2022
Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens
Albery G, Carlson C, Cohen L, Eskew E, Gibb R, Ryan S, Sweeny A, Becker D. Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2022, 6: 794-801. PMID: 35501480, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01723-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParasite richnessIncreased zoonotic disease riskUrban-adapted speciesWildlife disease dynamicsZoonotic disease riskSampling biasUrban mammalsMammal speciesDocumented parasitismFrequent contact with humansAnthropogenic changesGeographic predictorsParasite discoveryRichnessUrban animalsHost-parasite combinationsInvestigated speciesContact with humansDisease dynamicsZoonotic parasitesUrban environmentSpeciesMounting concernMammalsParasitesAssessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health
Fagre A, Cohen L, Eskew E, Farrell M, Glennon E, Joseph M, Frank H, Ryan S, Carlson C, Albery G. Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health. Ecology Letters 2022, 25: 1534-1549. PMID: 35318793, PMCID: PMC9313783, DOI: 10.1111/ele.14003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-human primatesPathogen transmissionThreatened animalsThreaten conservationHuman healthRisk assessmentHuman pathogensPrimatesIncreasing concernSampling biasPublic healthConservationTransmission of pathogensDocumented examplesPathogensEvidence of sampling biasTransmission eventsHuman parasitesWildlife
2021
The future of zoonotic risk prediction
Carlson C, Farrell M, Grange Z, Han B, Mollentze N, Phelan A, Rasmussen A, Albery G, Bett B, Brett-Major D, Cohen L, Dallas T, Eskew E, Fagre A, Forbes K, Gibb R, Halabi S, Hammer C, Katz R, Kindrachuk J, Muylaert R, Nutter F, Ogola J, Olival K, Rourke M, Ryan S, Ross N, Seifert S, Sironen T, Standley C, Taylor K, Venter M, Webala P. The future of zoonotic risk prediction. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2021, 376: 20200358. PMID: 34538140, PMCID: PMC8450624, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0358.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Overselling wildlife trade bans will not bolster conservation or pandemic preparedness
Eskew E, Carlson C. Overselling wildlife trade bans will not bolster conservation or pandemic preparedness. The Lancet Planetary Health 2020, 4: e215-e216. PMID: 32497492, PMCID: PMC7263806, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30123-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
The global distribution of Bacillus anthracis and associated anthrax risk to humans, livestock and wildlife
Carlson C, Kracalik I, Ross N, Alexander K, Hugh-Jones M, Fegan M, Elkin B, Epp T, Shury T, Zhang W, Bagirova M, Getz W, Blackburn J. The global distribution of Bacillus anthracis and associated anthrax risk to humans, livestock and wildlife. Nature Microbiology 2019, 4: 1337-1343. PMID: 31086311, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0435-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnthrax riskWild ungulatesDistribution of B. anthracisInadequate surveillance systemsGlobal distributionOccurrence datasetConservation effortsLivestock vulnerabilityTemperate landsGrazing livestockHuman healthGeographic extentGlobal totalRegression treesWildlifeUngulatesVulnerable regionsLivestockAnthrax outbreaksNorth AmericaRainfed systemsBillion peopleLandscapeLandTemperate