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Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez

Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
Verified email at colostate.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

…, V Ramasamy, G Rašić, S Roy, K Saavedra-Rodriguez… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infect more than 400 million people each year with
dangerous viral pathogens including dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. Progress in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Rapid Rise of a Permethrin Knock Down Resistance Allele in Aedes aegypti in México

…, K Saavedra-Rodríguez… - PLoS neglected …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Aedes aegypti, the ‘yellow fever mosquito’, is the primary vector to humans of
dengue and yellow fever flaviviruses (DENV, YFV), and is a known vector of the chikungunya …

[HTML][HTML] Coevolution of the Ile1,016 and Cys1,534 Mutations in the Voltage Gated Sodium Channel Gene of Aedes aegypti in Mexico

FZ Vera-Maloof, K Saavedra-Rodriguez… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Worldwide the mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) is the principal urban vector of dengue
viruses. Currently 2.5 billion people are at risk for infection and reduction of Ae. aegypti …

[HTML][HTML] Parallel evolution of vgsc mutations at domains IS6, IIS6 and IIIS6 in pyrethroid resistant Aedes aegypti from Mexico

K Saavedra-Rodriguez, FV Maloof, CL Campbell… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Aedes aegypti is the primary urban mosquito vector of viruses causing dengue, Zika and
chikungunya fevers –for which vaccines and effective pharmaceuticals are still lacking. Current …

Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Genome Regions Controlling Permethrin Resistance in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

K Saavedra-Rodriguez, C Strode, A Flores Suarez… - Genetics, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the principal vector of dengue and yellow fever flaviviruses.
Permethrin is an insecticide used to suppress Ae. aegypti adult populations but metabolic …

Transcription of detoxification genes after permethrin selection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

K SaavedraRodriguez, AF Suarez… - Insect molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in gene expression before, during and after five generations of permethrin
laboratory selection were monitored in six strains of Aedes aegypti: five F 2 –F 3 collections …

Frequency of V1016I and F1534C mutations in the voltage‐gated sodium channel gene in Aedes aegypti in Venezuela

…, G Ponce, K SaavedraRodriguez… - Pest management …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The V1016I and F1534C mutations in the voltage‐gated sodium channel
gene have been associated with resistance to pyrethroids and DDT in Aedes aegypti …

[HTML][HTML] Insecticide resistance to permethrin and malathion and associated mechanisms in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from St. Andrew Jamaica

S Francis, K Saavedra-Rodriguez, R Perera, M Paine… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of novel diseases spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Jamaica and the
Caribbean, has prompted studies on insecticide resistance towards effective management …

Development and application of a simple colorimetric assay reveals widespread distribution of sodium channel mutations in Thai populations of Aedes aegypti

S Rajatileka, WC Black IV, K Saavedra-Rodriguez… - Acta tropica, 2008 - Elsevier
Dengue fever and its more serious complications dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue
shock syndrome are growing public health problems in tropical and subtropical countries. In …

[HTML][HTML] Local evolution of pyrethroid resistance offsets gene flow among Aedes aegypti collections in Yucatan State, Mexico

K Saavedra-Rodriguez, M Beaty… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the major vector of the four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV1–4).
Previous studies have shown that Ae. aegypti in Mexico have a high effective …