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Nigel W. Beebe is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, where their research primarily focuses on mosquito-borne diseases and control. Their work intersects fields such as medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as insect science and molecular biology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including mosquito-borne diseases and control, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, malaria research and control, insect and pesticide research, insect resistance and genetics, insect pest control strategies, and insect behavior and control techniques.

Nigel W. Beebe has contributed to several recent publications, some of which include:

  • "Releasing incompatible males drives strong suppression across populations of wild and Wolbachia -carrying Aedes aegypti in Australia" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Modelling the Wolbachia incompatible insect technique: strategies for effective mosquito population elimination" (2020) published in BMC Biology
  • "Wolbachia wAlbB inhibit dengue and Zika infection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with an Australian background" (2022) published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Identifying the fitness costs of a pyrethroid-resistant genotype in the major arboviral vector Aedes aegypti" (2020) published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Mark-release-recapture of male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Use of rhodamine B to estimate movement, mating and population parameters in preparation for an incompatible male program" (2021) published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Luke Ambrose
  • Dan Pagendam
  • Brendan Trewin
  • Gregor J. Devine
  • Leon E. Hugo

Publication venues where Nigel W. Beebe has frequently contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Pest Management Science
  • Evolutionary Applications

Best Publications

  • Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques for Entamoeba Species

    R. Fotedar;D. Stark;N. Beebe;D. Marriott

  • The dengue vector Aedes aegypti: what comes next

    Cassie C. Jansen;Nigel W. Beebe;Nigel W. Beebe

  • Discrimination of all members of the Anopheles punctulatus complex by polymerase chain reaction--restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

    Nigel W. Beebe;Allan Saul

  • Australia's Dengue Risk Driven by Human Adaptation to Climate Change

    Nigel W. Beebe;Robert D. Cooper;Pipi Mottram;Anthony W. Sweeney

  • Successful malaria elimination strategies require interventions that target changing vector behaviours

    Tanya L Russell;Nigel W Beebe;Nigel W Beebe;Robert D Cooper;Neil F Lobo

  • PCR Detection of Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, and Entamoeba moshkovskii in Stool Samples from Sydney, Australia

    R. Fotedar;D. Stark;N. W. Beebe;D. Marriott

  • Wolbachia Reduces the Transmission Potential of Dengue-Infected Aedes Aegypti

    Yixin H. Ye;Alison M. Carrasco;Francesca D. Frentiu;Stephen F. Chenoweth

  • Silencing the buzz: a new approach to population suppression of mosquitoes by feeding larvae double-stranded RNAs

    Steve Whyard;Cassidy N G Erdelyan;Alison L Partridge;Aditi D Singh

  • Discovery of a Widespread Infestation of Aedes albopictus in the Torres Strait, Australia

    Scott A. Ritchie;Scott A. Ritchie;Peter Moore;Morven Carruthers;Craig Williams

  • Releasing incompatible males drives strong suppression across populations of wild and Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti in Australia.

    Nigel W Beebe;Nigel W Beebe;Dan Pagendam;Brendan J Trewin;Andrew Boomer

  • Prevalence of enteric protozoa in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men from Sydney, Australia.

    Damien Stark;Rashmi Fotedar;Sebastian Van Hal;Nigel Beebe

  • Prospective Study of the Prevalence, Genotyping, and Clinical Relevance of Dientamoeba fragilis Infections in an Australian Population

    D. Stark;N. Beebe;D. Marriott;J. Ellis

  • DNA sequence analysis of the ribosomal DNA ITS2 region for the Anopheles punctulatus group of mosquitoes

    N. W. Beebe;J. T. Ellis;R. D. Cooper;A. Saul

  • Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in fresh stool specimens using PCR.

    D. Stark;N. Beebe;D. Marriott;J. Ellis

  • Tracing the tiger: population genetics provides valuable insights into the Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus invasion of the Australasian Region.

    Nigel W. Beebe;Nigel W. Beebe;Luke Ambrose;Lydia A. Hill;Joseph B. Davis

  • DNA barcoding mosquitoes: advice for potential prospectors.

    Nigel W Beebe

  • Barrier screens: a method to sample blood-fed and host-seeking exophilic mosquitoes

    Thomas R Burkot;Thomas R Burkot;Tanya L Russell;Lisa J Reimer;Lisa J Reimer;Hugo Bugoro

  • Dientamoebiasis: clinical importance and recent advances

    Damien J. Stark;Nigel Beebe;Deborah Marriott;John T. Ellis

  • Field Evaluation of Repellent Formulations Containing Deet and Picaridin Against Mosquitoes in Northern Territory, Australia

    S. P. Frances;D. G. E. Waterson;N. W. Beebe;R. D. Cooper

  • DISCOVERY OFAWIDESPREAD INFESTATION OF AEDESALBOPICTUS IN THE TORRES STRAIT, AUSTRALIA

    Scott A. Ritchie;Peter Moore;Morven Carruthers;Craig Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Ritchie
Scott A. Ritchie James Cook University
Thomas R. Burkot
Thomas R. Burkot Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
John Ellis
John Ellis University of Technology Sydney
Deborah Marriott
Deborah Marriott Ascension Health
Gregor J. Devine
Gregor J. Devine QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Scott Leslie O'Neill
Scott Leslie O'Neill Monash University
Richard C. Russell
Richard C. Russell University of Sydney
Allan Saul
Allan Saul Burnet Institute
Roy A. Hall
Roy A. Hall University of Queensland
Jan Šlapeta
Jan Šlapeta University of Sydney

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