D A LaPointe

Summary

Affiliation: U.S. Geological Survey
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria
    Dennis A Lapointe
    U S Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii 96718, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1249:211-26. 2012
  2. ncbi Comparative susceptibility of introduced forest-dwelling mosquitoes in Hawai'i to avian malaria, Plasmodium relictum
    Dennis A Lapointe
    US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P O Box 218, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Parasitol 91:843-9. 2005
  3. ncbi Dispersal of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Hawaiian rain forest
    D A LaPointe
    U S Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P O Box 44, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718, USA
    J Med Entomol 45:600-9. 2008
  4. ncbi Thermal constraints to the sporogonic development and altitudinal distribution of avian malaria Plasmodium relictum in Hawai'i
    Dennis A Lapointe
    USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Kilauea Field Station, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Parasitol 96:318-24. 2010
  5. ncbi Prevalence and distribution of pox-like lesions, avian malaria, and mosquito vectors in Kipahulu Valley, Haleakala National Park, Hawai'i, USA
    Samuel Aruch
    U S Geological Survey Biological Resources Discipline, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, PO Box 44, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Wildl Dis 43:567-75. 2007
  6. ncbi Host population persistence in the face of introduced vector-borne diseases: Hawaii amakihi and avian malaria
    Bethany L Woodworth
    Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, U S Geological Survey, Kilauea Field Station, PO Box 44, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:1531-6. 2005
  7. ncbi Experimental infection of Hawai'i 'Amakihi (hemignathus virens) with West Nile virus and competence of a co-occurring vector, culex quinquefasciatus: potential impacts on endemic Hawaiian avifauna
    Dennis A Lapointe
    U S Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Kilauea Field Station, PO Box 44, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Wildl Dis 45:257-71. 2009
  8. ncbi Landscape factors influencing the spatial distribution and abundance of mosquito vector Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in a mixed residential-agricultural community in Hawai'i
    Matthew E Reiter
    Research Corporation of the University of Hawai i, 2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki Hall D 100, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    J Med Entomol 44:861-8. 2007

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria
    Dennis A Lapointe
    U S Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii 96718, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1249:211-26. 2012
    ..Increased temperatures may have already increased global avian malaria prevalence and contributed to an emergence of disease in New Zealand...
  2. ncbi Comparative susceptibility of introduced forest-dwelling mosquitoes in Hawai'i to avian malaria, Plasmodium relictum
    Dennis A Lapointe
    US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P O Box 218, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Parasitol 91:843-9. 2005
    ..relictum isolate. In trials for which a maximum 200 oocysts were recorded, the median number of oocysts ranged from 144 to 200. It was concluded that Culex quinquefasciatus is the primary vector of avian malaria in Hawai'i...
  3. ncbi Dispersal of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Hawaiian rain forest
    D A LaPointe
    U S Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P O Box 44, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718, USA
    J Med Entomol 45:600-9. 2008
    ..These findings should have significant implications for the design of future refuges and development of effective mosquito-borne avian disease control strategies...
  4. ncbi Thermal constraints to the sporogonic development and altitudinal distribution of avian malaria Plasmodium relictum in Hawai'i
    Dennis A Lapointe
    USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Kilauea Field Station, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Parasitol 96:318-24. 2010
    ..Our data support the hypothesis that avian malaria currently restricts the altitudinal distribution of Hawaiian honeycreeper populations and provide an ecological explanation for the absence of disease at high elevation...
  5. ncbi Prevalence and distribution of pox-like lesions, avian malaria, and mosquito vectors in Kipahulu Valley, Haleakala National Park, Hawai'i, USA
    Samuel Aruch
    U S Geological Survey Biological Resources Discipline, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, PO Box 44, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Wildl Dis 43:567-75. 2007
    ..Mosquito populations in the valley are low, and they are probably influenced by periods of high rainfall that flush stream systems...
  6. ncbi Host population persistence in the face of introduced vector-borne diseases: Hawaii amakihi and avian malaria
    Bethany L Woodworth
    Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, U S Geological Survey, Kilauea Field Station, PO Box 44, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:1531-6. 2005
    ..A better understanding of the mechanisms allowing coexistence of hosts and parasites may ultimately lead to tools for mitigating disease impacts on wildlife and human populations...
  7. ncbi Experimental infection of Hawai'i 'Amakihi (hemignathus virens) with West Nile virus and competence of a co-occurring vector, culex quinquefasciatus: potential impacts on endemic Hawaiian avifauna
    Dennis A Lapointe
    U S Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Kilauea Field Station, PO Box 44, Hawai i National Park, Hawai i 96718, USA
    J Wildl Dis 45:257-71. 2009
    ..quinquefasciatus proved to be a competent vector and Hawai'i Amakihi an adequate amplification host of WNV, suggesting that epizootic WNV could readily become an additional limiting factor of some native Hawaiian bird populations...
  8. ncbi Landscape factors influencing the spatial distribution and abundance of mosquito vector Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in a mixed residential-agricultural community in Hawai'i
    Matthew E Reiter
    Research Corporation of the University of Hawai i, 2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki Hall D 100, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    J Med Entomol 44:861-8. 2007
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