2024
Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements
Soni N, Eyre M, Souza F, Diggle P, Ko A, Begon M, Pickup R, Childs J, Khalil H, Carvalho-Pereira T, Pertile A, Carvalho M, de Oliveira D, Nery N, Giorgi E, Costa F. Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements. Frontiers In Public Health 2024, 12: 1447592. PMID: 39360250, PMCID: PMC11445007, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1447592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRat abundanceReservoir abundanceAbundance of ratsEnvironmentally transmitted diseasesVegetation land coverInfection riskSexually mature ratsHuman infection riskLive trapsUrban informal settlementsZoonotic spilloverLand coverSpatial variationHydrological factorsValley bottomTrack plateAbundanceHuman riskShedding rateMature ratsEco-epidemiological studiesLeptospira infectionSpillover transmissionSpatial distributionInformal settlements
2008
The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses
MacKenzie J, Childs J, Field H, Wang L, Breed A. The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses. 2008, 382-406. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511541728.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrder ChiropteraReservoir hostsMammalian species richnessRole of batsSpecies richnessMammalian speciesRelated lyssavirusesWorld fruitBatsHuman pathogensMenangle virusChiropteraZoonotic virusesWide distributionPotential pathogensHostBiological featuresAbundanceLike virusesSARS coronavirusPathogensVirusRichnessVirus transmissionSuborders
1993
Ecology and Epidemiology of Arenaviruses and Their Hosts
Childs J, Peters C. Ecology and Epidemiology of Arenaviruses and Their Hosts. The Viruses 1993, 331-384. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3028-2_19.Peer-Reviewed Original Research