2024
Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020
Lilak A, Pecor D, Matulis G, Potter A, Wofford R, Kearney M, Mitchell S, Jaradat F, Kano A, Zimmerman D, Hassell J, Kumsa B, Kamau M, Linton Y, von Fricken M. Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020. Parasites & Vectors 2024, 17: 84. PMID: 38389097, PMCID: PMC10885379, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-06086-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
AIR SAC TREMATODES (CYCLOCOELIDAE STOSSICH, 1902) INFECTING BIRDS IN ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Greiner E, Zimmerman D, Delaski K, Dronen N, Hammond E, Stacy B, Grillo J, MacLean R, Maurer J, Okimoto B, Douglass M, Yu J, Reavill D. AIR SAC TREMATODES (CYCLOCOELIDAE STOSSICH, 1902) INFECTING BIRDS IN ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. Journal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine 2023, 54: 379-386. PMID: 37428703, DOI: 10.1638/2021-0159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfected host speciesWild-caught birdsNonnative snailsHost speciesPasseriform birdsCaptive individualsLarval trematode infectionsIndoor aviaryAdult speciesAvian speciesSpeciesBirdsSnail intermediate hostIntermediate hostsAviariesZoological institutionsTrematode infectionsLarvaeSpSnailsTrematodesHostPCRAdult flukesFlukesProjecting the impact of an ebola virus outbreak on endangered mountain gorillas
Zimmerman D, Hardgrove E, Sullivan S, Mitchell S, Kambale E, Nziza J, Ssebide B, Shalukoma C, Cranfield M, Pandit P, Troth S, Callicrate T, Miller P, Gilardi K, Lacy R. Projecting the impact of an ebola virus outbreak on endangered mountain gorillas. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 5675. PMID: 37029156, PMCID: PMC10082040, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32432-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats
Kamau J, Ergunay K, Webala P, Justi S, Bourke B, Kamau M, Hassell J, Chege M, Mwaura D, Simiyu C, Kibiwot S, Onyuok S, Caicedo-Quiroga L, Li T, Zimmerman D, Linton Y. A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats. Viruses 2022, 14: 2820. PMID: 36560824, PMCID: PMC9785147, DOI: 10.3390/v14122820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPredicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses
Pandit P, Anthony S, Goldstein T, Olival K, Doyle M, Gardner N, Bird B, Smith W, Wolking D, Gilardi K, Monagin C, Kelly T, Uhart M, Epstein J, Machalaba C, Rostal M, Dawson P, Hagan E, Sullivan A, Li H, Chmura A, Latinne A, Lange C, O’Rourke T, Olson S, Keatts L, Mendoza A, Perez A, de Paula C, Zimmerman D, Valitutto M, LeBreton M, McIver D, Islam A, Duong V, Mouiche M, Shi Z, Mulembakani P, Kumakamba C, Ali M, Kebede N, Tamoufe U, Bel-Nono S, Camara A, Pamungkas J, Coulibaly K, Abu-Basha E, Kamau J, Silithammavong S, Desmond J, Hughes T, Shiilegdamba E, Aung O, Karmacharya D, Nziza J, Ndiaye D, Gbakima A, Sajali Z, Wacharapluesadee S, Robles E, Ssebide B, Suzán G, Aguirre L, Solorio M, Dhole T, Nga N, Hitchens P, Joly D, Saylors K, Fine A, Murray S, Karesh W, Daszak P, Mazet J, Johnson C. Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 844. PMID: 35986178, PMCID: PMC9390964, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03797-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus-host associationsHost-virus associationsEvolutionary selection pressureCross-species transmissionNovel virusHost associationsHost speciesSelection pressureHost rangeVirus-host networksWildlife surveillancePrioritization scoresAnimal-human interfaceZoonotic transmissionVirusHuman infectionsKnowledge gapsSpeciesRelevant contextPathwayHumansHostGreater numberPotential human infectionFamilyGreat ape health watch: Enhancing surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in great apes
Zimmerman DM, Mitchell SL, Wolf TM, Deere JR, Noheri JB, Takahashi E, Cranfield MR, Travis DA, Hassell JM. Great ape health watch: Enhancing surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in great apes. American Journal Of Primatology 2022, 84: e23379. PMID: 35389523, DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23379.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF AFRICAN PENGUINS (SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS) UNDER MANAGED CARE IN NORTH AMERICA: 20072018
Trumpp K, Sander S, Sander W, Zimmerman D, Bronson E. RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF AFRICAN PENGUINS (SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS) UNDER MANAGED CARE IN NORTH AMERICA: 20072018. Journal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine 2021, 52: 1135-1142. PMID: 34998282, DOI: 10.1638/2020-0224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause of deathYr of ageCommon morbidityRetrospective studySystemic diseaseTreatment regimensAspergillosis casesCare teamCommon causeMalaria casesNeurologic diseaseRespiratory diseaseMultifactorial conditionMorbidityHealthcare resourcesMortality trendsMortalityDiseaseManaged CarePreventative medicineCareCauseDeathAnimal care teamEnhanced levelsMolecular evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in olive baboons and vervet monkeys in Kenya
