Genomic epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil

M Giovanetti, SN Slavov, V Fonseca, E Wilkinson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The high numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Brazil have made Latin America an
epicentre of the pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 established sustained transmission in Brazil early …

Pathogens in space: Advancing understanding of pathogen dynamics and disease ecology through landscape genetics

CP Kozakiewicz, CP Burridge, WC Funk… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape genetics has provided many insights into how heterogeneous landscape
features drive processes influencing spatial genetic variation in free‐living organisms. This …

Phylodynamic approaches to studying avian influenza virus

L Carnegie, J Raghwani, G Fournié, SC Hill - Avian Pathology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Avian influenza viruses can cause severe disease in domestic and wild birds and are a
pandemic threat. Phylodynamics is the study of how epidemiological, evolutionary, and …

Explaining the geographic spread of emerging epidemics: a framework for comparing viral phylogenies and environmental landscape data

S Dellicour, R Rose, OG Pybus - BMC bioinformatics, 2016 - Springer
Background Phylogenetic analysis is now an important tool in the study of viral outbreaks. It
can reconstruct epidemic history when surveillance epidemiology data are sparse, and can …

Bluetongue virus spread in Europe is a consequence of climatic, landscape and vertebrate host factors as revealed by phylogeographic inference

M Jacquot, K Nomikou, M Palmarini… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Spatio-temporal patterns of the spread of infectious diseases are commonly driven by
environmental and ecological factors. This is particularly true for vector-borne diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Wild waterfowl migration and domestic duck density shape the epidemiology of highly pathogenic H5N8 influenza in the Republic of Korea

SC Hill, YJ Lee, BM Song, HM Kang, EK Lee… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses threaten human and animal health yet
their emergence is poorly understood, partly because sampling of the HPAI Asian-origin …

Elucidating the phylodynamics of endemic rabies virus in eastern Africa using whole-genome sequencing

K Brunker, DA Marston, DL Horton… - Virus …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Many of the pathogens perceived to pose the greatest risk to humans are viral zoonoses,
responsible for a range of emerging and endemic infectious diseases. Phylogeography is a …

Ecogeographic drivers of the spatial spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in Europe and the United States, 2016–Early 2022

JD Gass Jr, NJ Hill, L Damodaran… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
H5Nx highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of clade 2.3. 4.4 have caused
outbreaks in Europe among wild and domestic birds since 2016 and were introduced to …

Phylodynamic and phylogeographic reconstruction of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in Europe: patterns and determinants

G Franzo, G Faustini, M Legnardi… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is among the most devastating
diseases affecting the pig industry. Despite vaccines having been available for decades, the …

Disentangling the role of poultry farms and wild birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Europe

C Guinat, C Valenzuela Agüí, TG Vaughan… - Virus …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In winter 2016–7, Europe was severely hit by an unprecedented epidemic of highly
pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs), causing a significant impact on animal health …