Dr Dagmar Meyer Steiger ~ Research Fellow
College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences
- About
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- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Meyer Steiger D, Ritchie S and Laurance S (2016) Mosquito communities and disease risk influenced by land use change and seasonality in the Australian tropics. Parasites & Vectors, 9. pp. 387-400
- Meyer Steiger D, Ritchie S and Laurance S (2016) Land use influences mosquito communities and disease risk on remote tropical islands: a case study using a novel sampling technique. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 94 (2). pp. 314-321
- Meyer Steiger D, Ritchie S and Laurance S (2014) Overcoming the challenges of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) sampling in remote localities: a comparison of CO2 attractants on mosquito communities in three tropical forest habitats. Journal of Medical Entomology, 51 (1). pp. 39-45
- Meyer Steiger D, Johnson P, Hilbert D, Ritchie S, Jones D and Laurance S (2012) Effects of landscape disturbance on mosquito community composition in tropical Australia. Journal of Vector Ecology, 37 (1). pp. 69-76
- Other research outputs
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- Hilbert D, Hill R, Moran C, Turton S, Bohnet I, Marshall N, Pert P, Stoeckl N, Murphy H, Reside A, Laurance S, Alamgir M, Coles R, Crowley G, Curnock M, Dale A, Duke N, Esparon M, Farr M, Gillet S, Gooch M, Fuentes M, Hamann M, James C, Kroon F, Larson S, Lyons P, Marsh H, Meyer Steiger D, Sheaves M and Westcott D (2014) Climate change issues and impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM cluster region. [monograph]
- Laurance S, Meyer Steiger D and Ritchie S (2014) Detecting emerging infectious diseases in the Torres Strait: a review of vector, host and disease studies. [monograph]
- Hilbert D, Hill R, Moran C, Turton S, Bohnet I, Marshall N, Pert P, Stoeckl N, Murphy H, Reside A, Laurance S, Alamgir M, Coles R, Crowley G, Curnock M, Dale A, Duke N, Esparon M, Farr M, Gillet S, Gooch M, Fuentes M, Hamann M, James C, Kroon F, Larson S, Lyons P, Marsh H, Meyer Steiger D, Sheaves M and Westcott D (2014) Key messages extracted from the Synthesis of Climate Change Issues and Impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM Cluster Region. [monograph]
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
NHMRC - Northern Australia Tropical Disease Collaborative Research Programme
Can mosquito excreta be used to enhance detection of Australian vector-borne diseases? HOT North Early Career Fellowship
- Indicative Funding
- $74,692 (administered by Menzies School of Health Research)
- Summary
- Testing for presence of arboviruses usually involves capturing wild mosquitoes and complicated laboratory analyses. These are not only time- and labour-intensive but also costly. Virus detection can be made from saliva however, mosquitoes only expel verysmall amounts which makes detection difficult. We are proposing to use their excreta instead as it is produced in greater quantities than saliva and shows higher sensitivity in virus detection. (HOT North Early Career Fellowship)
- Investigators
- Dagmar Meyer Steiger (College of Public Health and Medical & Vet Sciences)
- Keywords
- Mosquitoes; Vector-borne Diseases; arboviruses; mosquito traps; virus-detection
Menzies School of Health Research - Ext_Source: NHMRC NATDCRP Hot North Pilot
Can mosquito excreta be used to enhance detection of Australian vector-borne diseases?
- Indicative Funding
- $31,500 (administered by Menzies School of Health Research)
- Summary
- Testing for presence of arboviruses usually involves capturing wild mosquitoes and complicated laboratory analyses. These are not only time- and labour-intensive but also costly. Virus detection can be made from saliva however, mosquitoes only expel very small amounts which makes detection difficult. We are proposing to use their excreta instead as it is produced in greater quantities than saliva, and shows higher sensitivity in virus detection. In order to explore this proposal we need to know where and when mosquitoes discharge their excreta in the traps. The discharge of excreta could be dependent on a variety of factors such as temperature, time after last meal or time of day/night, type of trap; it may also be species-dependent or it could just be random. These factors need to be examined to ensure maximum collection of excreta. The results will lead to the modification and optimization of existing traps.
- Investigators
- Scott Ritchie, Dagmar Meyer Steiger, Ana Ramirez Lopez, Andrew van den Hurk and Nina Kurucz (College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, Queensland Health and Department of Health (NT))
- Keywords
- Arbovirus; Mosquito; Encephalitis
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
Note: Map points are indicative of the countries or states that institutions are associated with.- 5+ collaborations
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- 1 collaboration
- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
My research areas
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