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| Brian H KaySummaryAffiliation: Queensland Institute of Medical Research Country: Australia Publications
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Mosquito feeding patterns and natural infection of vertebrates with Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses in Brisbane, AustraliaBrian H Kay
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Brisbane Hospital, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:417-23. 2007..This study, therefore, provides data to indicate that brushtail possums play a role in the urban transmission of RRV in Brisbane and that horses, when they occur, also fill the same role...
Sustainability and cost of a community-based strategy against Aedes aegypti in northern and central VietnamBrian H Kay
Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane Queensland, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:822-30. 2010..The three communes where the above community-based strategy had been adopted were rated as well-sustained with annual recurrent total costs (direct and indirect) of $0.28-0.89 international dollars per person...- Predicting the age of mosquitoes using transcriptional profilesPeter E Cook
School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Nat Protoc 2:2796-806. 2007..Rearing of mosquitoes to specific ages for calibration data can take up to 40 d. Molecular analysis of transcript abundance, and subsequent age predictions, should take approximately 3-5 d for 100 individuals... - Characterizing the Aedes aegypti population in a Vietnamese village in preparation for a Wolbachia-based mosquito control strategy to eliminate dengueJason A L Jeffery
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, Brisbane, Australia
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3:e552. 2009..However, developing a vector control strategy based on the release of mosquitoes transinfected with wMelPop requires detailed knowledge of the demographics of the target population... - Critical evaluation of quantitative sampling methods for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) immatures in water storage containers in VietnamTessa B Knox
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
J Med Entomol 44:192-204. 2007..610 and 0.328, respectively); however, the relationship between immature abundance and emergent adult populations remains to be defined... - Quantitative relationships between immature and emergent adult Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in water storage container habitatsTessa B Knox
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, P O Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia
J Med Entomol 47:748-58. 2010.... - Impacts of Wolbachia infection on predator prey relationships: evaluating survival and horizontal transfer between wMelPop infected Aedes aegypti and its predatorsTimothy P Hurst
Mosquito Control Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia
J Med Entomol 49:624-30. 2012..Based on our results and the ecology of Wolbachia and mosquito predators, horizontal transfer of wMelPop from Ae. aegypti into naturally occurring predators is not cause for concern... - Field validation of a transcriptional assay for the prediction of age of uncaged Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Northern AustraliaLeon E Hugo
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:e608. 2010..aegypti females based on the transcriptional profiles of a selection of age responsive genes. Here we conducted field testing of the method on Ae. aegypti that were entirely uncaged and free to engage in natural behavior... - El Niño Southern Oscillation and Ross River virus outbreaks in AustraliaLouise A Kelly-Hope
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Australia
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 4:210-3. 2004.... - Control of aedes vectors of dengue in three provinces of Vietnam by use of Mesocyclops (Copepoda) and community-based methods validated by entomologic, clinical, and serological surveillanceBrian H Kay
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and University of Queensland Tropical Health Program, Brisbane, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:40-8. 2002..Variable dengue attack rates made the clinical and serological comparison of control and untreated communes problematic, but these data indicate that clinical surveillance by itself is inadequate to monitor dengue transmission... - Spatial-temporal analysis of Ross River virus disease patterns in Queensland, AustraliaMichelle L Gatton
Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:629-35. 2004..This analysis highlights the variability in Ross River virus disease notification rates across Queensland, and provides a robust method for identifying disease outbreaks... - Control of arbovirus vector Verrallina funerea (Diptera: Culicidae) in southeast Queensland, AustraliaJason A L Jeffery
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and University of Queensland, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, QLD 4029, Australia
J Econ Entomol 100:1512-8. 2007..We also observed a significant increase in immature mortality in s-methoprene-treated pools, suggesting that s-methoprene field trials based solely on emergence inhibition of pupae may underestimate the efficacy of this insecticide... - Development of a framework for evaluating the sustainability of community-based dengue control projectsTran T Tuyet Hanh
Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, University of Queensland and Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:312-8. 2009..The framework offers a practical tool for assessing sustainability, and is amenable to adaptation for specific interventions without compromising the framework as a whole... - Quality assurance of aerial applications of larvicides for mosquito control: effects of granule and catch tray size on field monitoring programsTanya L Russell
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, P O Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
J Econ Entomol 102:507-14. 2009..Our improved methods for monitoring the distribution pattern of aerially applied granular insecticides can be adapted for use by both public health and agricultural contractors... - Community-based control of Aedes aegypti by using Mesocyclops in southern VietnamVu Sinh Nam
General Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:850-9. 2012..At the completion of the formal project, sustainability funds were set up to provide each commune with the financial means to ensure that community-based dengue control activities continued... - Ross River virus disease in Australia, 1886-1998, with analysis of risk factors associated with outbreaksLouise A Kelly-Hope
Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, Post Office Royal Brisbane Hospital, QLD 4029, Australia
J Med Entomol 41:133-50. 2004.... - Efficacy of residual insecticide Biflex AquaMax applied as barrier treatments for managing mosquito populations in suburban residential properties in southeast QueenslandTimothy P Hurst
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, P O Royal Brisbane Hospital, QLD 4029, Australia
J Med Entomol 49:1021-6. 2012..Bioassays revealed that the product gave better residual mortality when applied to vegetation (94.6 +/- 11.8%) than wooden surfaces (75.9 +/- 29.1%) during the 8-wk posttreatment period... - Effects of Beauveria bassiana on survival, blood-feeding success, and fecundity of Aedes aegypti in laboratory and semi-field conditionsJonathan M Darbro
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:656-64. 2012..Beauveria bassiana can kill and may reduce biting of Ae. aegypti in semi-field conditions and in the laboratory. These results further support the use of B. bassiana as a potential biocontrol agent against Ae. aegypti... - Efficacy of VectoBac (Bacillus thuringiensis variety israelensis) formulations for mosquito control in AustraliaTanya L Russell
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and University of Queensland Australian Center for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, P.O. Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
J Econ Entomol 96:1786-91. 2003..008 ppm WG and 0.04 ppm 12AS and above produced significant larval control (> or = 96%) at 48 h posttreatment, with no residual control at week 1. Water quality was not affected by treatment with either formulation... - Environmental predictors of Ross River virus disease outbreaks in Queensland, AustraliaMichelle L Gatton
Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 72:792-9. 2005..Identification of factors leading to RRV disease outbreaks will help local authorities identify periods of high risk, optimizing the provision of additional mosquito control measures... - Habitat characteristics and eggshell distribution of the salt marsh mosquito, Aedes vigilax, in marshes in subtropical Eastern AustraliaPat E R Dale
Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Australia
J Insect Sci 8:1-8. 2008..For example, increased sea level may lead to low marsh conditions extending into higher marsh area with implications for oviposition and numbers of eggshells... 
Melanotaenia duboulayi influence oviposition site selection by Culex annulirostris (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes notoscriptus (Diptera: Culicidae) but not Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)Timothy P Hurst
Mosquito Control Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and the University of Queensland, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
Environ Entomol 39:545-51. 2010..This suggests a volatile substance, however, the exact nature of the kairomone/s has not been identified...- The risk of Ross River and Barmah Forest virus disease in Queensland: implications for New ZealandLouise A Kelly-Hope
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:69-77. 2002..To describe the incidence of Ross River (RR) and Barmah Forest (BF) virus disease in Queensland and determine the risk of importation of RR virus from Queensland into New Zealand (NZ) via viraemic travellers... - Spatial statistical analysis of adult mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) counts: an example using light trap data, in Redland Shire, Southeastern Queensland, AustraliaPeter A Ryan
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, Brisbane QLD 4029, Australia
J Med Entomol 41:1143-56. 2004..Definition of geographic areas with consistently high or low numbers of vectors may allow control activities to be focused in areas with the greatest risk of arbovirus transmission... - High household economic burden caused by hospitalization of patients with severe dengue fever cases in Can Tho province, VietnamPham Thi Tam
Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Can Tho City, Vietnam
Am J Trop Med Hyg 87:554-8. 2012..Approximately 72.9% indicated that the cost of supporting a dengue patient had impacted on the family economy, with the loss averaging 36% of the annual income in the lowest economic quartile... - The use of transcriptional profiles to predict adult mosquito age under field conditionsPeter E Cook
School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:18060-5. 2006..The method is based on genes that display age-dependent expression in a range of dipteran insects and, as such, is likely to be broadly applicable to other disease vectors... - Risk of mosquito-borne epidemic polyarthritis disease among international visitors to Queensland, AustraliaLouise A Kelly-Hope
Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Queensland, Australia
J Travel Med 9:211-3. 2002 - Investigation of cuticular hydrocarbons for determining the age and survivorship of australasian mosquitoesLeon E Hugo
Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, and Mosquito Control Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:462-74. 2006..However, if only 10% of the population is estimated to be >/= 9 days old, 500 mosquitoes would need to be analyzed for the survival rate estimate to be of equivalent accuracy... - Water level flux in household containers in Vietnam--a key determinant of Aedes aegypti population dynamicsJason A L Jeffery
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 7:e39067. 2012..aegypti production during the dry season. This has implications for choosing a suitable Wolbachia strain for release as it appears that prolonged egg desiccation does not occur in this village... - Quantitative evaluation of funnel traps for sampling immature Aedes aegypti from water storage jarsVu S Nam
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1 Yersin Street, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
J Am Mosq Control Assoc 19:220-7. 2003..aegypti in jars, under some conditions funnel traps may be more acceptable than nets, because some householders object to the increased turbidity associated with net sampling in jars... - Laboratory evaluation of the predation efficacy of native Australian fish on Culex annulirostris (Diptera: Culicidae)Timothy P Hurst
Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland 4029, Australia
J Am Mosq Control Assoc 20:286-91. 2004..Based on these data, M. duboulayi, H. compressa, and A. marianus warrant further investigation as biological control agents in pilot field trials... - Differences in climatic factors between Ross River virus disease outbreak and nonoutbreak yearsLouise A Kelly-Hope
Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston QLD 4029, Australia
J Med Entomol 41:1116-22. 2004..More detailed research is imperative if we are to optimize the surveillance and control of epidemic polyarthritic disease in Australia... - Elimination of dengue by community programs using Mesocyclops(Copepoda) against Aedes aegypti in central VietnamSinh Nam Vu
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Am J Trop Med Hyg 72:67-73. 2005..Since we had similar success in northern Vietnam from 1998 to 2000, this study demonstrates that this control model is broadly acceptable and achievable at community level but vigilance is required post-project to prevent reinfestation... - Epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibodies to Ross River virus in vertebrate seraNidia M M Oliveira
Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands
Clin Vaccine Immunol 13:814-7. 2006..This ELISA provides an alternative method for the serodiagnosis of RRV infections... - Evaluation of Melanotaenia duboulayi (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), Hypseleotris galli (Perciformes: Eleotridae), and larvicide VectoLex WG (Bacillus sphaericus) for integrated control of Culex annulirostrisTimothy P Hurst
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
J Am Mosq Control Assoc 22:418-25. 2006..The delayed reduction of Cx. annulirostris immatures in ponds stocked with fish alone, and the recolonization by Cx. annulirostris in ponds after treatment with B. sphaericus, did not occur when both treatments were combined... - Role of Verrallina funerea (Diptera: Culicidae) in transmission of Barmah Forest virus and Ross River virus in coastal areas of eastern AustraliaJason A L Jeffery
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and University of Queensland, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, P.O. Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland 4029, Australia
J Med Entomol 43:1239-47. 2006.... - Itching bites may limit Ross River virus infectionPeter A Ryan
Med J Aust 178:144. 2003 - Laboratory evaluation of the effect of alternative prey and vegetation on predation of Culex annulirostris immatures by Australian native fish speciesTimothy P Hurst
Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
J Am Mosq Control Assoc 22:412-7. 2006..annulirostris remained greater than that of other fish species tested. When evaluated at varying densities of simulated vegetation, predation rates of all fish species were similar to those reported in open conditions...