Alexander Potter

Alexander Potter
Smithsonian Institution · Department of Entomology

Bachelor of Arts in Biology

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Publications (4)
Summary of Hg. janthinomys presence points by country
Minimum, maximum, average values, percent contribution, and permutation...
An ecological niche model to predict the geographic distribution of Haemagogus janthinomys, Dyar, 1921 the yellow fever and Mayaro virus vector, in South America
Preprint
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  • Apr 2021
Yellow fever virus (YFV) has a long history of impacting human health in South America. Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an emerging arbovirus of public health concern in the Neotropics and its full impact is yet unknown. Both YFV and MAYV are primarily maintained via a sylvatic transmission cycle but can be opportunistically transmitted to humans by the bit...
Climate Change and Arbovirus Dynamics
Poster
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  • May 2018
The encroachment of arboviruses and their mosquito hosts into new territories due to a changing climate.
Mosquito Surveillance Conducted by US Military Personnel in the Aftermath of the Nuclear Explosion at Nagasaki, Japan, 1945
Article
  • Jan 2018
Mosquito surveillance data can be used to develop bionomic profiles of vector species to inform abatement plans. Thus, surveillance was conducted in the months following Allied occupation of Japan at the conclusion of World War II. Mosquito surveillance in Nagasaki, Japan, began one month after the nuclear bomb destroyed much of the city. The resul...
VectorMap: Combining Multiple Sources of Vector Surveillance Data for Greater Insights into Vector Distributions
Poster
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  • Aug 2017
VectorMap (vectormap.si.edu) is the world's largest web-based repository for arthropod vector collection data made freely available for use by the public. Long-term datasets are useful in understanding the progression through time of vectors and the pathogens they transmit. VectorMap has created a utility to study arbovirus dynamics for researchers...

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