Peer-reviewed Articles (*Please limit the use of pdf files for personal research & study)
Best IN, Liu J, Shaner PJL, Kuo CC & Pei KJC. Pest control practices of farmers in Taiwan and implications for non-target wildlife. Submitted.
Kuo CC, Huang JL & Wang HC. 2024. Parasite infestation patterns differ between ticks and chigger mites on two rodent host species in Taiwan. Accepted. Experimental and Applied Acarology
Ku TH, Liao HM, Nelson S, Cimo E, Jiang L & Kuo CC. 2024. Surveillance of ticks on a tropical island with introduced ungulates. Journal of Medical Entomology 61: 212-221. PDF.
Kwak ML, Jones MD, Harman M, Smith SN, Knierim T, Barnes CH, Waengsothorn S, Amarga AKS, Kuo CC, Nakao R & D'souza A. 2023. The East Indies reptile tick Amblyomma helvolum, taxonomy, biology and new host records, including the first record of human infestation. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 14: 102224. PDF.
Best IN, Shaner PJL, Pei KJC & Kuo CC. 2023. Of mice and cats: inter-specific variation in prey responses to direct and indirect cues. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77: 3. PDF.
Best IN, Shaner PJL, Pei KJC & Kuo CC. 2022. Farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and control practices of rodents in an agricultural area of Taiwan. Agronomy 12: 1169. PDF.
Song JS & Kuo CC. 2022. Farming practice affects rice field animal biota during cultivation but not fallow periods in Taiwan. Ecosphere 13: e4069. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lee PL & Wang HC. 2022. Molecular identification of Rickettsia species in chigger mites in Taiwan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 36: 223-229. PDF.
Wu DL, Shih HC, Wang JK, Teng HJ & Kuo CC. 2021. Commensal rodent habitat expansion enhances arthropod disease vectors on a tropical volcanic island. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8: 736216. PDF.
Latinne A, Chen HW, Kuo CC, Singleton G, Stuart A, Malbas FF, Demanche C, Chabe M, Michaux J & Morand S. 2021. Revisiting the Pneumocystis host specificity paradigm and transmission ecology in wild Southeast Asian rodents. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 93: 104978. PDF.
Kuo CC. 2021. Is climate change affecting ticks and tick-borne diseases in Taiwan? e064 in P. Nuttall (Eds.), Climate, Ticks, and Disease. CABI Publishing.
Best IN, Shaner PJL, Lo HY, Pei KJC & Kuo CC. 2020. Bigger doesn't mean bolder: Behavioral variation of four wild rodent species to novelty and predation risk following a fast-slow continuum. Frontiers in Zoology 17: 27. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lee PL & Wang HC. 2020. Molecular detection of Rickettsia species and host associations of Laelaps mites (Acari: Laelapidae) in Taiwan. Experimental and Applied Acarology 81: 547-559. PDF.
Kwak, M, Kuo CC & Chu HT. 2020. First record of the sea snake tick Amblyomma nitidum Hirst and Hirst, 1910 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Taiwan. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 11: 101383. PDF.
Wei CY, Wang JK, Shih HC, Wang HC & Kuo CC. 2020. Invasive plants facilitated by socioeconomic change harbor vectors of scrub typhus and spotted fever. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14: e0007519. PDF. Cover Story
Wang HC, Lee PL & Kuo CC. 2020. Fleas of shrews and rodents in rural lowland Taiwan. Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 595-600. PDF.
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Chien CH, Shih HC & Wang HC. 2018. First molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the hard tick Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides in Taiwan. Experimental and Applied Acarology 75: 437-443. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lin YF, Yao CT, Shih HC, Chung LH, Liao HC, Hsu YC & Wang HC. 2017. Tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from birds in Taiwan. Parasites & Vectors 10: 587. PDF.
