2022
Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses
Mull N, Carlson C, Forbes K, Becker D. Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses. Journal Of Animal Ecology 2022, 91: 1290-1302. PMID: 35362148, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of pathogen spilloverHost associationsMulti-host pathogensRT-PCR dataVirus isolation dataBRT modelsTrait profilesEcological traitsReservoir host speciesPathogen spilloverRT-PCRHost speciesPathogen maintenancePathogen hostsRegression treesBRTHost predictionHost competenceHantavirus cardiopulmonary syndromeZoonotic reservoirsPrioritizing surveillanceRodent phylogenyMultiple data typesIsolation dataMuroid rodentsThe Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations
Carlson C, Gibb R, Albery G, Brierley L, Connor R, Dallas T, Eskew E, Fagre A, Farrell M, Frank H, Muylaert R, Poisot T, Rasmussen A, Ryan S, Seifert S. The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations. MBio 2022, 13: e02985-21. PMID: 35229639, PMCID: PMC8941870, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02985-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal viromeNetworks of species interactionsEstimated total diversityHost-virus networksVertebrate host speciesTaxonomic validityBird diversityReport metadataSpecies interactionsMammal diversityViruses infecting humansHost speciesViromeTaxonomic backboneViral diversityHigher classificationVirionsDiversityVertebratesUnique interactionsHarmonized formatVirusTaxonomicallyMacroecologyData setsMammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort
Gibb R, Albery G, Mollentze N, Eskew E, Brierley L, Ryan S, Seifert S, Carlson C. Mammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort. Biology Letters 2022, 18: 20210427. PMID: 34982955, PMCID: PMC8727147, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral richnessHost speciesReliability of ecological inferenceGeographic sampling biasEvidence of declineViral diversityHost-virus associationsRearrangement of speciesSampling effortVirus discovery ratesEcological inferenceDiscovery effortsMammal hostsWild mammalsDiversity estimatesSampled hostsVirus diversityShort-term changesRichnessSampling biasSpeciesAssociation dataDiscovery rateDiversityCompare inferences
2018
Gauging support for macroecological patterns in helminth parasites
Dallas T, Aguirre A, Budischak S, Carlson C, Ezenwa V, Han B, Huang S, Stephens P. Gauging support for macroecological patterns in helminth parasites. Global Ecology And Biogeography 2018, 27: 1437-1447. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHelminth parasitesParasite diversityHelminth parasite speciesOccurrence recordsMacroecological patternsParasite speciesHost body massParasite richnessDiversity-area relationshipHost speciesParasitesHost diversityFree-living speciesHost richnessMacroecological relationshipsLatitudinal gradientSpatial patternsSpeciesAquatic localities