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Dawn Wesson
Associate Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2210
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 988-2643
Fax: (504) 988-6686
wesson@tulane.edu
Wesson Laboratory Website
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Research Interests:
Ecology of arbovirus transmission; host-pathogen coevolution; development of novel vector control strategies and tools; effect of arbovirus infection on human pregnancy outcome; medical entomology; novel vector control methods
Educational Background:
- BA, North Central College, Naperville, IL, 1983
- MS, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985
- PhD, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IL, 1991
Professional Achievements:
- 1997-2001 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Committee on Medical Entomology Council
- 1999-2009 Board of Directors member, LA Mosquito Control Association,
- 2000-2002 Vice president and president, LA Mosquito Control Association
- 2000-2003 Vice chair and chair, Entomological Society of America, medical & veterinary entomology section secretary
- 2000-2005 Member, Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Study Section, NIH
- 2002-2006 Member, LA Arbovirus Working Group, Arbovirus Surveillance Subcommittee
- 2003 Woman of the Year, City Business New Orleans
- 2003-2006 Board of Trustees member, Environmental Research Consortium of Louisiana; chair, 2004-2006
- 2005-2006 Member, Gulf War and Health: Infectious Disease Committee, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
- 2007-2008 New Orleans Mosquito Control Board, appointed by the mayor of New Orleans
- 2007 St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Control Advisory Board
Selected Publications:
Morales ME, Wesson DM, Sutherland IW, Impoinvil DE, Mbogo CM, Githure JI, Beier JC. 2003. Determination of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) larval DNA in the gut of insectivorous dragonfly (Libellulidae) nymphs by PCR. . Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 19:163-165.
Aultman K, Beard B, Benedict M, Higgs S, Nasci R, Scott T, Severson D, Wesson D (and 11 others). 2003. Arthropod containment guidelines. A project of the American Committee of Medical Entomology and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 3: 61-98.
Ocampo CB, Wesson DM. 2004. Population dynamics of Aedes aegypti from a dengue hyper-endemic urban setting in Colombia. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 71(4):506-13.
Spielman A, Andreadis TG, Apperson CS, Cornel AJ, Day JF, Edman JD, Fish D, Harrington LC, Kiszewski, AE, Lampman R, Lanzaro GC, Matuschka FR, Munstermann LE, Nasci, RS, Norris DE, Novak RJ, Pollack RJ, Reisen WK, Reiter P, Savage HM, Tabachnick WJ, Wesson DM. 2004. Outbreak of West Nile virus in North America. Letters. Science 306: 1473-1475.
Palmisano CT, Taylor V, Caillouet K, Byrd B, Wesson DM. 2005. Impact of West Nile Virus outbreak upon an organized mosquito control program. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 21:33-38.
Morales ME, Ocampo CB, Cadena H, Copeland CS, Termini M, Wesson DM. 2005 Differential identification of Ascogregarina species (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in Aedes aegypti, and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by the polymerase chain reaction. J Parasitol. 91: 1352-1357.
Smith S, Michaels ST, Anderson CH, Balsamo GA, Xu Z, Roy A, Shelby B and Wesson DM. 2005 Louisiana ArboNet: A Web-Based Arboviral Surveillance System. Wing Beats. Fall Issue. 16: 16-20. (arbonet.caeph.tulane.edu)
Dorn PL, Perniciaro L, Yabsley MJ, Roellig DM, Balsamo G, Diaz J, and Wesson D. 2007. Autoch-thonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana. Emerg Infect Dis. 13: 605-607.
Ellis BR, Wesson DM, Sang R. 2007. Spatiotemporal distribution of diurnal Yellow Fever vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) at two sylvan interfaces in Kenya, East Africa. J. Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis. 7(2): 129-142.
Buekens P, Almendares O, Carlier Y, Dumonteil E, Eberhard M, Gamboa-Leon R, James M, Padilla N, Wesson D, Xiong X. 2008. Mother-to-child transmission of Chagas' disease in North America: Why don't we do more? Maternal and Child Health Journal. 12:283-286. Epub 2007 Jun 30.
Ponnusamy L, Xu N, Stav G, Wesson DM, Schal C, Apperson CS. 2008. Diversity of bacterial communities in container habitats of mosquitoes. Microbial Ecol. 56: 593-603.
Caillouet K, Michaels S, Xiong X, Foppa I, Wesson DM. 2008. Increase in West Nile neuroinvasive disease following hurricane Katrina. Emerg Infect Dis. 14: 804-807.
Caillouet K, Carlson J, Wesson D, Jordan F. 2008. Colonization of abandoned swimming pools by larval mosquitoes and their predators following Hurricane Katrina. J Vector Ecol 33: 166-172.
Ponnusamy L, Xu N, Nojima S, Wesson DM, Schal C, Apperson CS. 2008. Bacteria and bacteria associated chemical cues mediate oviposition site preferences by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 9262-9267.
Ocampo CB, González C, Morales CA, Perez M, Wesson D, Apperson CS. 2009. Evaluation of community based strategies for Aedes aegypti control inside houses. Biomedica. 29: 282-297.
Byrd BD, Wesson DM, Harrison BA. 2009. Problems identifying the fourth instar larvae of Orthopodomyia signifera (Coquillett) and Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards (Diptera: Culicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 111(3): 752-754.
Ponnusamy L, Wesson DM, Arellano C, Schal C, Apperson CS. 2010. Species composition of bacterial communities influences attractiveness of experimental plant infusions to mosquitoes. Microbial Ecol. 59:158–173. Epub 2009 Jul 30.
Ponnusamy L, Xu N, Böröczky K, Wesson DM, Ayyash LA, Schal C, Apperson CS. 2010. Oviposition responses of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to experimental plant infusions in laboratory bioassays. J Chem. Ecol. 36: 709-719.
Londono-Renteria BL, Eisele TP, Keating J, Carvajal D, Palacios D, James MA, Wesson DM. 2010. Antibody response against Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) salivary protein as a measure of mosquito bite exposure in Haiti. J. Med. Entomol. 47(6): 1156-1163.
Cesa K, Caillouet KA, Dorn PL, Wesson DM. High Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) prevalence in Triatoma sanguisuga (Hemiptera: Redviidae) in southeastern Louisiana. J. Med. Entomol. 2011 Sep;48(5): 1091-4.
Foppa IM, Moore J, Caillout KA, Wesson DM. 2011. Disproportionate mosquito feeding on aggregated hosts. J Med Entomol. 48(6):1210-3.
Level of Instruction:
graduate
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