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Chad Mire
Foreign Arthropod Borne Animal Disease Research
Research Microbiologist

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Projects
Supporting Foreign Transboundary Arbovirus Research
Cooperative Agreement (A)
  Accession Number: 447056
Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) Outbreaks in North America
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 441288
Rift Valley Fever Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 441467
Japanese Encephalitis Virus Prevention and Mitigation Strategies
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 441468
Development of Diagnostic Tools for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Memorandum of Understanding (M)
  Accession Number: 443051
Subject Matter Expert Support to NBAF Science Transition
Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement (N)
  Accession Number: 446158
Demonstration of Long-term Protection Against RVFV Infection Afforded by a Single Dose of Rift Valley Fever Smithburn MLV Vaccine in Sheep
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446175
Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Wildlife
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446307
Enhancement of Lumpy Skin Disease Diagnostic: Antigen Generation for an Indirect ELISA Kit and Development of New Monoclonal Antibodies
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446341
Development of Reagents and New Technology for Detection and Surveillance of Lumpy Skin Disease
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446344
Population Genetics of Potential Rift Valley Fever Virus Vectors in South Africa
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446448
New Tools for Vector-pathogen-host Investigations
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446449
Development of Novel Strategies to Investigate Arthropod Feeding and Arbovirus Transmission
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446456
Investigating Arbovirus Dissemination and Transmission
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446728
Investigating the Ecology, Evolution, and Spatio-temporal Patterns of Arbovirus Spread in the United States
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 447001
Animal Studies in BSL-3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 435561
Effects of Environmental Temperature on Arbovirus Vector Competence of Various Mosquito Species
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 440363
Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 440494
Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 440696
Mosquito Cis-regulatory Elements Associated with Arbovirus Infection
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 441171
Defining the Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Transcriptome of Cattle Health and Disease
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 443407
Southeastern USA Arbovirus Landscape
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 443800
Assessing the Risk of Emergence, Transmission and Establishment of the Japanese Encephalitis Virus in the United States
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 443942
Characterization of Environmental Effects on Mosquito Saliva Composition Using Mass Spectrometry
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444069
CCHFV Prevalence Outside the Ugandan Cattle Corridor
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444535
Vector Surveillance at an Active Cache Valley Virus Focus
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444656
Xenosurveillance Using Arthropod Vectors to Characterize Vector-borne Disease Epidemiology
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444667
Southwestern USA Arbovirus Landscape
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444680
MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry as an Additional Tool for Vector-borne Disease Surveillance
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444700
Host and Vector Transcriptional Responses for Transboundary Arboviral Disease of Livestock
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444719
Mid-infrared Spectra (MIRS) Paired with Visual Spectrum Images for Deep Learning Based Classification of Surveillance Variables
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444745
Center for Tick Surveillance
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444758
A Genetic Approach to Assess the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease Vectors
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444759
Improved Vector-Borne Disease Response in South Asia
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444806
Investigating the Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in Endemic and Incursion Ecological Zones
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444831
Characterization and Diagnostic Detection of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Strains Causing Outbreaks in North America
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444909
Enhancing Capacity for Veterinary Pathology
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444930
Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Rift Valley Fever Virus
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 445055
Insecticidal Nanoparticles
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 441658
Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442376
Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442573
Investigation of Arboviral Infection Rates and Blood Meal Sources of Various Mosquito Species in Rift Valley Fever Endemic Areas in Kenya
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442633
Pathogenesis and Wildlife Host Range of Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442730
A Scalable Vascularized Hydrogel System for Agricultural Vector-borne Disease Research
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442801
Assessment of CCHV in Ugandan Cattle Corridor and Kenyan Arid North Tick Populations
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442808
Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging and Emergent Arboviruses in Mosquitoes in the Caribbean
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442817
Exosomes as Mediators of Arbovirus Transmission by Insects
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442826
Development of Lateral Flow Assays for Rift Valley Fever Virus Antigen and Antibody Detection
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442843
Bio-hardened Environments: Integrating AI-based Biothreat Detection Networks into Situational Awareness and Rapid Response Systems
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442870
Biologically-inspired Odor Olfactory Detection Guided Machine Learning (BIODOG-ML): Odor Detection from Canines to Instrumentation
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442872
Epidemiological Fitness Assessment of Segmented RNA Viruses
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442875
Identifying Flavivirus Determinants of Entry and Replication and Design of Potential Vaccine Candidates
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442924
Animal and Arthropod Studies in BSL3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 443000
Exploration of Novel Virus-like Particle Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 443031
Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 443041

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Community composition of black flies during and after the 2020 vesicular stomatitis virus outbreak in southern New Mexico, USA Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Whelpley, M.J., Zhou, L.H., Rascon, J., Payne, B., Moehn, B., Young, K.I., Mire, C.E., Peters, D.P., Rodriguez, L.L., Hanley, K.A. 2024. Community composition of black flies during and after the 2020 vesicular stomatitis virus outbreak in southern New Mexico, USA. Parasites & Vectors. 17. Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06127-6.