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 variablesEcologistsEcologyEnvironment
2020
Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Detected in Mountain Gorilla Respiratory Outbreaks
Mazet JAK, Genovese BN, Harris LA, Cranfield M, Noheri JB, Kinani JF, Zimmerman D, Bahizi M, Mudakikwa A, Goldstein T, Gilardi KVK. Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Detected in Mountain Gorilla Respiratory Outbreaks. EcoHealth 2020, 17: 449-460. PMID: 33345293, PMCID: PMC7750032, DOI: 10.1007/s10393-020-01506-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDisease OutbreaksEcosystemFecesGorilla gorillaHumansRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanConceptsRespiratory illnessPolymerase chain reactionClinical signsFecal samplesHuman Metapneumovirus InfectionHuman respiratory syncytial virusRespiratory syncytial virusHuman respiratory virusesMolecular epidemiologic studiesFree-ranging mountain gorillasGorilla fecal samplesHuman pathogen transmissionMetapneumovirus infectionRespiratory virusesON1 genotypeSyncytial virusEpidemiologic studiesRespiratory outbreaksConventional polymerase chain reactionChain reactionFatal outbreaksGorilla healthHMPVHRSVIllnessAfrica’s Nomadic Pastoralists and Their Animals Are an Invisible Frontier in Pandemic Surveillance
Hassell JM, Zimmerman D, Fèvre EM, Zinsstag J, Bukachi S, Barry M, Muturi M, Bett B, Jensen N, Ali S, Maples S, Rushton J, Tschopp R, Madaine YO, Abtidon RA, Wild H. Africa’s Nomadic Pastoralists and Their Animals Are an Invisible Frontier in Pandemic Surveillance. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2020, 103: 1777-1779. PMID: 32918410, PMCID: PMC7646752, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research