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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution. Legal: https://xitter.cf/t.co/pvi8KuslHh

 Suitland, Maryland
wrbu.si.edu
Joined October 2019
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VectorMap is back, again! The new data portal features an enhanced user experience and the ability to submit your data directly to the VM team. Submit your data today and help us reach 1 million records in 2023! #vectormap #biosurveillance #wrair #nmnh #mosquito
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Check out our latest publication documenting a novel Sulina virus clade in Latvia and novel Tacheng tick virus 1 clade in Poland! #wrbu #wrair #onehealth sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) retweeted
Armed Forces Pest Management Board@afpmb11 Mar 2024
Discover the art of preserving #sandflies for research with the @smithsonian's latest video 🎥. Vital for studying vector threats, these protocols are key to protecting military personnel from diseases worldwide. 🌍 #Entomology @ento_wrbu youtube.com/watch?v=eSCk3ry3…
The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit is responsible for managing the National Sand Fly collection housed within the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. In this video David Pecor, a museum specialist at the WRBU, demonstrates how to permanently preserve sand flies for the museum.

ALT The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit is responsible for managing the National Sand Fly collection housed within the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. In this video David Pecor, a museum specialist at the WRBU, demonstrates how to permanently preserve sand flies for the museum.

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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) retweeted
Remote Emerging Disease Intelligence - NETwork@REDINET_Program1 Feb 2024
REDI-NET SOPs for environmental and invertebrate surveillance, processing, testing, storage, and shipping are now publicly available on protocols.io!!! For more information on the REDI-NET, visit our website redi-net.nd.edu/
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Metagenomic sequencing of European ticks revealed 21 viruses, an expansion of two newly documented pathogenic tick-borne viruses—Tacheng Tick Virus 2, Jingmen Tick Virus—and Tacheng Tick Virus 1 identified on the continent for the first time. rdcu.be/drcak #wrair #wrbu
Figure 3: Map indicating the tick sampling locations in the study. Sites with detectable human pathogens are marked by a triangle. (Legend: triangle for virus detection, red dot for collection sites, Blugaria in purple, Georgia in yellow, and Ukraine in blue.)

ALT Figure 3: Map indicating the tick sampling locations in the study. Sites with detectable human pathogens are marked by a triangle. (Legend: triangle for virus detection, red dot for collection sites, Blugaria in purple, Georgia in yellow, and Ukraine in blue.)

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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) retweeted
Remote Emerging Disease Intelligence - NETwork@REDINET_Program6 Jul 2023
Did you know July 6 is World Zoonoses Day? Zoonoses are disease which can be transmitted from animals to humans. REDI-NET aims to detect, predict, and control zoonoses through next-gen sequencing, custom technology, & global collaboration. @NavalMedicalRC @wrbu_wrair @DoD_DHA
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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) retweeted
CDC Emerging Infections@CDC_NCEZID20 Jun 2023
If you’re a mosquito control expert working to prevent these tiny pests from causing big problems in your community, check out CDC’s resources: bit.ly/3N9HFPO
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We are excited to be part of the DTRA-NK project funded by @doddtra for the prevention and response to vector-borne diseases! #OneHealth More: tinyurl.com/dtra-nk
National Zoo@NationalZoo6 Jun 2023
Illnesses that jump from animals to people, known as zoonotic diseases, cause roughly three-quarters of infectious diseases affecting human health. Keeping close tabs on these pathogens is essential to safeguarding human health globally.
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Our own Laura Caicedo-Quiroga, was the visiting expert @NMNH Outbreak Exhibit last Friday. It was 2 hours of lively discussion with the public about the Culex pipiens complex in USA and West Nile Virus! #expertisin #mosquito #westnilevirus #wrbu
Signs in English and Spanish promoting "Expert is in" for Laura Caicedo-Quiroga's visit to the Outbreak Exhibit at NMNH.

ALT Signs in English and Spanish promoting "Expert is in" for Laura Caicedo-Quiroga's visit to the Outbreak Exhibit at NMNH.

