College of Medicine
Vittor Lab
Led by Amy Y Vittor · Medicine
What we study
The Vittor Lab studies how land use changes, host immunity, and mosquito behavior drive the spread of arboviral diseases like dengue and Venezuelan equine encephalitis. They use fieldwork in Panama and lab experiments to understand immune responses and vector ecology.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Fieldwork
- Clinical
- Other insects
- Human participants
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Multigenerational prospective study: a hybrid cohort study to evaluate the transmission cycle and exposures to multiple emerging…
A study in Panama examining how prior immune exposure affects susceptibility to alphaviruses.
Examining how blood meals from different vertebrate species influence the midgut microbiome of the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti…
Research on how mosquito diet affects their ability to transmit arboviruses.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee in an Immunocompromised Patient
2026 · Cureus
Finds a rare bacteria causing knee infection in a farmer with a knee implant.
- Peripheral blood cytokine profiles predict the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection: an EPIC3 study analysis
2025 · BMC Infectious Diseases
Uses blood tests to predict severe COVID-19 in veterans.
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- Contrasting Ecological Patterns of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Madariaga Viruses in Small Mammal and Mosquito Populations from Two Enzootic Regions of Panama
2025 · Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Studies small animals and mosquitoes to understand how viruses spread in Panama.
- Exploring the significance of agroforestry and regenerative agriculture in farmer’s health and risk of zoonotic diseases
2025 · The Lancet Planetary Health
Asks Florida farmers about farming practices and risks of animal-borne diseases.
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