ferrari;Jerome Goddard;Christopher D. Paddock;Andrea S. Varela-Stokes

  • Unique Strain of Rickettsia parkeri Associated with the Hard Tick Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann in the Western United States.

    Christopher D. Paddock;Michelle E. J. Allerdice;Sandor E. Karpathy;William L. Nicholson

  • New records of immature Ixodes scapularis from Mississippi.

    Jerome Goddard;Joseph Piesman

  • Ecological Studies of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Central Mississippi: Lateral Movement of Adult Ticks

    Jerome Goddard

  • Notes on the geographical distribution of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Koch) [Acari: Ixodidae]

    J. Goddard;B.R. Norment

  • Isolation of "Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae" (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in embryonic cells of naturally infected Amblyomma maculatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae).

    F.A.G. Ferrari;J. Goddard;G. M. Moraru;W.E.C. Smith

  • Survey of ticks collected in Mississippi for Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Borrelia species.

    Jerome Goddard;John W Sumner;William L Nicholson;Christopher D Paddock

  • Blood, sweat, and tears: a review of the hematophagous, sudophagous, and lachryphagous Lepidoptera.

    David Plotkin;Jerome Goddard

  • Mosquito-Borne Diseases

    Jerome Goddard;Jerome Goddard

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher D. Paddock
Christopher D. Paddock Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andrea S. Varela-Stokes
Andrea S. Varela-Stokes Mississippi State University
M. Wes Schilling
M. Wes Schilling Mississippi State University
John W. Sumner
John W. Sumner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joseph Piesman
Joseph Piesman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
James T. Cronin
James T. Cronin Louisiana State University
Sherif R. Zaki
Sherif R. Zaki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
William C. Black
William C. Black Colorado State University
Lance A. Durden
Lance A. Durden Georgia Southern University
Rebecca J. Eisen
Rebecca J. Eisen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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