Kuo CC, Wardrop N, Chang CT, Wang HC & Atkinson PM. 2017. Significance of major international seaports in the distribution of murine typhus in Taiwan. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11: e0005430. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lee PL, Chen CH & Wang HC. 2015. Surveillance of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Taiwan. Parasites & Vectors 8: 611. PDF
Chung LH, Wu WJ, Kuo CC & Wang HC. 2015. A checklist of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhökiidae) from Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 52: 1241-1253. PDF (Entomology Today)
Kuo CC, Shu PY, Mu JJ, Lee PL, Wu YW, Chung CK & Wang HC. 2015. Widespread Rickettsia spp. infections in ticks in Taiwan. Journal of Medical Entomology 52: 1096-1102. PDF
Kuo CC, Shu PY, Mu JJ & Wang HC. 2015. High prevalence of Rickettsia spp. infections in small mammals in Taiwan. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases 15: 13-20. PDF (Special Issue: Rodent-Borne Pathogens)
Shen TJ, Kuo CC, Wang CF & Huang KW. 2014. Delimitation of continuous morphological character with unknown prior membership: application of finite mixture model to classify scapular setae of Abacarus panticis Keifer. Experimental and Applied Acarology 63: 361-375. PDF
Kuo CC, Wang CF, Tsai JI, Feng FL & Huang KW. 2013. Altitudinal variation in body size in Abacarus panticis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae). Ecological Research 28: 1091-1097. PDF
Wardrop N, Kuo CC, Wang HC, Clements A, Lee PF & Atkinson P. 2013. Bayesian spatial modeling and the significance of agricultural land use to scrub typhus infection in Taiwan. Geospatial Health 8: 229-239. PDF
Kuo CC, Yao CJ, Lin TE, Liu HC, Hsu YC, Hsieh MK & Huang WS. 2013. Tail loss compromises immunity in the many-lined skink, Eutropis multifasciata. Naturwissenschaften 100: 379-384. PDF
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Shu PY, Lee PL, Kelt DA & Wang HC. 2012. Cascading effect of economic globalization on human risks of scrub typhus and tick-borne rickettsial diseases. Ecological Applications 22: 1803-1816. PDF Press coverage: Ecological Society of America; Environmental Health Perspectives; Taiwan Environmental Information Center
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Lin TE & Wang HC. 2012. Detection of Rickettsia spp. and host and habitat associations of fleas in eastern Taiwan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 26: 341-350. PDF (Editor's choice)
Kuo CC & Lee LL. 2012. Home range and activity of the Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) in Taiwan: influence of diet, temperature, and rainfall. Acta Theriologica 57: 269-276. PDF
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Ko CY, Lee PF & Wang HC. 2011. Spatial analysis of scrub typhus infection and its association with environmental and socioeconomic factors in Taiwan. Acta Tropica 120: 52-58. PDF
Kuo CC, Huang CL & Wang HC. 2011. Identification of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus and tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsiae in eastern Taiwan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 25: 169-177. PDF
Wang CF, Kuo CC, Jeng ML & Huang KW. 2011. Morphometric analyses reveal synonymy of two monotypic genera, Huangiella and Tumoris (Acari, Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae). Zookeys 102: 1-11. PDF
Kuo CC, Wang HC & Huang CL 2011. Variation within and among host species in engorgement of larval trombiculid mites. Parasitology 138: 344-353. PDF
Kuo CC, Wang HC & Huang CL. 2011. The potential effect of exotic pacific rats Rattus exulans on vectors of scrub typhus. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 192-198. PDF
Kuo CC. & Lee LL. 2003. Food habits and food availability of Indian giant flying squirrels (Petaurista philippensis) in Taiwan. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1330-1340. PDF
Kuo CC, Huang JL & Wang HC. 2024. Parasite infestation patterns differ between ticks and chigger mites on two rodent host species in Taiwan. Accepted. Experimental and Applied Acarology
Ku TH, Liao HM, Nelson S, Cimo E, Jiang L & Kuo CC. 2024. Surveillance of ticks on a tropical island with introduced ungulates. Journal of Medical Entomology 61: 212-221. PDF.
Kwak ML, Jones MD, Harman M, Smith SN, Knierim T, Barnes CH, Waengsothorn S, Amarga AKS, Kuo CC, Nakao R & D'souza A. 2023. The East Indies reptile tick Amblyomma helvolum, taxonomy, biology and new host records, including the first record of human infestation. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 14: 102224. PDF.
Best IN, Shaner PJL, Pei KJC & Kuo CC. 2023. Of mice and cats: inter-specific variation in prey responses to direct and indirect cues. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77: 3. PDF.
Best IN, Shaner PJL, Pei KJC & Kuo CC. 2022. Farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and control practices of rodents in an agricultural area of Taiwan. Agronomy 12: 1169. PDF.
Song JS & Kuo CC. 2022. Farming practice affects rice field animal biota during cultivation but not fallow periods in Taiwan. Ecosphere 13: e4069. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lee PL & Wang HC. 2022. Molecular identification of Rickettsia species in chigger mites in Taiwan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 36: 223-229. PDF.
Wu DL, Shih HC, Wang JK, Teng HJ & Kuo CC. 2021. Commensal rodent habitat expansion enhances arthropod disease vectors on a tropical volcanic island. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8: 736216. PDF.
Latinne A, Chen HW, Kuo CC, Singleton G, Stuart A, Malbas FF, Demanche C, Chabe M, Michaux J & Morand S. 2021. Revisiting the Pneumocystis host specificity paradigm and transmission ecology in wild Southeast Asian rodents. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 93: 104978. PDF.
Kuo CC. 2021. Is climate change affecting ticks and tick-borne diseases in Taiwan? e064 in P. Nuttall (Eds.), Climate, Ticks, and Disease. CABI Publishing.
Best IN, Shaner PJL, Lo HY, Pei KJC & Kuo CC. 2020. Bigger doesn't mean bolder: Behavioral variation of four wild rodent species to novelty and predation risk following a fast-slow continuum. Frontiers in Zoology 17: 27. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lee PL & Wang HC. 2020. Molecular detection of Rickettsia species and host associations of Laelaps mites (Acari: Laelapidae) in Taiwan. Experimental and Applied Acarology 81: 547-559. PDF.
