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Loganathan Ponnusamy

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Richardson E, Garshong R, Chen K, Crossley D, McLean B, Wasserberg G, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Dec; 19(12):e0311698. PMID: 39637059
Chiggers are larval mites that pose a significant health risk globally via the spread of scrub typhus. However, fundamental studies into the bacterial microbiome in North America have never been...
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Garshong R, Hidalgo D, Ponnusamy L, Watson D, Roe R
Insects . 2024 Nov; 15(11). PMID: 39590442
The longhorned tick (LHT), Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae), is a serious invasive pest in North America where its geographical range is expanding with high densities associated with commercial animal production. There...
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Ponnusamy L, Travanty N, Watson D, Seagle S, Boyce R, Reiskind M
Insects . 2024 Mar; 15(3). PMID: 38535349
Ticks are one of the most important vectors of human and animal disease worldwide. In addition to pathogens, ticks carry a diverse microbiota of symbiotic and commensal microorganisms. In this...
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Chen K, Travanty N, Garshong R, Crossley D, Wasserberg G, Apperson C, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2023 Jul; 29(8):1676-1679. PMID: 37486323
Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease caused by Orientia spp., is transmitted by infected larval trombiculid mites (chiggers). We report the molecular detection of Orientia species in free-living Eutrombicula chiggers collected...
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Richardson E, Roe R, Apperson C, Ponnusamy L
Microorganisms . 2023 Feb; 11(2). PMID: 36838458
is a potentially pathogenic species of within the spotted fever group vectored by ticks. While many studies have been published on this species, there is debate over its pathogenicity and...
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Chen K, Ponnusamy L, Mouhamadou C, Fodjo B, Sadia G, Affoue F, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Dec; 17(12):e0278912. PMID: 36520830
Over the past 10 years, studies using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing have shown that mosquitoes harbor diverse bacterial communities in their digestive system. However, no previous research has examined...
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Dhammi A, van Krestchmar J, Zhu J, Ponnusamy L, Gould F, Reisig D, et al.
Int J Mol Sci . 2022 Dec; 23(23). PMID: 36499184
The use of insect-resistant transgenic crops producing protein Cry toxins (Bt) to control caterpillars is wide-spread. Development of a mechanism to prevent Bt from reaching its target site in the...
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Chen K, Roe R, Ponnusamy L
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2022 Nov; 19(22). PMID: 36429867
Chiggers are the larval stage of Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae mites of medical and veterinary importance. Some species in the genus and vector species, the bacteria that causes scrub typhus disease...
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Richardson E, Ponnusamy L, Roe R
Insects . 2022 Jul; 13(8). PMID: 35893027
Cases of Lyme disease in humans are on the rise in the United States and Canada. The vector of the bacteria that causes this disease is the blacklegged tick, ....
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Ponnusamy L, Garshong R, McLean B, Wasserberg G, Durden L, Crossley D, et al.
Microorganisms . 2022 Jul; 10(7). PMID: 35889061
Chiggers are vectors of rickettsial pathogenic bacteria, spp., that cause the human disease, scrub typhus, in the Asian-Pacific area and northern Australia (known as the Tsutsugamushi Triangle). More recently, reports...