Thomas W. Scott, Ph.D.

I received a B.S. degree in Business Administration and M.S. degree in Biology from Bowling Green State University, a Ph.D. degree in ecology from the Pennsylvania State University, and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine. Prior to coming to Davis, during the spring of 1996, I was a faculty member in the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland.

Publications:
 
Scott, T.W. 1979. Growth and age determination of nestling Brown-headed Cowbirds. Wilson Bull. 91:464-466.

McLean, R.G. and T.W. Scott. 1979. Avian hosts of St. Louis encephalitis virus. Proc. Eighth Bird Control Seminar. pp. 143-155.

Scott, T.W. and J.M. Grumstrup-Scott. 1983. Why do Brown-headed Cowbirds perform the head-down display? Auk. 100:139-148.

Scott, T.W., R.G. McLean, D.B. Francy, C.J. Mitchell and C.S. Card. 1983. Experimental infections of birds with Turlock virus. J. Wildl. Dis. 19:82-85.

Scott, T.W., R.G. McLean, D.B. Francy and C.S. Card. 1983. A simulation model for the vector-host transmission system of a mosquito-borne avian virus, Turlock (Bunyaviridae). J. Med. Entomol. 20:625-640.

Scott, T.W., D.B. Francy, C.J. Mitchell, R.G. McLean and C.S. Card. 1983. Turlock virus infection and transmission by Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 20: 682-684.

Scott, T.W., S.W. Hildreth, and B.J. Beaty. 1984. Development and distribution of eastern equine encephalitis virus in its enzootic mosquito vector, Culiseta melanura. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 33:300-310.

Scott, T.W. and T.G. Burrage. 1984. Rapid infection of salivary glands in Culiseta melanura with eastern equine encephalitis virus: an electron microscopy study. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 33:961-964.

Scott, T.W., G.S. Bowen and T.P. Monath. 1984. Effects of Fort Morgan virus, an alphavirus transmitted by swallow bed bugs, on the reproductive success of symbiotic cliff swallows and house sparrows in Morgan County, Colorado. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 33:981-991.

Scott, T.W., R.W. Miller and F. Knapp. 1986. Field evaluation of diflubenzuron boluses with and without flucythrinate ear tags for control of horn flies, Haematobia irritans, and face flies, Musca autumnalis, on pastured cattle. J. Agr. Entomol. 3:105-113.

Scott, T.W. and S.J. Brown. 1986. Differential attachment and bloodfeeding success by the tick Dermacentor andersoni. Acrologia. 27:241-245.

Scott, T.W. and J.G. Olson. 1986. Detection of eastern equine encephalomyelitis viral antigen in avian sera by enzyme immunoassay: a laboratory study. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 35:611-618. S

cott, T.W., J.G. Olson, L.H. Lorenz, T.H. Lewis, J. Carpenter, L. Lembeck, S.Joseph and B.B. Pagac. 1987. Detection of eastern equine encephalomyelitis viral antigen in mosquitoes by enzyme immunoassay: A prospective field study. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 3:412-417.

Edman, J.D. and T.W. Scott. 1987. Host defensive behavior and the feeding success of mosquitoes. Insect Science and -its Application. 8:617-622.

Scott, T.W., J.G. Olson, B.P. All III and E.P.J. Gibbs. 1988. Detection of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus antigen in equine brain tissue by enzyme immunoassay. Am. J. Vet. Res. 49:1716-1718.

Oprandy, J.J., J.G. Olson and T.W. Scott. 1988. A rapid dot immunoassay for the detection of antibodies to eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus and St. Louis encephalitis virus in sentinel chickens. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 38:181-186.

Weaver, S.C., T.W. Scott, L.H. Lorenz, K. Lerdthusnee and W. Romoser. 1988. Togavirus-associated pathology in the midgut of a natural mosquito vector. Virology. 62:2083-2090.

Scott, T.W. and J. Grumstrup-Scott. 1988. The role of Vector-Host Interactions in Disease Transmission: Proceedings of a Symposium. Misc. Pub. ESA.

Scott, T.W. 1988. Vertebrate host ecology. In: Epidemiology of Arthropod-borne Viral Di-seases, T.P. Monath, ed. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press. pp. 257-280.

Scott, T.W., J.D. Edman, L.H. Lorenz and J.H. Hubbard. 1988. Effects of disease on vertebrates' ability to repel host-seeking mosquitoes. In: The Role of Vector-Host Interactions in Disease Transmission: Proceedings of a Symposium, T.W. Scott and J. Grumstrup-Scott, eds. Misc. Pub. ESA. pp. 9-17.

