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| My laboratory is focused on the control of Chagas disease, a leading cause of heart disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite. Our current focus is the population genetics of the parasite vector, Triatoma dimidiata, in Central America and Mexico. Much of this work has been done in collaboration with the Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Parasitology (LENAP), headed by Dra. Carlota Monroy at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. In addition, in 2006 we identified the first locally-acquired human case in Louisiana and are investigating the Chagas transmission cycle in the southern U.S. including T. cruzi infection rate in the insect vector, Triatoma sanguisuga, non-human primates, dogs and wild animals. | |
| 2008-present | Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, LA |
2000-2008 |
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, LA |
| 1994-2000 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, LA |
| 2006-present | Adjunct Associate Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA |
| 2007-present | Adjunct Associate Professor, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2007-present | Adjunct Associate Professor, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA |
| 1992-1994 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology Dept., Hope College, Holland, MI |
| 1989-1992 | Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Parasitology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA |
1989 |
Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Virology, Zoology Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
1980 |
B.A., Biology, University of California, San Diego, CA |
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| Current Courses | |
Biol A206 & A207 |
Cell and Molecular Biology Lecture & Lab |
Biol A300 & A301 |
Microbiology Lecture & Lab |
Biol Z136 |
Genetics and Society (upper level, non-majors course) |
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Population Genetics of Triatoma dimidiata Chagas Disease in a Primate Colony |
| Dra. Carlota Monroy and Dr. Y. Tabaru | Information about Chagas Disease in the U.S. |
JK Blackburn, A Curtis, F Currin Mujica, F Jones, P Dorn, and R Coates (2008) “The Development of the Chagas’ Online Data Entry System (CODES-GIS)” Transactions in GIS 12(2):249-265. |
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S. S. Pineda, S. Melgar, P. Dorn, E. Agreda, A. Rodas and C. Monroy (2008) |
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Dorn, PL, C Monroy, A Curtis (2007) “T. dimidiata: A Review of its Diversity across its Geographic Range and the Relationship among Populations”, Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 7:343-352. |
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Dorn, PL, L Perniciaro*, MJ Yabsley, DM Roellig, G Balsamo, J Diaz, D Wesson (2007) “Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana”, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13: 605-607. |
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Melgar, S; JJ Chávez, P Landaverde, F Herrera, A Rodas, E Enríquez, P Dorn, C Monroy (2007) “Number of families of Triatoma dimidiata in a Guatemalan house” Mem Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 102:221-223. |
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Dorn, P, P. Buekens, E. Hanford (2007) “Whac-a-mole: future trends in Chagas transmission and the importance of a global perspective on disease control” Future Microbology 2(4): 365-367 (Invited editorial). |
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S. S. Pineda, S. Melgar, P. Dorn, E. Agreda, A. Rodas and C. Monroy |
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Dorn, PL; S Melgar , C Combe, A Rodas, C Monroy. (2004) Analysis of Microsatellite markers for population genetic studies of the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma dimidiata . Infection, Genetics & Evolution suppl. 2005. |
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Calderón, C I; PL Dorn , S Melgar, J J Chávez, A Rodas, R Rosales, C M. Monroy. (2004) A preliminary assessment of genetic differentiation of Triatoma dimidiata , (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Guatemala by RAPD-PCR J. Med. Entomol . 41:882 – 887. |
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Dorn, PL , S Melgar, V Rouzier*, A Gutierrez*, C Combe*, R Rosales, A Rodas, S Kott*, D Salvia*, C. M. Monroy (2003) The Chagas Vector, Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera:Reduviidae), is Panmictic Within and Among Adjacent Villages in Guatemala . J. Med. Entomol. 40:436-440. |
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Dorn, PL , J Flores*, B Brahney*, A Gutierrez*, R Rosales, A Rodas, C Monroy. (2001) Comparison of Polymerase Chain Reaction on fresh tissue samples and fecal drops on filter paper for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in Rhodnius prolixus . Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 96:503-505. |
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Dorn, PL , D Engelke*, A Rodas, R Rosales, S Melgar, B Brahney*, J Flores *, and C Monroy. (1999) Utility of the Polymerase Chain Reaction in detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in Guatemalan Chagas vectors Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60: 740-745. |