Kwak, M, Kuo CC & Chu HT. 2020. First record of the sea snake tick Amblyomma nitidum Hirst and Hirst, 1910 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Taiwan. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 11: 101383. PDF.
Wei CY, Wang JK, Shih HC, Wang HC & Kuo CC. 2020. Invasive plants facilitated by socioeconomic change harbor vectors of scrub typhus and spotted fever. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14: e0007519. PDF. Cover Story
Wang HC, Lee PL & Kuo CC. 2020. Fleas of shrews and rodents in rural lowland Taiwan. Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 595-600. PDF.
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Chien CH, Shih HC & Wang HC. 2018. First molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the hard tick Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides in Taiwan. Experimental and Applied Acarology 75: 437-443. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lin YF, Yao CT, Shih HC, Chung LH, Liao HC, Hsu YC & Wang HC. 2017. Tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from birds in Taiwan. Parasites & Vectors 10: 587. PDF.
Kuo CC, Wardrop N, Chang CT, Wang HC & Atkinson PM. 2017. Significance of major international seaports in the distribution of murine typhus in Taiwan. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11: e0005430. PDF.
Kuo CC, Lee PL, Chen CH & Wang HC. 2015. Surveillance of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Taiwan. Parasites & Vectors 8: 611. PDF
Chung LH, Wu WJ, Kuo CC & Wang HC. 2015. A checklist of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhökiidae) from Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 52: 1241-1253. PDF (Entomology Today)
Kuo CC, Shu PY, Mu JJ, Lee PL, Wu YW, Chung CK & Wang HC. 2015. Widespread Rickettsia spp. infections in ticks in Taiwan. Journal of Medical Entomology 52: 1096-1102. PDF
Kuo CC, Shu PY, Mu JJ & Wang HC. 2015. High prevalence of Rickettsia spp. infections in small mammals in Taiwan. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases 15: 13-20. PDF (Special Issue: Rodent-Borne Pathogens)
Shen TJ, Kuo CC, Wang CF & Huang KW. 2014. Delimitation of continuous morphological character with unknown prior membership: application of finite mixture model to classify scapular setae of Abacarus panticis Keifer. Experimental and Applied Acarology 63: 361-375. PDF
Kuo CC, Wang CF, Tsai JI, Feng FL & Huang KW. 2013. Altitudinal variation in body size in Abacarus panticis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae). Ecological Research 28: 1091-1097. PDF
Wardrop N, Kuo CC, Wang HC, Clements A, Lee PF & Atkinson P. 2013. Bayesian spatial modeling and the significance of agricultural land use to scrub typhus infection in Taiwan. Geospatial Health 8: 229-239. PDF
Kuo CC, Yao CJ, Lin TE, Liu HC, Hsu YC, Hsieh MK & Huang WS. 2013. Tail loss compromises immunity in the many-lined skink, Eutropis multifasciata. Naturwissenschaften 100: 379-384. PDF
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Shu PY, Lee PL, Kelt DA & Wang HC. 2012. Cascading effect of economic globalization on human risks of scrub typhus and tick-borne rickettsial diseases. Ecological Applications 22: 1803-1816. PDF Press coverage: Ecological Society of America; Environmental Health Perspectives; Taiwan Environmental Information Center
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Lin TE & Wang HC. 2012. Detection of Rickettsia spp. and host and habitat associations of fleas in eastern Taiwan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 26: 341-350. PDF (Editor's choice)
Kuo CC & Lee LL. 2012. Home range and activity of the Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) in Taiwan: influence of diet, temperature, and rainfall. Acta Theriologica 57: 269-276. PDF
Kuo CC, Huang JL, Ko CY, Lee PF & Wang HC. 2011. Spatial analysis of scrub typhus infection and its association with environmental and socioeconomic factors in Taiwan. Acta Tropica 120: 52-58. PDF
Kuo CC, Huang CL & Wang HC. 2011. Identification of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus and tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsiae in eastern Taiwan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 25: 169-177. PDF
Wang CF, Kuo CC, Jeng ML & Huang KW. 2011. Morphometric analyses reveal synonymy of two monotypic genera, Huangiella and Tumoris (Acari, Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae). Zookeys 102: 1-11. PDF
Kuo CC, Wang HC & Huang CL 2011. Variation within and among host species in engorgement of larval trombiculid mites. Parasitology 138: 344-353. PDF
Kuo CC, Wang HC & Huang CL. 2011. The potential effect of exotic pacific rats Rattus exulans on vectors of scrub typhus. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 192-198. PDF
Kuo CC. & Lee LL. 2003. Food habits and food availability of Indian giant flying squirrels (Petaurista philippensis) in Taiwan. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1330-1340. PDF