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Lars Eisen is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on vector-borne infectious diseases and related fields such as medicine, immunology and microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields that characterize their work include parasitology, infectious diseases, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, and plant science.

The main topics covered in their research encompass vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, insect and pesticide research, insect pest control strategies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Brain and Spine

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, among which are:

  • Changes in the geographic distribution of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in the United States, 2023, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Tick species infesting humans in the United States, 2022, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • The Rise of Ticks and Tickborne Diseases in the United States-Introduction, 2021, Journal of Medical Entomology
  • LYMESIM 2.0: An Updated Simulation of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Population Dynamics and Enzootic Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), 2020, Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Evaluation of the association between climate warming and the spread and proliferation of Ixodes scapularis in northern states in the Eastern United States, 2023, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Lars Eisen has collaborated with a range of coauthors throughout their career. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Rebecca J. Eisen
  • Robyn M. Nadolny
  • Charles B. Beard
  • Holly Gaff
  • Jenna Bjork

Best Publications

  • County-Scale Distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Continental United States.

    Rebecca J. Eisen;Lars Eisen;Charles B. Beard

  • Prevention of tick-borne diseases.

    Joseph Piesman;Lars Eisen

  • Changes in the geographical distribution and abundance of the tick Ixodes ricinus during the past 30 years in Sweden

    Thomas G T Jaenson;David G E Jaenson;Lars Eisen;Erik Petersson

  • The Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis: An Increasing Public Health Concern.

    Rebecca J. Eisen;Lars Eisen

  • Transmission dynamics of an insect-specific flavivirus in a naturally infected Culex pipiens laboratory colony and effects of co-infection on vector competence for West Nile virus

    Bethany G. Bolling;Francisco J. Olea-Popelka;Lars Eisen;Chester G. Moore

  • Tick-Borne Zoonoses in the United States: Persistent and Emerging Threats to Human Health.

    Rebecca J Eisen;Kiersten J Kugeler;Lars Eisen;Charles B Beard

  • Linkages of Weather and Climate With Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae), Enzootic Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi, and Lyme Disease in North America

    Rebecca J. Eisen;Lars Eisen;Nicholas H. Ogden;Charles B. Beard

  • Using Geographic Information Systems and Decision Support Systems for the Prediction, Prevention, and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases

    Lars Eisen;Rebecca J. Eisen

  • The Impact of Temperature on the Bionomics of Aedes (Stegomyia) Aegypti, with Special Reference to the Cool Geographic Range Margins

    Lars Eisen;Andrew J. Monaghan;Saul Lozano-Fuentes;Daniel F. Steinhoff

  • The Dengue Virus Mosquito Vector Aedes aegypti at High Elevation in México

    Saul Lozano-Fuentes;Mary H. Hayden;Carlos Welsh-Rodriguez;Carolina Ochoa-Martinez

  • Recent rapid rise of a permethrin knock down resistance allele in Aedes aegypti in México.

    Gustavo Ponce García;Adriana E Flores;Ildefonso Fernández-Salas;Karla Saavedra-Rodríguez

  • Evidence for Personal Protective Measures to Reduce Human Contact With Blacklegged Ticks and for Environmentally Based Control Methods to Suppress Host-Seeking Blacklegged Ticks and Reduce Infection with Lyme Disease Spirochetes in Tick Vectors and Rodent Reservoirs

    Lars Eisen;Marc C. Dolan

  • Use of mapping and spatial and space-time modeling approaches in operational control of Aedes aegypti and dengue.

    Lars Eisen;Saul Lozano-Fuentes

  • Insect-Specific Flaviviruses from Culex Mosquitoes in Colorado, with Evidence of Vertical Transmission

    Bethany G. Bolling;Lars Eisen;Chester G. Moore;Carol D. Blair

  • Spatial distribution of counties in the continental United States with records of occurrence of Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae).

    Yuri P. Springer;Yuri P. Springer;Lars Eisen;Lorenza Beati;Angela M. James

  • Risk indicators for the tick Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Sweden.

    Thomas G.T. Jaenson;L. Eisen;P. Comstedt;Hans Mejlon

  • Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti in the continental United States: a vector at the cool margin of its geographic range.

    Lars Eisen;Chester G. Moore

  • Proactive Vector Control Strategies and Improved Monitoring and Evaluation Practices for Dengue Prevention

    Lars Eisen;Barry J. Beaty;Amy C. Morrison;Thomas W. Scott

  • Dengue virus-infected Aedes aegypti in the home environment.

    Julian Garcia-Rejon;Maria Alba Loroño-Pino;Jose Arturo Farfan-Ale;Luis Flores-Flores

  • Pathogen transmission in relation to duration of attachment by Ixodes scapularis ticks

    Lars Eisen

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca J. Eisen
Rebecca J. Eisen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barry J. Beaty
Barry J. Beaty Colorado State University
Robert S. Lane
Robert S. Lane University of California, Berkeley
William C. Black
William C. Black Colorado State University
Marc C. Dolan
Marc C. Dolan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andrew J. Monaghan
Andrew J. Monaghan University of Colorado Boulder
Christopher M. Barker
Christopher M. Barker University of California, Davis
Charles B. Beard
Charles B. Beard Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Carol D. Blair
Carol D. Blair Colorado State University
Kenneth L. Gage
Kenneth L. Gage Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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