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David W. Severson

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1978
Mosquito-borne diseases and controlInsect Resistance and GeneticsInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms

Publications

224

Citations

9,878

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
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David W. Severson studies mosquitoes that transmit human diseases, focusing on their genetics, biology, and how they spread viruses like dengue, yellow fever, and Mayaro. The work combines laboratory genetic mapping with field surveys of mosquito species and the viruses they carry, aiming to inform disease-prevention strategies through genetic or bacterial manipulation of the insects.

Mosquito-borne disease vectorsInsect genetics and genetic mappingMosquito species identification and DNA barcodingVirome and pathogen transmission studiesEnvironmental influences on disease susceptibility

Publication activity was steady through the late 2010s and peaked around 2021, then declined in the most recent years to roughly 2-4 papers per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

1 earlier award
  • NIH R21AI128116Jul 2017 – Jun 2020 · $195k awarded

    Development of Yeast Interfering RNA Larvicides Targeting Aedes aegypti

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 9,878cohort median 2,525
h-index: 53cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 2.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 17% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 16 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 9 publications9212022: 5 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications24252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Figshare×16
  • Scientific Reports×6
  • Insects×5
  • PMC×5
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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