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 rodents
2018
The Ecology of Pathogen Spillover and Disease Emergence at the Human-Wildlife-Environment Interface
Alexander K, Carlson C, Lewis B, Getz W, Marathe M, Eubank S, Sanderson C, Blackburn J. The Ecology of Pathogen Spillover and Disease Emergence at the Human-Wildlife-Environment Interface. Advances In Environmental Microbiology 2018, 5: 267-298. PMCID: PMC7123968, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92373-4_8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcess of spilloverAbiotic environmentPathogen spilloverDisease emergencePathogen life cycleHuman populationLife cycleHuman-to-human transmissionInfectious diseasesSpillover processWildlifeEcologistsPublic healthEcologyNovel diseaseTransmission pathwaysLivestockDiseaseGlobal burdenSpillover rateDiversity