An update and ecological perspective on certain sentinel helminth endoparasites within the Mediterranean Sea

M Palomba, E Marchiori, P Tedesco, M Fioravanti… - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
The Mediterranean Sea is recognized as a marine biodiversity hotspot. This enclosed basin
is facing several anthropogenic-driven threats, such as seawater warming, pollution …

Anthropogenic disturbance favours generalist over specialist parasites in bird communities: Implications for risk of disease emergence

G Dharmarajan, P Gupta, CK Vishnudas… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Niche theory predicts specialists which will be more sensitive to environmental perturbation
compared to generalists, a hypothesis receiving broad support in free‐living species. Based …

Host phylogeny matters: Examining sources of variation in infection risk by blood parasites across a tropical montane bird community in India

P Gupta, CK Vishnudas, VV Robin, G Dharmarajan - Parasites & Vectors, 2020 - Springer
Background Identifying patterns and drivers of infection risk among host communities is
crucial to elucidate disease dynamics and predict infectious disease risk in wildlife …

Large‐scale eDNA monitoring of multiple aquatic pathogens as a tool to provide risk maps for wildlife diseases

N Sieber, A King, R Krieg, A Zenker… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple parasites and pathogens cause disease in aquatic wildlife and in aquaculture
species, generating a need for monitoring and management. Conventional disease …

Spatio-temporal analyses reveal infectious disease-driven selection in a free-ranging ungulate

MEF LaCava, JL Malmberg… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Infectious diseases play an important role in wildlife population dynamics by altering
individual fitness, but detecting disease-driven natural selection in free-ranging populations …

Major histocompatibility complex (mhc) diversity of the reintroduction populations of endangered przewalski's horse

Y Tang, G Liu, S Zhao, K Li, D Zhang, S Liu, D Hu - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are the most polymorphic in vertebrates and
the high variability in many MHC genes is thought to play a crucial role in pathogen …

Population genomics of seal lice provides insights into the postglacial history of northern European seals

L Sromek, KP Johnson, M Kunnasranta… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic analyses of host‐specific parasites can elucidate the evolutionary histories and
biological features of their hosts. Here, we used population‐genomic analyses of …

Host gene expression in wildlife disease: making sense of species‐level responses

EA Eskew, D Fraser, MJ Vonhof, ML Pinsky, B Maslo - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging infectious diseases are significant threats to wildlife conservation, yet the impacts
of pathogen exposure and infection can vary widely among host species. As such …

Wildlife population genomics: Applications and approaches

S Barbosa, SA Hendricks, WC Funk, OP Rajora… - Population genomics …, 2021 - Springer
Population genomics provides a powerful and growing set of approaches for wildlife biology,
revealing new insights into demographic history, population structure, adaptation, and the …

Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in translocated wild reptiles and effect of duration of quarantine on their body condition

M Baling, C Mitchell - New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aims To assess the prevalence of carriage of Salmonella spp. in wild reptiles translocated
from multiple locations to a single island, and determine changes in their body condition …