Romoser, W.S. K. Lerdthusnee, R.L. Berry & P. Kittayapong. 1994. The effect of mechanical shock on hydrostatic balance and survival of mosquito pupae. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 10(1):10-13.

Turell, M.J. & W.S. Romoser. 1994. Effect of the developmental stage at infection on the ability of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit Rift Valley fever virus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 50(4):448-451.

Lerdthusnee, K., W.S. Romoser, M.E. Faran, D.J. 1995. Rift Valley fever virus in the cardia of Culex pipiens: an immunocytochemical and ultrastructural study. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 53(4):448-451.

Romoser, W.S. 1996. The Vector Alimentary Canal. In: Biology of Disease Vectors, W.C. Marquardt & B.J. Beaty, editors. University Press of Colorado.

Romoser, W.S. & J.G. Stoffolano. 1998. The Science of Entomology, 4th edition, WCB McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, Iowa.

Romoser, W.S. & E. Lucas. 1999. Buoyancy and diving behavior in mosquito pupae. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 15(2):194-199.

Romoser, W.S. 2000. Introduction to Arthropods: Structure, Function and Development. In: Medical Entomology--A Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods, B.F. Eldridge & J.D. Edman (editors), Chapter 2, pp. 13-52. Kleuwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Romoser, W.S. 2000. Introduction to Arthropods: Systematics, Behavior and Ecology. In: Medical Entomology--A Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods, B.F. Eldridge & J.D. Edman (editors), Chapter 3, pp. 53-98. Kleuwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Romoser, W.S., R.M. Moll, A.C. Moncayo, & Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee. 2000. The occurrence and fate of the meconium and meconial peritrophic membranes in pupal and adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 37(6):893-896.

Moll, R.M., W.S. Romoser, M.C. Modrzakowski, A.C. Moncayo & Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee. 2000. Meconial peritrophic membranes and the fate of midgut bacteria during mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) metamorphosis. Journal of Medical Entomology 38(1):29-32.

Lucas, E. & W.S. Romoser. 2001. The energetic costs of diving in Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus pupae. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 17(1):56-60.

Romoser; W.S., L. P. Wasieloski; P. Pushko, J. P. Kondig, K. Lerdthusnee, M. Neira, G. V. Ludwig. 2004. Evidence for arbovirus dissemination conduits from the mosquito midgut. Journal of Medical Entomology, Vol. 41(3):467-475.

Romoser, W.S. M.J. Turell, K. Lerdthusnee, M. Neira, D. Dohm, G.V. Ludwig, L. Wasieloski. 200_. Pathogenesis of Rift Valley fever virus in mosquitoes--tracheal conduits & the basal lamina as an extra-cellular barrier. Accepted for publication, Special Issue of Archives of Virology in honor of Dr. Robert Shope.

Presentations since 1994

Distribution of Rift Valley fever virus in mosquito vectors: implications for vector competence. Invited presentation, VII International Conference of Comparative and Applied Virology, Workshop: Advances in Vector Biology: Plant and Animal Viruses. October, 1994, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Development of a Salivary Gland Infection Barrier to Rift Valley Fever in a Mosquito, Anopheles stephensi. Presented to The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, November, 1994, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Roadblocks Encountered by an Arbovirus in its Mosquito Host. Invited lecture presented to the Entomology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, May, 1995.

An immunocytochemical study of Rift Valley fever virus in a Senegalese mosquito, Aedes fowleri. Presented to the American Mosquito Control Association, March, 1996, Norfolk, Virginia.

Aspects of adult midgut development in Culicoides variipennis (Renato Leon presented). Presented to the American Mosquito Control Association, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 1997.

The origin of gas in the midgut during eclosion in Aedes aegypti: support for an hypothesis. Presented to the American Mosquito Control Association, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 1997.

Research with mosquito pupae has its ups and downs. Presented to the Virginia Mosquito Control Association, Williamsburg, VA, Feb., 1999.

International catalysis on a shoestring--the Ohio University Tropical Disease Institute. Presented to the Virginia Mosquito Control Association, Williamsburg, VA, Feb. 1999.

In situ demonstration of mosquito tissue tropisms displayed by Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus (with R. Leon). Presented to the American Mosquito Control Association, St. Louis, MO, Feb. 1999.

The fate of bacteria during the development of the adult mosquito midgut (with R. Moll). Presented to the American Mosquito Control Association, St. Louis, MO, Feb. 1999.

Mosquito pupae: float hairs don't float!. Presented to the Ohio Mosquito Control Association, October, 1999, Belleville, Ohio.

Interactions between mosquitoes and microbes. Invited lecture presented to the Biology Department, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, November, 1999.

Mosquito tissue tropisms displayed by Venezuelan encephalitis virus as revealed by in situ methods (with R. Leon, G. V. Ludwig, and W. M. Kell). Presented Presented to The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Washington, D.C., December, 1999.

Mosquito pupae: float hairs don't float! Invited talk presented to the Michigan Mosquito Control Assn., Bellaire, Michigan, Feb. 2000.

The function of the dendritic tufts in Aedes aegypti pupae (with J. Elias, J. Austerman and M. Murray). Poster presented to the American Mosquito Control Assn., Atlantic City, NJ, Mar. 2000.

The use of Venezuelan equine encaphalitis/GFP replicons to elucidate mosquito tissue tropisms (with L. Wasieloski, G.V. Ludwig and R. Leon). Poster presented to the American Mosquito Control Assn, Dallas, TX, Feb. 2001.

Studies of arboviral pathogenesis and mechanisms of vector competence in mosquitoes. Invited talk presented to the Ohio Mosquito Control Assn., Cleveland, OH, Oct, 2001.

Evidence for dissemination of arboviruses via the mosquito tracheal system from studies of Venezuelan equine encepalitis and Rift Valley fever virus (with L. Wasieloski, G.V. Ludwig, P. Pushkno, R. Leon and M. Neira). Poster presented to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2001.

Studies of hematophagous insects and vector-borne diseases in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador (with M. Neira). Poster presented as part of O.U. College of Osteopathic Medicine Research Day. Athens, OH, Sept. 2002.

In situ studies of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in mosquitoes (with M. Neira, E. Butler, L.Wasieloski Jr., G. Ludwig). Poster presented to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Denver, CO, Nov., 2002.

Ongoing studies of pathogens and disease vectors in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Poster presented as part of U.U. College of Osteopathic Medicine Research Day, Athens, OH, Sept. 2003.

WEE & SLE mosquito tissue tropisms demonstrated by immunocytochemistry (with M. Neira, F. Mahmoud, & W. Reisen). Poster presented to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Philadelphia, PA, Dec., 2003.

Evidence for direct infection of mosquito salivary glands by Venezuelan encephalitis virus (with L. Wasieloski & G. Ludwig). Poster presented to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Philadelphia, PA, Dec., 2003

Pathogenesis of viral infections in mosquitoes. Invited talk presented as part of the Third McLaughlin Symposium: Infectious Diseases from Nature: Mechanisms of Viral Emergence and Persistence – A Tribute to Robert Shope, M.D. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, March, 2004.

Float hairs don’t float and other tales of mosquito biology. Invited talk presented to Biology Department, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, April, 2004.

Western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus in laboratory and geographic strains of Culex tarsalis: an immunocytochemical study (with M. Neira, C. James, F. Mahmood, & W. K. Reisen). Poster presented at the 2004 annual meeting of The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Dec., Miami, Florida.