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Margaret Becker

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mosquito-borne diseases and controlAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesViral Infections and VectorsDengue and Mosquito Control Research

Publications

24

Citations

1,046

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

44

Publishing since 1982

Research summary
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Margaret Becker studies how mosquitoes, particularly Aedes aegypti (a species that spreads Zika, dengue, and other viruses), become infected with and transmit viruses, including how environmental factors like humidity and the mosquito's own gut microbes affect this process. A related line of work examines antibiotic (antimicrobial) resistance in gut bacteria, including bacteria carried by international travelers. Some recent work also touches on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).

Mosquito-borne virus transmission (Zika, dengue)Mosquito gut microbiome and infection susceptibilityEnvironmental effects (humidity, dehydration) on mosquito biologyAntimicrobial resistance in enteric bacteriaHuman antibody responses to infection

After a few quieter years, publication activity has been relatively steady to growing recently, averaging about 2.6 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication192020: 4 publications2021222023: 5 publications5232024: 3 publications242025: 5 publications52526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases×2
  • PLoS Pathogens×2
  • Science Immunology×1
  • mSphere×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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