Joseph R. Fauver

This study analyzes genomic admixture in Ixodes scapularis ticks from the Great Plains, finding admixed populations in Nebraska with no B. burgdorferi infection, suggesting genomic factors influence Lyme disease transmission.

The paper adapts an African Necator americanus strain to laboratory conditions and generates a high-quality genome assembly for further study.

The paper assesses WNV dissemination in individual mosquitoes, finding that abdominal RNA detection may overestimate transmission potential and that tissue-specific testing improves accuracy.

The paper validates a method to generate genome-wide polymorphism datasets from individual hookworm larvae, showing that accurate variant calling is possible with sufficient DNA input and strict filtering.

The paper validates a single reaction amplicon sequencing approach for generating high-quality WNV genomes and characterizes transmission dynamics during a 2023 outbreak in Nebraska.

This study analyzes pooled Ct values from mosquito surveillance to estimate infectious mosquito prevalence, showing that Ct values reflect biologically meaningful variation and can improve transmission risk estimates.

This study evaluates de novo genome assemblies of parasitic nematodes using only Oxford Nanopore MinION data, finding comparable or better contiguity, completeness, and gene content than hybrid assemblies with Illumina data.

This study reconstructs the emergence and spread of Powassan virus lineage II in the northeastern U.S. using genomic data, finding a south-to-north dispersal pattern and population growth.