Adjunct Senior Arbovirologist
Anastasia Mosquito Control District, Maryland, United States
Dr. Michael Turell is a medical entomologist and arbovirologist who studies factors affecting pathogen transmission by arthropods. These include studies to determine the ability of selected mosquito and tick species to transmit viruses responsible for disease in humans, to assist in the development and safety testing of vaccines, and in the development of novel diagnostic assays. He obtained his BS and MS from Cornell University, served as a Medical Entomologist in the US Army for 5 years, then obtained an MPH from Tulane University followed by a PhD from the University of California – Berkeley, working with Bill Reeves and Jim Hardy. He then began a 34-year career at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD. He has over 220 publications that have been cited over 11,000 times with contributions to the areas of transovarial transmission, the influence of infection on behavior, arboviruses and hemoparasite interactions, vector competence of emerging arboviruses, and argasid ticks as long-term reservoirs for arboviruses. In addition to laboratory-based studies, his work has included field-studies in Costa Rica, Belize, Peru, Kenya, Uzbekistan, and other countries. His extensive service career includes journal editing, numerous proposal review panels, and helping to train the next generation of medical entomologists and arbovirologists. He was also instrumental to the origin of the American Committee of Medical Entomology which started in 1984, served as chair for two terms, and secretary-treasurer for one term.
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332 - How does concurrent ingestion of microfilaria and virus enhance virus transmission
Thursday, March 6, 2025
5:05 PM – 5:15 PM AST