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Overview

John F. Anderson is affiliated with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on infectious diseases, public health, parasitology, ecology, and endocrinology. The scientist's work emphasizes vector-borne infectious diseases and viral infections, highlighting both the biology of disease vectors and the dynamics of pathogen transmission.

Their research topics include:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Anderson has published in various scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in the Journal of Medical Entomology and the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Other publication venues include the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS Genetics, and Cellular Microbiology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Anderson include:

  • "Phylogeographic reconstruction of the emergence and spread of Powassan virus in the northeastern United States," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Repression of tick microRNA-133 induces organic anion transporting polypeptide expression critical for Anaplasma phagocytophilum survival in the vector and transmission to the vertebrate host," 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • "Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of Aedes vexans (Diptera: Culicidae)," 2020, Journal of Medical Entomology
  • "Rickettsial pathogen uses arthropod tryptophan pathway metabolites to evade reactive oxygen species in tick cells," 2020, Cellular Microbiology
  • "Rickettsial Pathogen Perturbs Tick Circadian Gene to Infect the Vertebrate Host," 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Collaboration has been an important component of their work, with frequent co-authors including Philip M. Armstrong, Michael J. Misencik, Angela Bransfield, Theodore G. Andreadis, and Doug E. Brackney.

Best Publications

  • Toll-like receptor 3 mediates West Nile virus entry into the brain causing lethal encephalitis

    Tian Wang;Terrence Town;Lena Alexopoulou;Lena Alexopoulou;John F Anderson

  • The Lyme disease agent exploits a tick protein to infect the mammalian host

    Nandhini Ramamoorthi;Sukanya Narasimhan;Utpal Pal;Fukai Bao

  • TROSPA, an Ixodes scapularis receptor for Borrelia burgdorferi

    Utpal Pal;Xin Li;Tian Wang;Ruth R. Montgomery

  • Isolation of West Nile virus from mosquitoes, crows, and a Cooper's hawk in Connecticut.

    John F. Anderson;Theodore G. Andreadis;Charles R. Vossbrinck;Shirley Tirrell

  • OspC facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi invasion of Ixodes scapularis salivary glands

    Utpal Pal;Xiaofeng Yang;Manchuan Chen;Linda K. Bockenstedt

  • Cross-Reactivity in Serological Tests for Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal Infections

    Louis A. Magnarelli;John F. Anderson;Russell C. Johnson

  • Host Feeding Patterns of Culex Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States

    Goudarz Molaei;Theodore G. Andreadis;Philip M. Armstrong;John F. Anderson

  • Biology of Ticks

    John F. Anderson;Louis A. Magnarelli

  • Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi within Ixodes scapularis mediated by outer surface protein A.

    Utpal Pal;Aravinda M. de Silva;Ruth R. Montgomery;Durland Fish

  • Epidemiology of West Nile virus in Connecticut: a five-year analysis of mosquito data 1999-2003.

    Theodore G Andreadis;John F Anderson;Charles R Vossbrinck;Andrew J Main

  • Surgical reconstruction of TMJ.

    John F Anderson;James J Rahal

  • Involvement of birds in the epidemiology of the Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi.

    J F Anderson;R C Johnson;L A Magnarelli;F W Hyde

  • Comparison of an indirect fluorescent-antibody test with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serological studies of Lyme disease.

    L A Magnarelli;J M Meegan;J F Anderson;W A Chappell

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum induces Ixodes scapularis ticks to express an antifreeze glycoprotein gene that enhances their survival in the cold

    Girish Neelakanta;Hameeda Sultana;Durland Fish;John F. Anderson

  • Epizootiology of Borrelia in Ixodes tick vectors and reservoir hosts.

    John F. Anderson

  • IFN-γ-Producing γδ T Cells Help Control Murine West Nile Virus Infection

    Tian Wang;Eileen Scully;Zhinan Yin;Jung H. Kim

  • Mosquito surveillance for West Nile virus in Connecticut, 2000: isolation from Culex pipiens, Cx. restuans, Cx. salinarius, and Culiseta melanura.

    Theodore G. Andreadis;John F. Anderson;Charles R. Vossbrinck

  • Coexistence of antibodies to tick-borne pathogens of babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and Lyme borreliosis in human sera.

    L A Magnarelli;J S Dumler;J F Anderson;R C Johnson

  • Toll-like Receptor 7 Mitigates Lethal West Nile Encephalitis via Interleukin 23-Dependent Immune Cell Infiltration and Homing

    Terrence Town;Fengwei Bai;Tian Wang;Tian Wang;Amber T. Kaplan

  • Epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency in rhesus monkeys.

    R. V. Henrickson;D. H. Maul;K. G. Osborn;J. L. Sever

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis A. Magnarelli
Louis A. Magnarelli Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Erol Fikrig
Erol Fikrig Yale University
Theodore G. Andreadis
Theodore G. Andreadis Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Utpal Pal
Utpal Pal University of Maryland, College Park
Russell C. Johnson
Russell C. Johnson University of Minnesota
Durland Fish
Durland Fish Yale University
Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis
Sukanya Narasimhan
Sukanya Narasimhan Yale University
Ruth R. Montgomery
Ruth R. Montgomery Yale University

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