2023
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cohen L, Fagre A, Chen B, Carlson C, Becker D. Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nature Microbiology 2023, 8: 1176-1186. PMID: 37231088, PMCID: PMC10234814, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01375-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 rodentsOptimising predictive models to prioritise viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs
Becker D, Albery G, Sjodin A, Poisot T, Bergner L, Chen B, Cohen L, Dallas T, Eskew E, Fagre A, Farrell M, Guth S, Han B, Simmons N, Stock M, Teeling E, Carlson C. Optimising predictive models to prioritise viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs. The Lancet Microbe 2022, 3: e625-e637. PMID: 35036970, PMCID: PMC8747432, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(21)00245-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystematic model validationTrait-based modelsHost-virus associationsBat hostsHost ecologyWildlife samplesBat speciesNovel hostsSampling recommendationsBridge hostsWildlifeWildlife reservoirsTarget prioritisationBatsStatistical modelMachine learning modelsModel performanceViral discoveryProcess of predictionAnalytical pipelinePrediction modelBetacoronavirusLearning modelsEcologyEnsemble model