WRBU Molecular Technician Laura Caicedo talks with a group of visitors of the Outbreak Exhibit about the mosquitoes and West Nile Virus

ALT WRBU Molecular Technician Laura Caicedo talks with a group of visitors of the Outbreak Exhibit about the mosquitoes and West Nile Virus

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Yesterday WRBU presented 3 posters at the One Health Research Symposium organized by @wrair and @smithsonian! @REDINET_Program research from Dr. Koray Ergunay, Dr. Hsiao-Mei Liao and Dr. Suppaluck Nelson and the launch of VectorMap by David Pecor and Alex Potter. #OneHealth
Poster about TNA extraction procedures presented by Hsiao-Mei Liao

ALT Poster about TNA extraction procedures presented by Hsiao-Mei Liao

Koray Ergunay discusses his findings in front of a poster with Jader Oliveira

ALT Koray Ergunay discusses his findings in front of a poster with Jader Oliveira

Alex Potter stands in front of a poster describing the new and improved VectorMap

ALT Alex Potter stands in front of a poster describing the new and improved VectorMap

David Pecor giving a demostration of VectorMap using a computer and a large screen with a map of the world. See https://vectormap.si.edu/

ALT David Pecor giving a demostration of VectorMap using a computer and a large screen with a map of the world. See https://vectormap.si.edu/

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Shout out to: @nuientom @jdr_oliveira @HsiaomeiLiao
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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) retweeted
LivLymeFoundation@liv_lyme2 May 2023
Get involved!! Spread the word!! #lymedisease #maylymediseaseawarenessmonth #lyme 💚✅
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Last week we hosted our collaborators from the @mpala_rc for the @REDINET_Program Phase II SOPS workshop at WRBU. Thank you Hsiao-Mei Liao from @NavalMedicalRC for guiding us, and all who attended! It was a fun one! #wrbu #nmnh #redinet
Two researchers wearing lab coats work on a laboratory and handle samples in small tubes

ALT Two researchers wearing lab coats work on a laboratory and handle samples in small tubes

Two researchers discuss laboratory procedures by a lab bench

ALT Two researchers discuss laboratory procedures by a lab bench

One researcher wearing a lab coat uses a micro-pipette to transfer a sample to a new tube

ALT One researcher wearing a lab coat uses a micro-pipette to transfer a sample to a new tube

One researcher wearing a lab coat stands next to a white board with steps from a procedure for cDNA purification

ALT One researcher wearing a lab coat stands next to a white board with steps from a procedure for cDNA purification

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Check out our latest publication with @tovilehman @NIH examining the threats from windborne migration of mosquitoes. #wrbu #wrair #mosquito
PNASNews@PNASNews27 Apr 2023
Opinion piece: Urban #malaria may be spreading via the wind, which has potential implications for how we mitigate the #disease. ow.ly/X38Z50NYuQq #epidemiology #mosquito #Africa
mage credit: Taina Litwak (Scientific Illustrator, United States Department of Agriculture).

ALT mage credit: Taina Litwak (Scientific Illustrator, United States Department of Agriculture).

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Predicting the next vector-borne disease outbreak just became easier! 🦟🦟 Check out the relaunch of VectorMap––the world’s largest database of expertly curated arthropod vector collection data. vectormap.si.edu
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Happy #TaxonomistAppreciationDay!🎉🦟 WRBU’s Mosquitoes of the World is the global authority on mosquito taxonomy and summarizes the current classification, biology and distribution of over 3500 mosquito species. jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/titl… @NMNH
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New WRBU paper describes transmission of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) between domestic cats and guignas (Leopardus guigna)––a small felid––in human-occupied landscapes in Chile. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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WRBU/@WRAIR paper presents a newly developed dual-phase process (comprising e-vouchering, and whole-genome sequencing with WRAIR's Illumina NovaSeq) for preservation of archive specimen data from two medically important insect subfamilies. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

From e-voucher to genomic data: Preserving archive specimens as demonstrated with medically...

Scientific collections such as the U.S. National Museum (USNM) are critical to filling knowledge gaps in molecular systematics studies. The global taxonomic impediment has resulted in a reduction of...

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After lab-reared sand flies were fed artificial blood meals containing live attenuated Ebola virus (rVSV-EBOV) vaccine, no rVSV-EBOV levels were detected 7–15 days post-feed, suggesting low potential for transmission after feeding from a vaccinated person. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3353…

No Evidence of rVSV-Ebola Virus Vaccine Replication or Dissemination in the Sand Fly Phlebotomus...

Following vaccination with the live attenuated, recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana serotype Ebola virus (rVSV-EBOV) vaccine, persons may exhibit a transient vaccine-associated viremia. To...

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New WRBU paper: Two-year vector surveillance study finds combined indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal net use has caused substantial reductions in human exposures to malaria vectors in Mozambique. Read the study: malariajournal.biomedcentral…

Reduced exposure to malaria vectors following indoor residual spraying of pirimiphos-methyl in a...

Malaria Journal - The need to develop new products and novel approaches for malaria vector control is recognized as a global health priority. One approach to meeting this need has been the...

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