2022
Metagenomic Investigation of Ticks From Kenyan Wildlife Reveals Diverse Microbial Pathogens and New Country Pathogen Records
Ergunay K, Mutinda M, Bourke B, Justi SA, Caicedo-Quiroga L, Kamau J, Mutura S, Akunda IK, Cook E, Gakuya F, Omondi P, Murray S, Zimmerman D, Linton YM. Metagenomic Investigation of Ticks From Kenyan Wildlife Reveals Diverse Microbial Pathogens and New Country Pathogen Records. Frontiers In Microbiology 2022, 13: 932224. PMID: 35847110, PMCID: PMC9283121, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.932224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiverse microbial pathogensPathogenic bacterial speciesHuman mastadenovirus CVertebrate taxaPhylogenetic reconstructionMajor phylaFungal speciesMetagenomic investigationWild ungulatesMicrobial pathogensBacterial speciesWild animalsRelative abundanceSignificant divergenceHuman pathogenicitySpeciesPathogen transferPathogensBovine herpesvirus 5Filarial pathogensVirus 1First reportKenyan drylandsPoolTicks
2021
Towards an ecosystem model of infectious disease
Hassell JM, Newbold T, Dobson AP, Linton YM, Franklinos LHV, Zimmerman D, Pagenkopp Lohan KM. Towards an ecosystem model of infectious disease. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2021, 5: 907-918. PMID: 34002048, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01454-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEcological systemsEcology modelComplex ecological systemsEcosystem functionsLandscape scaleTrophic interactionsEcosystem modelSystems ecologistsHost switchingEcological contextDisease ecologyMistaken tendencySpillover riskNatural environmentNovel pathogensHuman societyIntimate associationPathogensDirect resourcesReciprocal interactionsParasitesKey variablesEcologistsEcologyEnvironmentA scoping review of rodent-borne pathogen presence, exposure, and transmission at zoological institutions
Hardgrove E, Zimmerman DM, von Fricken ME, Deem S. A scoping review of rodent-borne pathogen presence, exposure, and transmission at zoological institutions. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2021, 193: 105345. PMID: 34090722, DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical outcomesRodent-borne pathogensInfectious agentsAggregate literatureBiological AbstractsFeeder rodentsStudy identifiersDiagnostic testsEarly detectionFinal analysisRodent reservoirsZoonotic diseaseAdditional screeningCAB AbstractsRodentsZoonotic pathogensDisease transmissionDiseaseExposureNumber of rodentsJob titlesPathogensSurveillancePathogen transmissionCollection animals