Hubbard, J.L., T.W. Scott, L.H. Lorenz, D.M. Watts and L.A. Patrican. 1989. Effect of triturated Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) on recovery of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus. J. Med. Entomol. 26:380-383.

Scott T.W., and S.C. Weaver. 1989. Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus: epidemiology and evolution of mosquito transmission. Adv. Virus Res. 37:277-328.

Romoser, W.S., J.D. Edman, L.H. Lorenz and T.W. Scott. 1989. Histological parameters useful in the identification of multiple blood meals in mosquitoes. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 41:737-742.

Weaver, S.C., T.W. Scott and L.H. Lorenz. 1990. Patterns of infection of Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) by eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus. J. Med. Entomol. 27:878-891.

Scott, T.W., L.H. Lorenz and J.E. Edman. 1990. The effect of House Sparrow age and arbovirus infection on attraction of mosquitoes. J. Med. Entomol. 27:856-863.

Weaver, S.C. and T.W. Scott. 1990. Peritrophic membrane formation and cellular turnover in the midgut of Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 27:864-873.

Scott, T.W., L.H. Lorenz and S.C. Weaver. 1990. Susceptibility of Aedes albopictus to infection with eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus. J. Am. Mosq. Control. Assoc. 6:274-278.

Lorenz, L.H., T.W. Scott, R.A. Anderson, J.D. Edman, W.J. Crans and S.D. Costa. 1990. The relationship of body size and parity status of field collected Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 6:433-440.

Anderson, R.A., J.D. Edman, and T.W. Scott. 1990. Rubidium and cesium as host blood-markers to study multiple blood feeding by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 27:999-1001.

Weaver, S.C. and T.W. Scott. 1990. Ultrastructural changes in the abdominal midgut of the mosquito Culiseta melanura during the gonotrophic cycle. Tissue and Cell. 22:895-909.

Weaver, S.C., T.W. Scott, L.H. Lorenz and P.M. Repik. 1991. Detection of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus deposition in Culiseta melanura following ingestion of radiolabeled virus in blood meals. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 44:250-259.

Weaver, S.C., T.W. Scott and R. Rico-Hesse. 1991. Molecular evolution of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in North America. J. Virology. 182:774-784.

Olson, J.G., T.W. Scott, B.P. All III, and E.P.J. Gibbs. 1991. Enzyme immunoassay for detection of eastern equine encephalomyelitis viral antibodies in sentinel chickens. J. Clinical Micro. 29:1457-1461.

Scott, T.W. and J.D. Edman. 1991. Effects of avian host age and arbovirus infection on mosquito attraction and blood-feeding success. In: Bird-Parasite Interactions: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, J.E. Loye and M. Zuk (eds.), Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 179-204.

Amerasinghe, F.P., N. Breisch, A. Azad, W.F. Gimpel, M. Greco, K. Neidhart, B. Pagac, J. Piesman, J. Strandt, T.W. Scott and K. Sweeney. 1992. Distribution, density, and Lyme disease spirochete infection in Ixodes damini (Acari: Ixodidae) on white-tailed deer in Maryland. J. Med. Entomol. 29:54-61.

Edman, J.D., D. Strickman, P. Kittayapong, and T.W. Scott. 1992. Female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand rarely feed on sugar. J. Med. Entomol. 29:1035-1038..

Weaver, S.C., L.H. Lorenz, and T.W. Scott. 1992. Pathologic changes in the midgut of Culex tarsalis following infection with western equine encephalomyelitis virus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 47:691-701.

Weaver, S.C., R. Rico-Hesse, and T.W. Scott. 1992. Genetic diversity and slow rates of evolution in New World alphaviruses. Current Topics in Microbiol. and Immunol., Springer-Verlag. 176:99-117.

Carpenter, J.W., D.M. Watts, C.L. Crabbs, G.C. Clark, T.W. Scott, D. Dougherty, B.B. Pagac, J.M. Dorthy, J.G. Olson, and F.J. Dein. 1992. Prevention of eastern equine encephalitis virus in captive cranes. Third Annual North American Crane Workshop. Proceedings: 1988 North American Crane Workshop. Florida Fish & Fresh Water Fish Commission, Technical Report #12. pp 211-217.

Van Handel, E., T.W. Scott, J.F. Day, and P. Reiter. 1992. Sugar feeding habits of Aedes aegypti females from San Juan, Puerto Rico. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 8:311.

Amerasinghe, F.P., N.L. Breisch, K. Neidhardt, B. Pagac, and T.W. Scott. 1992. Distribution of the winter tick, Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae), in Maryland. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 17:109-113.

