Publications

Seger K. R., Drummond II, A., Delgado, D., Day, C. A.*, Sither, C. B.*, Soghigian, J., Wiegmman, B. M., Reiskind, M. H., Ellis, B. R., Byrd, B. D. First record of Mansonia dyari from St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 2019 35(3) 214-216.

Byrd, B.D., Sither, C.*, Goggins, A.*, Kunze, S.*, Pesko, K., Bustamante, D., Vonesh, J. O’Meara G.  Aquatic Thermal Conditions Predict the Presence of Native and Invasive Rock Pool Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the southern Appalachians, USA. Journal of Vector Ecology. 2019 44(1) 30-39.

Richards, S. L., White, A. V., Byrd, B. D., Reiskind, M. Hl, & Doyle, M. S. (2019) Evaluation of Insecticide Resistance in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in North Carolina, 2017. Journal of Medical Entomology. 56(3): 761-773.

Byrd, B. D. and Richards, S. L. (2018) Pests and Vector Control, in Environmental Public Health: The Practitioner's Guide (1st ed., vol. 1). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

Reed, E. M. X. Byrd, B. D., Richards, S. L., Eckardt, M., Williams, C., Reiskind, M. H. (2019) A Statewide Survey of Container Aedes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in North Carolina, 2016: A Multiagency Surveillance Response to Zika Using Ovitraps. Journal of Medical Entomology. 56(2): 483-490.

Byrd, B. D., Williams, C. J., Staples, J. E., Burhalter, K. L., Savage, H. M., Doyle, M. S. (2018) Notes from the Field: Spatially Associated Coincident and Nocoincident cases of La Crosse Encephalitis - North Carolina, 2002-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. Oct 5; 67(39):1104-1105. 

Lozano-Fuentes, S. Kenney, J. L., Varnado, W., Byrd, B. D., Burkhalter, K. L., & Savage, H. M. (2018) Susceptibility and Vectorial Capacity of American Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to American Zika Virus Strains. Journal of Medical Entomology. 56(1): 233-240.

Richards, S. L., Balanay, J. A. G., White, A., Hope, J., Vandock, K., Byrd, B. D., & Reiskind, M. (2018) Insecticide Susceptibility Screening against Culex and Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. 55(2): 398-407.

Richards, S. L., Balanay, J. A. G., Byrd, B. D., Reiskind, M. H., Styers, D. M. (2017) Regional survey of mosquito control knowledge and usage in North Carolina. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 333(4): 331-339

Riles, M. T., Smith, J. P., Burkett-Cadena, N., Connelly, R. C., Morse, G. W., & Byrd, B. D. (2017) First record of Aedes japonicus in Florida. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 333(4): 340-344.

Kothera, L., Byrd, B. D., Savage, H. (2017) Duplex real-time PCR assay distinguishes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) using DNA from sonicated first instar larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology. 54(6): 1567-1572.

Byrd, B.D. (2016) La Crosse Encephalitis: A Persistent Arboviral Threat in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 77(5): 330-333.

Harrison, B.A., Byrd B.D., Sither, C.B., and Whitt P.B. (2016) Mosquitoes of the Mid-Atlantic Region: An Identification Guide. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. Mosquito and Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Laboratory Publication 2016-01. 207 pp.

Shroyer, D.A., Harrison, B.A., Bintz, B.J., Wilson, M.R., Sither, C.B., & Byrd, B.D. (2015) Aedes pertinax, a newly recognized mosquito species in the United States. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association,31(1): 97-100.

Sither, C.B., Harrison, B.A., Bintz, B.J., Wilson, M.R., Kim, J., Graham, M., Caillouët, K.A., Hutchinson, M.L., & Byrd, B.D. (2014) First record of Aedes stimulans from Louisiana . Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 30(4): 305-308.

Wilson, R., Harrison, R., Riles, M., Wasserberg, G., & Byrd, B.D. (2014) Molecular identification of Aedes triseriatus and Aedes hendersoni by a novel duplex polymerase chain reaction assay. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 30(2):79-82.

Sither, C.B., Hopkins, V.E., Harrison, B.A., Bintz, B.J., Hickman, E.Y., Brown, J.S., Wilson, M.R., & Byrd, B.D. (2013) Differentiation of Aedes atlanticus and Aedes tormentor by restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the second internal transcribed spacer. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 29(4):376-9.

Turell, M.J., Byrd, B.D., & Harrison, B.A.(2013). Potential for Populations of Aedes j. japonicus to Transmit Rift Valley Fever Virus in the USA. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 29(2):133-137. 2013.

Byrd, B. D., Harrison, B. A., Zavortink, T. J., & Wesson, D. M. (2012). Sequence, Secondary Structure, and Phylogenetic Analyses of the Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) in Members of the North American Signifera Group of Orthopodomyia (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(6), 1189-1197.

Rider, M. A., Byrd, B. D., Keating, J., Wesson, D. M., & Caillouet, K. A. (2012). PCR detection of malaria parasites in desiccated Anopheles mosquitoes is uninhibited by storage time and temperature . Malaria Journal,11(1), 193.

Byrd, B. D., Gymburch, E. E., O'Meara, G. F., & Wesson, D. M. (2011). Molecular Identification of Aedes bahamensis (Diptera: Culicidae) . Florida Entomologist, 94(4), 1057-1059.

Byrd, B. D., Wesson, D. M., & Harrison, B. A. (2009). Regional Problems Identifying the Fourth Instar Larvae of Orthopodomyia signifera (Coquillett) and Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards(Diptera: Culicidae) . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111(3), 752-754.

Kang, S., Sim, C., Byrd, B. D., Collins, F. H., & Hong, Y. S. (2008). Ex vivo promoter analysis of antiviral heat shock cognate 70B gene in Anopheles gambiae . Virol. J, 5, 136.

Colborn, J. M., Byrd, B. D., Koita, O. A., & Krogstad, D. J. (2008). Estimation of copy number using SYBR Green: confounding by AT-rich DNA and by variation in amplicon length . The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79(6), 887-892.

Palmisano, C. T., Taylor, V., Caillouet, K., Byrd, B.D., & Wesson, D. M. (2005). Impact of West Nile virus outbreak upon St. Tammany Parish mosquito abatement district. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 21(1), 33-38.

Carlson, J. C., Byrd, B. D., & Omlin, F. X. (2004). Field assessments in western Kenya link malaria vectors to environmentally disturbed habitats during the dry season . BMC Public Health, 4(1), 33.