Dr. Daniel G. Mead

Education:
B.S., Wildlife Biology, University of Arizona, 1992
M.S., Medical and Veterinary Entomology, University of Arizona, 1995
Ph.D., Pathobiology, University of Arizona, 1999
M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of Arizona, 2001

Recent Publications

•  Apperson, CS, B Engber, WN Nicholson, DG Mead, J Engel, MJ Yabsley, K Dail, J Jonson, and DW Watson.  2008. Tick-borne diseases in North Carolina: Is “Rickettsia amblyomii” a possible cause of rickettsiosis reported as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?  Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.  (in press)
• Ellis AE, Mead DG, Allison AB, Stallknecht DE, Howerth EW. 2007. Pathology and epidemiology of natural West Nile viral infection of raptors in Georgia. J Wildl Dis. 43:214-23.
• Gerhold RW, Tate CM, Gibbs SE, Mead DG, Allison AB, Fischer JR. 2007.  Necropsy findings and arbovirus surveillance in mourning doves from the southeastern United States. J Wildl Dis. 43:129-35.
• Dugan, VG, MJ Yabsley, CM Tate, DG Mead, UG Munderloh, MJ Herron, DE Stallknecht, SE Little, and WR Davidson.  2006.  Evaluation of a prototype Anaplasma phagocytohilum surveillance system using white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels.  Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 6:197-212.
• Howerth EW, Mead DG, Mueller PO, Duncan L, Murphy MD, Stallknecht DE. 2006.  Experimental vesicular stomatitis virus infection in horses: effect of route of inoculation and virus serotype. Vet Pathol. 43:943-55.
• Gibbs SE, Allison AB, Yabsley MJ, Mead DG, Wilcox BR, Stallknecht DE.  2006.  West Nile virus antibodies in avian species of Georgia, USA: 2000-2004. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 6:57-72.
• Tate CM, Mead DG, Luttrell MP, Howerth EW, Dugan VG, Munderloh UG, Davidson WR. 2005. Experimental infection of white-tailed deer with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, etiologic agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis. J Clin Microbiol. 43:3595-601.
  
• Dugan VG, Gaydos JK, Stallknecht DE, Little SE, Beall AD, Mead DG, Hurd CC, Davidson WR. 2005. Detection of Ehrlichia spp. in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Georgia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 5(2):162-71.
  
• Ellis AE, Mead DG, Allison AB, Gibbs SE, Gottdenker NL, Stallknecht DE, Howerth EW. 2005. Comparison of immunohistochemistry and virus isolation for diagnosis of west nile virus. J Clin Microbiol. 43(6):2904-8.
  
• Tate CM, Howerth EW, Stallknecht DE, Allison AB, Fischer JR, Mead DG. 2005. Eastern equine encephalitis in a free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). J Wildl Dis. 41(1):241-5.
  
• Gibbs SE, Ellis AE, Mead DG, Allison AB, Moulton JK, Howerth EW, Stallknecht DE.  2005.  West Nile virus detection in the organs of naturally infected blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata). J Wildl Dis. 41(2):354-62.
  
• Mead DG, Howerth EW, Murphy MD, Gray EW, Noblet R, Stallknecht DE.  2004.  Black fly involvement in the epidemic transmission of vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus (Rhabdoviridae: Vesiculovirus).  Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 4:351-9. 
• Stallknecht DE, Greer JB, Murphy MD, Mead DG, Howerth EW. 2004.  Effect of strain and serotype of vesicular stomatitis virus on viral shedding, vesicular lesion development, and contact transmission in pigs.  American Journal of Veterinary Research 65:1233-9.
• Allison A.B., D.G. Mead, S.E. Gibbs, D.M. Hoffman, and D.E. Stallknecht DE. 2004.  West Nile virus viremia in wild rock pigeons. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10:2252-5.
• Mead, D.G., E.W.Gray, R. Noblet, M.D. Murphy, E.W. Howerth, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2004.  Biological transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) by Simulium vittatum (Dipetera: Simuliidae) to domestic swine (Sus scrofa).  Journal of Medical Entomology 41(1):78-82   [PDF Reprint]
  
• Gottdenker, N.L., E.W. Howerth, and D.G. Mead.  2003.  Natural infection of a great egret (Casmerodius albus) with eastern equine encephalitis virus.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases.  39(3):702-706.
• Gaydos, J.K., W.R. Davidson, F. Elvinger, D.G. Mead, E.W. Howerth, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Innate resistance to epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):713-719.
• Noon, T.H., S.L. Wesche, D. Cagle, D.G. Mead, E.J. Bicknell, G.A. Bradley, S. Riplog-Peterson, D. Edsall, and C. Reggiardo.  2002.  Hemorrhagic Disease in Bighorn sheep in Arizona.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(1): 172-176.
• Howerth, E.W., D.G. Mead, D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Immunolocalization of vesicular stomatitis virus in black flies (Simulium vittatum).  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  969:340-345.  [Abstract]          [PDF reprint]
• Hayden, C.W., T. M. Fink, F.B. Ramberg, C.J. Mare, and D.G. Mead.  2001.  Occurrence of Anopheles hermsi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Arizona and Colorado.  Journal of Medical Entomology  38:341-343.     [PDF reprint]
• Mead, D.G., F.B. Ramberg, D.G. Besselsen, C.J. Mare.  2000.  Transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) between infected and non-infected black flies co-feeding on non-viremic deer mice.  Science  287:485-487.     [PDF reprint]
• Mead, D.G., F.B. Ramberg, and C.J. Mare.  2000.  Vector competence of wild and colonized black flies to the Indiana and New Jersey serotypes of vesicular stomatits virus.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  916:437-443.    [PDF reprint]
• Mead, D.G., C.J. Mare, and F.B. Ramberg.  1999.  Bite transmission of vesicular stomatits virus (New Jersey serotype) to laboratory mice by Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae).  Journal of Medical Entomology  36:410-413.    [PDF reprint]
• Fink, T.M., B. Hau, B.L. Baird, S. Palmer, S. Kaplan, F.B. Ramberg, D.G. Mead, and H. Hagedorn.  1998.  Aedes aegypti in Tuscson, Arizona.  Emerging Infectious Diseases  4:703-704.     [PDF reprint]