Publications:

1.) O'Connor, C., et al. 2023. Assessing the impact of areal unit selection and the modifiable areal unit problem on associative statistics between cases of tick-borne disease and entomological indices. J Med Entomol., tjad157. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad157

2.) O’Connor C., et al. (2021) A Comparative Spatial and Climate Analysis of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis and Human Babesiosis in New York State (2013 – 2018). J Med Entomol. tjab107. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab107

3.) Prusinski, M. A., O'Connor, C., et al. (2023). Associations of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Bacteria Variants in Ixodes scapularis Ticks and Humans, New York, USA. Emerg Infect Dis., 29(3), 540-550. doi: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.220320

4.) Russell, A., O’Connor, C., Lasek-Nesselquist, E., et al. Spatiotemporal Analyses of 2 Co-Circulating SARS-CoV-2 Variants, New York State, USA. Emerg Infect Dis., 28(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.211972

5.) Russell A, Prusinski M. A., Sommer J, O’Connor, C., et al. (2021) Epidemiology and Spatial Emergence of Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2010‒2018. (2021) Emerg Infect Dis. 27(8):2154-2162. doi: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.210133

6.) Dupuis A. P., Prusinski M. A., Russell A., O’Connor, C. et al. Serologic Survey of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in Hunter-Harvested White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), New York State. (2020) Am J Trop Med Hyg. 104(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1090

7.) Dupuis, A. P., Prusinski, M. A., O’Connor, C., et al. (2021). Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA. Emerg Infect Dis., 27(12), 3128–3132. doi: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.211426

8.) Dupuis, A. P., Prusinski, M. A., O'Connor, C., et al. Bourbon virus transmission, New York State. Emerg Infect Dis. 29(1), 145-148. doi: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.220283

9.) Foley M., O'Connor, C., et al. Spatiotemporal distribution of Borrelia miyamotoi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) and coinfection with other tick-borne pathogens in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from New York State, USA. J Med Entomol., 60(4), 808–821. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad054

10.) Oppler, Zachary J., …, O'Connor, C., et al. 2024. “Population Dynamics of the Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia Burgdorferi, during Rapid Range Expansion in New York State.” Molecular Ecology 33(16): e17480. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17480