2022
insectDisease: programmatic access to the Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens
Dallas T, Carlson C, Stephens P, Ryan S, Onstad D. insectDisease: programmatic access to the Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens. Ecography 2022, 2022 DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsect host-pathogen interactionsInsect pathogensHost-pathogen associationsSpatial distribution of speciesEcological databasesHost-pathogen interactionsDistribution of speciesBiotic interactionsSpecies interactionsCurated databaseInsect hostsProgrammatic accessCuration effortsR packagePathogensInfection outcomesEcologyDistribution dataSpatial distributionSpeciesInoculationCurationHostInteractionAssessing 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
Trends and Opportunities in Tick-Borne Disease Geography
Lippi C, Ryan S, White A, Gaff H, Carlson C. Trends and Opportunities in Tick-Borne Disease Geography. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2021, 58: 2021-2029. PMID: 34027972, PMCID: PMC8577696, DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab086.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Beyond Infection: Integrating Competence into Reservoir Host Prediction
Becker D, Seifert S, Carlson C. Beyond Infection: Integrating Competence into Reservoir Host Prediction. Trends In Ecology & Evolution 2020, 35: 1062-1065. PMID: 32921517, PMCID: PMC7483075, DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Testing predictability of disease outbreaks with a simple model of pathogen biogeography
Dallas T, Carlson C, Poisot T. Testing predictability of disease outbreaks with a simple model of pathogen biogeography. Royal Society Open Science 2019, 6: 190883. PMID: 31827836, PMCID: PMC6894608, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathogen outbreaksCo-occurring pathogensPredicting disease emergencePathogen geographic distributionOutbreak eventsPathogen communitiesHuman infectious diseasesPathogen typesPathogensGeographical distributionBiogeographyTest predictionsDisease emergenceGlobal disease surveillancePairwise dissimilaritiesLeverage informationDisease outbreaksInfluenza pandemicGlobal emergencyPublic health professionalsRe-emergenceGlobal viewGlobal estimates of mammalian viral diversity accounting for host sharing
Carlson C, Zipfel C, Garnier R, Bansal S. Global estimates of mammalian viral diversity accounting for host sharing. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2019, 3: 1070-1075. PMID: 31182813, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0910-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus speciesHost sharingViral diversitySpecies interaction networksEcological network theorySurveillance of pathogensMacroecological approachVirus diversityInteraction networkEstimate biodiversityAssociation dataSpeciesDiversityHostMammalsHuman healthPandemic potentialVirusGlobal estimatesPathogensNon-linear relationshipBiodiversityPresent estimates
2018
Going through the motions: incorporating movement analyses into disease research
Dougherty E, Seidel D, Carlson C, Spiegel O, Getz W. Going through the motions: incorporating movement analyses into disease research. Ecology Letters 2018, 21: 588-604. PMID: 29446237, DOI: 10.1111/ele.12917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMovement ecologyMovement-based methodsQuantify individual heterogeneityHost-pathogen dynamicsEcological processesPatterns of disease burdenWildlife diseasesHost movementMovement behaviorDisease researchEcologySpread pathogensPopulation scaleWildlifeHuman diseasesSpatiotemporal patternsPredictive capacityEcologistsIndividual heterogeneityAnalytical techniquesPathogensReproductionPopulationHostHeterogeneity
2016
An Ecological Assessment of the Pandemic Threat of Zika Virus
Carlson C, Dougherty E, Getz W. An Ecological Assessment of the Pandemic Threat of Zika Virus. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2016, 10: e0004968. PMID: 27564232, PMCID: PMC5001720, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEcological niche modelsSignificant evolutionary changeEcological nichesNiche modelsGenetic shiftNative rangeSeasonality of precipitationEvolutionary changesDiurnal temperature fluctuationsEcological assessmentOccurrence datasetNorthward expansionDistribution of dengue feverHuman healthPotential establishmentClimate changeSevere threatVector speciesZika virusOutbreak of Zika virusPathogensClimatic eventsOutbreak of casesNicheNorth America