Leon E. Hugo

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute — Australia

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Mosquito-borne diseases and control(71), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(32), Viral Infections and Vectors(26), Malaria Research and Control(20), Insect Resistance and Genetics(10)

Publications83 total

Transcriptomic response of mosquitoes to Japanese encephalitis virus and identification of its potential entry factors
npj Viruses·2025Open Access
Conserved but mechanistically diverse piRNA defence against <i>gypsy</i> LTR retrotransposons in insect ovaries
2025Open Access
Assessment of the transmission of live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine VLA1553 by Aedes albopictus mosquitoes
Parasites & Vectors·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Fitness compatibility and dengue virus Inhibition in a Bangladeshi strain of Aedes aegypti infected with the Wolbachia strain wAlbB
Scientific Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Fitness compatibility and dengue virus inhibition in a Bangladeshi strain of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> infected with the <i>Wolbachia</i> strain <i>w</i> AlbB
2024Open Access
Unleashing Nature’s Allies: Comparing the Vertical Transmission Dynamics of Insect-Specific and Vertebrate-Infecting Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes
Viruses·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Unleashing Nature’s Allies: Analysing Vertical Transmission Dynamics of Insect-Specific Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes
Preprints.org·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Estimation of population age structure, daily survival rates, and potential to support dengue virus transmission for Florida Keys Aedes aegypti via transcriptional profiling
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Integration of Computational Techniques in the Teaching of Physics of Electronic Devices: A Practical and Applied Perspective
2024
Generating prophylactic immunity against arboviruses in vertebrates and invertebrates
Nature reviews. Immunology·2024· 15 cited
Rapid low-resource detection of Plasmodium falciparum in infected Anopheles mosquitoes
Frontiers in Tropical Diseases·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Insecticide resistance compromises the control of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> in Bangladesh
Pest Management Science·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Rapid molecular assays for the detection of the four dengue viruses in infected mosquitoes
Gates Open Research·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Immunogenicity of a single fractional intradermal dose of Japanese encephalitis live attenuated chimeric vaccine
Journal of Travel Medicine·2022· 8 cited
Wolbachia wAlbB inhibit dengue and Zika infection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with an Australian background
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2022· 38 citedOpen Access
Detection of Dengue Virus 2 with Single Infected Mosquito Resolution Using Yeast Affinity Bionanofragments and Plasmonic SERS Nanoboxes
Analytical Chemistry·2022· 10 cited
Japanese Encephalitis Emergence in Australia: The Potential Population at Risk
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
Analysis of Aedes aegypti microRNAs in response to Wolbachia wAlbB infection and their potential role in mosquito longevity
Scientific Reports·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Rapid detection of kdr mutation F1534C in Aedes aegypti using recombinase polymerase amplification and lateral flow dipsticks
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology·2022· 5 cited
Rapid molecular assays for the detection of the four dengue viruses in infected mosquitoes
Gates Open Research·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Gregor J. Devine(22), Brian H. Kay(14), Peter A. Ryan(12), Maggy T. Sikulu-Lord(10), Narayan Gyawali(7), Floyd E. Dowell(6), Scott L. O’Neill(5), Nigel W. Beebe(5), Brian J. Johnson(5), Gordana Rašić(5), Colleen L. Lau(5), Luis Furuya‐Kanamori(5), Andrew F. van den Hurk(4), Scott A. Ritchie(4), Gerry F. Killeen(4), Robert A. Wirtz(4), Alexander A. Khromykh(4), Francesca D. Frentiu(4), Jody Hobson‐Peters(4), Iñaki Iturbe‐Ormaetxe(3)