Scott, T.W., G.G. Clark, L.H. Lorenz, P.H. Amerasinghe, P. Reiter and J.D. Edman. 1993. Detection of multiple blood-feeding by Aedes aegypti during a single gonotrophic cycle using a histological technique. J. Med. Entomol. 30:94-99.

Scott, T.W., E. Chow, D. Strickman, P. Kittayapong, R.A. Wirtz, and J.D. Edman. 1993. Blood feeding patterns of Aedes aegypti collected in a rural Thai village. J. Med. Entomol. 30:922-927.

Chow, E., R.A. Wirtz, and T.W. Scott. 1993. Identification of bloodmeals in Aedes aegypti by antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 9:196-205.

Weaver, S.C., L.A. Bellew, L. Gousset, P.M. Repik, and T.W. Scott. 1993. Diversity within natural populations of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus. Virology. 195:700-709.

Weaver, S.C., L.H. Lorenz, and T.W. Scott. 1993. Distribution of western equine encephalomyelitis virus in the alimentary tract of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) following natural and artifical blood meals. J. Med. Entomol. 30:391-397.

Weaver, S.C., A. Hagenbaugh, L.A. Bellew, S.V. Netesov, V.E. Volchkov, G.J. Chang, D.K. Clark, L. Gousset, T.W. Scott, D.W. Trent, and J.J. Holland. 1993. A comparison of the nucleotide sequences of eastern and western equine encephalomyelitis viruses with those of other alphaviruses and related RNA viruses. Virology. 197:375-390.

Amerasinghe, F.P., N.L. Breisch, K. Neidhardt, and T.W. Scott. 1993. Increasing density and Borrelia burgdorferi infection of deer-infesting Ixodes damini (Acari: Ixodidae) in Maryland. J. Med. Entomol. 30:858-864.

Amerasinghe, F.P. and T.W. Scott. 1993. Borrelia burgdorferi infection in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Kent County, Maryland. Bull. Soc. Vecto. Ecol. 18:99-104.

Scott, T.W., S.C. Weaver, and V.L. Mallampalli. 1994. Evolution of mosquito-borne viruses. in: Evolutionary Biology of Viruses, S.S. Morse, ed., Raven Press. pp. 293-324.

Weaver, S.C., A. Hagenbaugh, L.A. Bellew, L. Gousset, V. Mallampalli, J.J. Holland, and T.W. Scott. 1994. Evolution of alphaviruses in the eastern equine encephalomyelitis complex. J. Virol. 68:158-169.

Day, J.F., J.D. Edman, and T.W. Scott. 1994. Fitness of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) maintained on blood, with field observations from Thailand. J. Med. Entomol. 31:611-617.

Van Handel, E., J.D. Edman, J.F. Day, T.W. Scott, G.G. Clark, P. Reiter, and H.C. Lynn. 1994. The nectar feeding habits of urban and rural Aedes aegypti. J. Amer. Mosq. Control. Assoc. 10:149-153.

Glass, G.E., F.P. Amerasinghe, J.M. Morgan, and T.W. Scott. 1994. Predicting Ixodes damini abundance on white-tail deer using geographic information system. J. Amer. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 51:538-544.

Putnam, J.P. and T.W. Scott. 1995. The effect of multiple host contacts on the infectivity of dengue-2 virus infected Aedes aegypti. J. Parasit. 81:170-174.

Putnam, J.P. and T.W. Scott. 1995. Blood feeding behavior of dengue-2 virus infected Aedes aegypti. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 52:225-227.

Xue, R., J.D. Edman, and T.W. Scott. 1995. Effects of age and body size on blood meal size and multiple blood feeding in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 32:471-474.

Putnam, J.P. and T.W. Scott. 1995. Evaluation of enemas for exposing Aedes aegypti to suspensions of dengue-2 virus. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 11:369-371.

Putnam, J.P., G.G. Clark, and T.W. Scott. 1995. Failure of immune sera to neutralize dengue-2 virus following intrathoracic inoculation into Aedes aegypti. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 11:372-374.

Monroy, A.M., T.W. Scott, and B.A. Webb. 1996. Evaluation of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus during vector surveillance. J. Med. Entomol.33:449-457.

Day, J.F., J. Zhang, A.M. Ramsey, A.L. Lewis and T.W. Scott. 1996. Mosquito-borne viral activity in small mammals collected from southern Florida: 1987 through 1993. J. Wildlife Dis.33:431-436.

Lorenz, L.L. and T.W. Scott. 1996. Examination of multiple blood-feeding by Culiseta melanura during a single gonotrophic cycle using a histological technique. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc.12:135-136.

