EEEV in mosquito salivary gland tissue.
Photo credit: CDC/Fred Murphy; Sylvia Whitfield

Arboviruses—transmitted through the bite of infected arthropods like mosquitoes and ticks—pose growing and unpredictable threats to global public health. Research in the Ander Laboratory applies multidisciplinary approaches integrating virology, immunology, and comparative physiology to uncover mechanisms that drive arboviral disease severity and define ecological niches for arbovirus transmission.