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- Research Entomologist
Modeling and Bioengineering Section
Medical and Veterinary Entomology Research Laboratory
Agricultural Research Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
P. O. Box 14565
Gainesville, FL 32604
Tel: 352-374-5976
- Email: focks@gainsville.usda.ufl.edu
Vitae
Education
University of Florida B.S. 1971 Zoology
University of Florida Ph.D. 1977 Entomology
Professional Experience
1977 to date Research Entomologist, Medical and Veterinary Entomology Research
Laboratory, ARS-USDA.
Adjunct Faculty and Doctoral Research Staff, Department of Entomology,
University of Florida.
Adjunct Faculty, International Center for Public Health Research, University of
South Carolina, Columbus, South Carolina.
Research Focus
Primary research area is the development of practical, integrated control
strategies for vector-borne disease. The focus of the past 5 years has been dengue
hemorrhagic fever and Aedes aegypti in the urban environment- biology, control,
epidemiology.
Selected Publications
 | Total refereed publications number >70. Regarding the control and epidemiology
dengue, the following are relevant:
 | Focks, D. A., S. R. Sackett, D. L. Bailey, and D. A. Dame. 1981. Observations on
container-breeding mosquitoes in New Orleans, Louisiana, with an estimate of the
population density of Aedes aegypti (L.). Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 30: 1329-1335. |
| Focks, D. A. 1986. Disease Vector Ecology Profiles for Cuba and Bolivia. Walter
Reed Army Medical Research Command 46 pp. |
| Focks, D. A., K. O. Kloter, and G. T. Carmichael. 1987. The impact of sequential
ULV ground aerosol applications of malathion on the population dynamics of Aedes aegypti
(L.). Am. J. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 36: 639-647. |
| Focks, D. A., D. H. Haile, E. Daniels, & G. A. Mount. 1993. Dynamic life
table model of a container-inhabiting mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae).
Analysis of the literature and model development. J. Med.Entomol. 30 (6): 1003-1017. |
| Focks, D. A., D. H. Haile, E. Daniels, & G. A. Mount. 1993. Dynamic lifetable
model of a container-inhabiting mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae).
Simulation Results and Validation. J. Med. Entomol. 30 (6): 1018-1028. |
| Focks, D. A., E. Daniels, D. H. Haile, and J. E. Keesling. 1995. A simulation
model of the epidemiology of urban dengue fever: Literature analysis, model development,
preliminary validation, and samples of simulation results. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 53:
489-506. |
| Focks, D. A. and D. D. Chadee. 1996. Pupal survey: An epidemiologically
significant surveillance method for Aedes aegypti. An example using data from Trinidad.
Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. [in journal review]. |
| Jetten, T. H. and D. A. Focks. 1996. Changes in the distribution of dengue
transmission under climate warming scenarios. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. [in review]. |
| Martens, W. J. M., T. H. Jetten, and D. A. Focks. 1996. Sensitivity of
vector-borne diseases to global warming. Science. [in journal review].
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Collaborators
Dr. Dave Chadee, Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago (dengue risk assessment
and control)
Dr. Edwardo Fernandez, Ministry of Health, Honduras (risk assessment and community
control)
Dr. Scott Halstead, U.S. Navy Department of Infectious Diseases (etiology of hemorrhagic
dengue)
Professor Jack Hayes, University of Texas School of Public Health (risk assessment)
Professor Lawrence Kalkstein, Geography, U of Delaware (hydrology models)
Professor James Keesling, Mathematics, U of Florida (stochastic processes)
Dr. Jonathan Patz, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (climate change and
dengue fever)
Dr. Ron Rosenberg, Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Medical Research
Dr. Thomas Scott, Entomology, University of California (Davis) (epidemiology of dengue)
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