Edman, J., Kittayapong, P., Linthicum, K., and Scott, T.W. 1997. Attractant resting boxes for rapid collection and surveillance of Aedes aegypti inside houses. J. Amer. Mosq. Control. Assoc. 13:24-27.

Vaidyanathan, R., Edman, J.D., Cooper, L.A., and Scott, T.W. 1997. Vector competence of local mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for a Massachusetts isolate of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus. J. Med. Entomol. 34:346-352.

Scott, T.W., Naksathit, A., Day, J.F., Kittayapong, P., and Edman, J.D. 1997. A fitness advantage for Aedes aegypti and the viruses it transmits when females feed only on human blood. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 57:235-239.

Kittayapong, P., K.J. Linthicum, J.D. Edman, and T.W. Scott. 1997. Further evaluation of indoor resting boxes for Aedes aegypti surveillance. Dengue Bulletin, WHO. 21:77-83.

Naksathit, A.T. and Scott, T.W. 1998. The effect of female size on fecundity and survivorship of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) fed only human blood versus human blood plus sugar. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 14:148-152.

Costero, A., Edman, J.D., Clark, G.G., and Scott, T.W. 1998. A life table study of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Puerto Rico fed only human blood versus blood plus sugar. J. Med. Entomol. 35:809-813.

Costero, A., Attardo G.M., Scott, T.W., and Edman, J.D. 1998. An experimental study on the detection of fructose in Aedes aegypti. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 14:234-242.

Scott, T.W. and L.H. Lorenz. 1998. Reduction of Culiseta melanura fitness by eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 59:341-346.

Edman, J.D., T.W. Scott, A. Costero, A.C. Morrison, L.C. Harrington, and G.G. Clark. 1998. Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) movement influenced by availability of oviposition sites. J. Med. Entomol. (Traub Memorial). 35:578-583.

Eldridge, B.F., W.K. Reisen, and Scott, T.W. 1998. A model surveillance program for vector-borne diseases in California: 1997-1998. Proc. Mosq. and Vector Control Assoc. 66:48-55.

Naksathit, A.T., J.D. Edman, and Scott, T.W. 1999. Amounts of glycogen, lipid, and sugar in adult female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) fed sucrose. J. Med. Entomol. 36:8-12.

Naksathit, A.T., J.D. Edman, and Scott, T.W. 1999. Utilization of human blood and sugar as nutrients by female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 36:13- 17.

Naksathit, A.T., J.D. Edman, and Scott, T.W. 1999. Partitioning of glycogen, lipid, and sugar in ovaries and body remnants of female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) fed human blood. J. Med. Entomol. 36:18-22.

Reisen, W.K., K. Boyce, R. Cummings, O. Delgado, A. Gutierrez, R.P. Myer, and T.W. Scott. 1999. Comparative effectiveness of three adult mosquito sampling methods in habitats representative of four different biomes in California. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 15:21-31.

Costero, A., Edman, J.D., Clark, G.G., Kittayapong, P., and Scott, T.W. 1999. Survival of starved Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Puerto Rico and Thailand. J. Med. Entomol. 36:272-276.

Morrison, A.C., A. Costero, J.D. Edman, and T.W. Scott. 1999. Increased fecundity of female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) fed human blood before release in a mark- recapture study in Puerto Rico. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. (Barr Memorial). 15:98- 104.

Desina, M.L., M.J., Clark, J.D. Edman, S.B. Symington, T.W. Scott, G.G. Clark, and T.M. Peters. 1999. Aging of female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) by gas chromatographic analysis of cuticular hydrocarbons, including a field evaluation. J. Med. Entomol. 36:811-823.

Desina, M.L., J.D. Edman, T.W. Scott, and J.M. Clark. 1999. Aedes aegypti (Diptera:Culicidae) age determination by cuticular hydrocarbon analysis of female legs. J. Med. Entomol. 36:824-830.

Eldridge, B.F., T.W. Scott, J.F. Day, and W.J. Tabachnick. 2000. Arbovirus Diseases. In: Medical Entomology, B.F. Eldridge and J.D. Edman (eds.). In press.

Scott, T.W., A.C. Morrison, L.H. Lorenz, G.G. Clark, D. Strickman, P. Kittayapong, H. Zhou, and J.D. Edman. 2000. Longitudinal studies of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diperta: Culicidae) in Thailand and Puerto Rico: Population dynamics. J. Med. Entomol. In press.

Scott, T.W., P.H. Amerasinghe, A.C. Morrison, L.H. Lorenz, G.G. Clark, D. Strickman, P. Kittayapong, and J.D. Edman. 2000. Longitudinal studies of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diperta: Culicidae) in Thailand and Puerto Rico: Blood feeding frequency. J. Med. Entomol. In press.