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 Kenya Genes Polymerase Chain Reaction Plasmodium Population Insecticides Epidemiology Psychodidae Lizards Genome Culicidae Insect Vectors Myanmar Plasmodium Falciparum New Species Wolbachia Anopheles Gambiae China Parasite Leukocytes Genetic Variation Plasmodium VivaxMost Recent Papers
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
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, William D. Lewis, Anne Marie 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
Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of genes associated with acute desiccation stress in Anopheles gambiae
Mei Hui Wang, Osvaldo Marinotti, Anne Marie 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 Marie Vardo-Zalik, Liwang Cui, Guiyun Yan, Bin Zheng, 2011, Infection, Genetics and Evolution on p. 1419-1425
Changing patterns of malaria epidemiology between 2002 and 2010 in western kenya
Guofa Zhou, Yaw A. Afrane, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, Harrysone Atieli, Daibin Zhong, Peter Wamae, Yousif E. Himeidan, Noboru Minakawa, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan, 2011, PLoS One
Five new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda
Anne Marie Vardo-Zalik, Ronald A. Campbell, 2011, Zootaxa on p. 41-64
Most-Cited Papers
Changing patterns of malaria epidemiology between 2002 and 2010 in western kenya
Guofa Zhou, Yaw A. Afrane, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, Harrysone Atieli, Daibin Zhong, Peter Wamae, Yousif E. Himeidan, Noboru Minakawa, Andrew K. Githeko, 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 Marie Vardo-Zalik, Liwang Cui, Guiyun Yan, Bin Zheng, 2011, Infection, Genetics and Evolution on p. 1419-1425
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
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
Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of genes associated with acute desiccation stress in Anopheles gambiae
Mei Hui Wang, Osvaldo Marinotti, Anne Marie Vardo-Zalik, Rajni Boparai, Guiyun Yan, 2011, PLoS One
Five new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda
Anne Marie Vardo-Zalik, Ronald A. Campbell, 2011, Zootaxa on p. 41-64
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
Leukocyte profiles for western fence lizards, sceloporus occidentalis, naturally infected by the malaria parasite plasmodium mexicanum
Victoria L. Motz, William D. Lewis, Anne Marie 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
Genetic differentiation over a small spatial scale of the sand fly Lutzomyia vexator (Diptera
Allison T. Neal, Max S. Ross, Jos J. Schall, Anne M. Vardo-Zalik, 2016, Parasites and Vectors on p. 1-9