Masika SJ, Muchemi GM, Okumu TA, Mutura S, Zimmerman D, Kamau J. Molecular evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in olive baboons and vervet monkeys in Kenya. BMC Veterinary Research 2021, 17: 385. PMID: 34906141, PMCID: PMC8669034, DOI: 10.1186/s12917-021-03095-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionAnaplasma phagocytophilumConventional polymerase chain reactionA. phagocytophilumTick-borne infectionsVervet monkeysPublic health implicationsZoonotic A. phagocytophilumOlive baboonsOverall prevalenceBlood samplesConclusionThis studyTropical diseasesGranulocytic anaplasmosisAnaplasma speciesChain reactionHealth implicationsIntracellular bacteriaBaboonsPhagocytophilumMonkeysPrevalenceObligate intracellular bacteriaIxodid ticksInfectionTowards 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 variablesEcologistsEcologyEnvironmentMetastatic perioral melanoma in a wild mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
Syaluha E, Zimmerman D, Ramer J, Gilardi K, Kabuyaya M, Cranfield MR, Kent MS, Corner SM, Yeh N, Lowenstine L. Metastatic perioral melanoma in a wild mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). Journal Of Medical Primatology 2021, 50: 197-200. PMID: 33893639, DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA 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 animalsMORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF TAKIN (BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR) IN NORTH AMERICAN ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS FROM 1997 TO 2017
Jourdan B, Garner MM, Joyner PH, Ramer J, Zimmerman D. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF TAKIN (BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR) IN NORTH AMERICAN ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS FROM 1997 TO 2017. Journal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine 2021, 52: 157-165. PMID: 33827172, DOI: 10.1638/2020-0123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHome range, sleeping site use, and band fissioning in hamadryas baboons: Improved estimates using GPS collars
Henriquez MC, Amann A, Zimmerman D, Sanchez C, Murray S, McCann C, Tesfaye T, Swedell L. Home range, sleeping site use, and band fissioning in hamadryas baboons: Improved estimates using GPS collars. American Journal Of Primatology 2021, 83: e23248. PMID: 33666273, PMCID: PMC8244037, DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe intersection of land use and human behavior as risk factors for zoonotic pathogen exposure in Laikipia County, Kenya
Kamau J, Ashby E, Shields L, Yu J, Murray S, Vodzak M, Kwallah AO, Ambala P, Zimmerman D. The intersection of land use and human behavior as risk factors for zoonotic pathogen exposure in Laikipia County, Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009143. PMID: 33606671, PMCID: PMC7894889, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009143.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 ResearchConceptsRespiratory 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 healthHMPVHRSVIllnessANESTHESIA WITH MEDETOMIDINEKETAMINE AND DEXMEDETOMIDINEKETAMINE IN MOUNTAIN GORILLAS (GORILLA BERINGEI BERINGEI)
Jaffe JE, Jourdan B, Cranfield M, Gilardi K, Zimmerman D. ANESTHESIA WITH MEDETOMIDINEKETAMINE AND DEXMEDETOMIDINEKETAMINE IN MOUNTAIN GORILLAS (GORILLA BERINGEI BERINGEI). Journal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine 2020, 51: 507-513. PMID: 33480526, DOI: 10.1638/2018-0212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAfrica’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 ResearchESTABLISHMENT OF ACUTE-PHASE PROTEIN AND SERUM PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS PRELIMINARY REFERENCE VALUES FOR PRONGHORN (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA)
Tobin K, Zimmerman D, Rasmussen J, Hilton CD, Junge RE, Armstrong D, Gann W, Harveson L, Gray S, Cray C. ESTABLISHMENT OF ACUTE-PHASE PROTEIN AND SERUM PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS PRELIMINARY REFERENCE VALUES FOR PRONGHORN (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA). Journal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine 2020, 51: 321-325. PMID: 32549561, DOI: 10.1638/2018-0226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDetection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar
Valitutto MT, Aung O, Tun KYN, Vodzak ME, Zimmerman D, Yu JH, Win YT, Maw MT, Thein WZ, Win HH, Dhanota J, Ontiveros V, Smith B, Tremeau-Brevard A, Goldstein T, Johnson CK, Murray S, Mazet J. Detection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0230802. PMID: 32271768, PMCID: PMC7144984, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle East respiratory syndromeSevere acute respiratory syndromeRespiratory syndromeAcute respiratory illnessAcute respiratory syndromeCoronavirus disease 2019Family of coronavirusesRespiratory illnessPolymerase chain reactionNovel betacoronavirusDisease 2019Vigilant surveillanceOral swabsConventional polymerase chain reactionViral detectionNovel coronavirusCausative agentChain reactionKnown coronavirusesSyndromeSurveillance activitiesCoronavirusNatural hostSurveillanceClose contact
2019
Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya - Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Zimmerman DM, Hardgrove EH, von Fricken ME, Kamau J, Chai D, Mutura S, Kivali V, Hussein F, Ambala P, Surmat A, Maina JG, Knauf S. Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya - Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2019, 25: 2147-2149. PMID: 31625860, PMCID: PMC6810213, DOI: 10.3201/eid2511.190716.Peer-Reviewed Original Research