Anne Vardo-Zalik
Assistant Professor of Biology

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0118 Main Classroom Building
York, PA 17403 - She/Her
- amv12@psu.edu
- 717-771-4000
Research Summary
The ecology and population genetics of malaria parasites and their vectors
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Malaria Infection Parasites Plasmodium Polymerase Chain Reaction Psychodidae Kenya Population Genes Lizards Plasmodium Falciparum Leukocytes Insect Vectors Wolbachia Lutzomyia Infections Parasite Blood Mutation Pyrimethamine Highlands Sulfadoxine Genetic Variation Pyrimethamine Drug Combination Fanasil Restriction Fragment Length PolymorphismMost Recent Publications
Pennsylvania’s appalachian bat count: Trends from summer roost surveys and a comparison of surveys before and after the arrival of white-nose syndrome
Nathan Zalik, Anne Vardo-Zalik, Calvin Butchkoski,
Epidemiological risk factors for clinical malaria infection in the highlands of Western Kenya
Walters M. Essendi, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, Eugenia Lo, Maxwell G. Machani, Guofa Zhou, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan, Yaw A. Afrane, 2019, Malaria Journal
Impacts of antimalarial drugs on plasmodium falciparum drug resistance markers, Western Kenya, 2003-2015
Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder, Emuejevuoke Umukoro, Eugenia Lo, Becky Fung, Pedro Tomás-Domingo, Guofa Zhou, Daibin Zhong, Amruta Dixit, Harrysone Atieli, Andrew Githeko, Anne Vardo-Zalik, Guiyun Yan, 2018, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on p. 692-699
Genetic differentiation over a small spatial scale of the sand fly Lutzomyia vexator (Diptera: Psychodidae)
Allison T. Neal, Max S. Ross, Jos J. Schall, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, 2016, Parasites and Vectors on p. 1-9
Leukocyte profiles for western fence lizards, sceloporus occidentalis, naturally infected by the malaria parasite plasmodium mexicanum
Victoria L. Motz, Victoria Motz-Patel, William D. Lewis, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, 2014, Journal of Parasitology on p. 592-597
Discrimination of the Plasmodium mexicanum vectors Lutzomyia stewarti and Lutzomyia vexator by a PCR-RFLP assay and Wolbachia infection
G. L. Hughes, S. K. Samuels, K. Shaikh, J. L. Rasgon, A. M. Vardo-Zalik, 2014, Journal of Vector Ecology on p. 224-227
Alterations in Plasmodium falciparum genetic structure two years after increased malaria control efforts in western Kenya
Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, Guofa Zhou, Daibin Zhong, Yaw A. Afrane, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan, 2013, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on p. 29-36
The effects of available glucose concentration on the population dynamics of growing Escherichia coli cultures
Shehzad Siddique, Anne Vardo-Zalik, 2012, John T. and Paige S. Smith Undergraduate Science Research Symposium Proceedings on p. 7-12
Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of genes associated with acute desiccation stress in Anopheles gambiae
Mei Hui Wang, Osvaldo Marinotti, Anne Vardo-Zalik, Rajni Boparai, Guiyun Yan, 2011, PLoS One
Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax malaria in China and Myanmar
Daibin Zhong, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Guofa Zhou, Guangze Wang, Bin Chen, Anne Vardo-Zalik, Liwang Cui, Guiyun Yan, Bin Zheng, 2011, Infection, Genetics and Evolution on p. 1419-1425
Most-Cited Papers
Impacts of antimalarial drugs on plasmodium falciparum drug resistance markers, Western Kenya, 2003-2015
Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder, Emuejevuoke Umukoro, Eugenia Lo, Becky Fung, Pedro Tomás-Domingo, Guofa Zhou, Daibin Zhong, Amruta Dixit, Harrysone Atieli, Andrew Githeko, Anne Vardo-Zalik, Guiyun Yan, 2018, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on p. 692-699
Epidemiological risk factors for clinical malaria infection in the highlands of Western Kenya
Walters M. Essendi, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, Eugenia Lo, Maxwell G. Machani, Guofa Zhou, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan, Yaw A. Afrane, 2019, Malaria Journal
Alterations in Plasmodium falciparum genetic structure two years after increased malaria control efforts in western Kenya
Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, Guofa Zhou, Daibin Zhong, Yaw A. Afrane, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan, 2013, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on p. 29-36
Leukocyte profiles for western fence lizards, sceloporus occidentalis, naturally infected by the malaria parasite plasmodium mexicanum
Victoria L. Motz, Victoria Motz-Patel, William D. Lewis, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, 2014, Journal of Parasitology on p. 592-597
Genetic differentiation over a small spatial scale of the sand fly Lutzomyia vexator (Diptera: Psychodidae)
Allison T. Neal, Max S. Ross, Jos J. Schall, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, 2016, Parasites and Vectors on p. 1-9
Discrimination of the Plasmodium mexicanum vectors Lutzomyia stewarti and Lutzomyia vexator by a PCR-RFLP assay and Wolbachia infection
G. L. Hughes, S. K. Samuels, K. Shaikh, J. L. Rasgon, A. M. Vardo-Zalik, 2014, Journal of Vector Ecology on p. 224-227