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List of works by Holly D. Gaff

"Beyond BIO2010: Celebration and Opportunities" at the intersection of mathematics and biology.

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A Stochastic Tick-Borne Disease Model: Exploring the Probability of Pathogen Persistence.

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

A dynamic landscape model for fish in the Everglades and its application to restoration

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Additional U.S. collections of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), from the State of Delaware, the first reported field collections of adult specimens from the State of Maryland, and data regarding this tick from surveillance

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An age-structured model for the spread of epidemic cholera: Analysis and simulation

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An epidemiological model of Rift Valley fever with spatial dynamics

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Assessing the underwater survival of two tick species, Amblyomma americanum and Amblyomma maculatum

scientific article published on 28 August 2018

Borrelia miyamotoi, Other Vector-Borne Agents in Cat Blood and Ticks in Eastern Maryland

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

Classroom Manipulative to Engage Students in Mathematical Modeling of Disease Spread: 1+1 = Achoo!

Climate, environmental and socio-economic change: weighing up the balance in vector-borne disease transmission

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Comparative population genetics of two invading ticks: Evidence of the ecological mechanisms underlying tick range expansions

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States

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Effects of temperature on emergence and seasonality of West Nile virus in California

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Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsiae surveillance in Amblyomma americanum in Virginia through use of a novel six-plex real-time PCR assay

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Epidemic surveillance using an electronic medical record: an empiric approach to performance improvement

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Estimating the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on HPV prevalence and cervical cancer incidence in Mali

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Estimating the reproductive numbers for the 2008-2009 cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe

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Evaluation of and insights from ALFISH: a spatially explicit, landscape-level simulation of fish populations in the Everglades

Experimental vertical transmission of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

First report of Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii in Ixodes brunneus from the United States

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Global Dynamics Emerging from Local Interactions: Agent-Based Modeling for the Life Sciences

Harvesting control in an integrodifference population model with concave growth term

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Identifying requirements for the invasion of a tick species and tick-borne pathogen through TICKSIM.

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In vitro propagation of Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae isolated from Amblyomma maculatum

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Invasion of two tick-borne diseases across New England: harnessing human surveillance data to capture underlying ecological invasion processes

scientific article published in June 2016

Ixodes affinis (Acari: Ixodidae) in southeastern Virginia and implications for the spread of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease

scientific article published in December 2011

LYMESIM 2.0: An Updated Simulation of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Population Dynamics and Enzootic Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae)

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Mathematical Model to Assess the Relative Effectiveness of Rift Valley Fever Countermeasures

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Mathematical manipulative models: in defense of "beanbag biology".

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Metapopulation models in tick-borne disease transmission modelling

scientific article published on January 2010

Modeling optimal intervention strategies for cholera

scientific article published on 4 March 2010

Modeling tick-borne disease: a metapopulation model

scientific article published on 3 November 2006

Natural history of Amblyomma maculatum in Virginia

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

New Records of Ixodes affinis (Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Avian Hosts in Southeastern Virginia

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Newer Surveillance Data Extends our Understanding of the Niche of <i>Rickettsia montanensis</i> (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) Infection of the American Dog Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States

scientific article published in 2023

OPTIMAL CONTROL APPLIED TO RIFT VALLEY FEVER

Optimal Control of Vaccination in an Age-Structured Cholera Model

scholarly article published 2016

Optimal control applied to vaccination and treatment strategies for various epidemiological models

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Optimal harvesting during an invasion of a sublethal plant pathogen

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Optimal harvesting in an integrodifference population model

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Planning for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: a modeling-based approach

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Preliminary analysis of an agent-based model for a tick-borne disease

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Preliminary assessment of the population genetics of Ixodes affinis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in North and Central America

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Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis collected from southeastern Virginia, 2010-2011.

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Quantitative factors proposed to influence the prevalence of canine tick-borne disease agents in the United States

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Results from a mathematical model for human monocytic ehrlichiosis.

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Review of the Mid-Atlantic Tick Summit III: A model for regional information sharing

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Rickettsia parkeri Transmission to Amblyomma americanum by Cofeeding with Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) and Potential for Spillover

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Rickettsia parkeri in gulf coast ticks, southeastern Virginia, USA.

scientific article published in May 2011

Rickettsia parkeri infections diagnosed by eschar biopsy, Virginia, USA.

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Scoping review of distribution models for selected <i>Amblyomma</i> ticks and rickettsial group pathogens

scientific article published on 17 February 2021

Simultaneous identification of host, ectoparasite and pathogen DNA via in-solution capture

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Single-tube real-time PCR assay for differentiation of Ixodes affinis and Ixodes scapularis

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Snap, crackle, and pop: Acoustic-based model estimation of snapping shrimp populations in healthy and degraded hard-bottom habitats

scientific article published in 2017

Survival of adult <i>Amblyomma americanum</i>, <i>Amblyomma maculatum</i>, and <i>Dermacentor variabilis</i> (Acari: Ixodidae) in four habitats in southeastern Virginia

scientific article published in 2023

Theory of island biogeography on a microscopic scale: organic aggregates as islands for aquatic pathogens

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Tick Species Composition, Collection Rates, and Phenology Provide Insights into Tick-Borne Disease Ecology in Virginia

scientific article published on 23 August 2022

Tick-borne pathogens of potential zoonotic importance in the southern African Region

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

TickBot: a novel robotic device for controlling tick populations in the natural environment

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Ticks and spotted fever group rickettsiae of southeastern Virginia

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Value of Performing Active Surveillance Cultures on Intensive Care Unit Discharge for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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