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Barry W. Alto
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-3410 Fax: 217-333-2359 Email: alto@illinois.edu Title: Medical Entomologist Office Location: ENT LAB | ||
| Activities | Medical Entomologist and Director of the Medical Entomology Program |
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| Research |
Ecological interactions among container mosquitoes and vector competence of arboviruses |
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| Selected publications |
Alto BW, Reiskind MH, Lounibos LP. 2008. Size alters susceptibility of vectors to dengue virus infection and dissemination. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 79: 688-695. Alto BW, Lounibos LP, Mores CN, Reiskind MH. 2008. Larval competition alters susceptibility of adult Aedes mosquitoes to dengue infection. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 275: 463-471. Kesavaraju B, Alto BW, Juliano SA, Lounibos LP. 2007. Behavioral responses of larval container mosquitoes to a size-selective predator. Ecol. Entomol. 32: 262-272. Alto BW, Giswold MW, Lounibos LP. 2005. Habitat and sex-dependent predation of mosquito larvae in containers. Oecologia 146: 300-310. Alto BW, Lounibos LP, Higgs S, Julinao SA. 2005. Larval competition differenially affects arbovirus infection in Aedes mosquitoes. Ecology 86: 3279-3288. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Entomological Society of America Ecological Society of America American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
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| Education | Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 2006-08 PhD, Entomology, Florida Medical Entomology Lab, University of Florida, 2006 MS, Biology, Illinois State University, 2000 BA, Biology, University of St. Thomas, 1997 | ||