Many pathogens of public health and conservation concern persist in host communities.
Identifying candidate maintenance and reservoir species is therefore a central component of …

Chronic pathogen carriage is one mechanism that allows diseases to persist in populations.
We hypothesized that persistent or recurrent pneumonia in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) …

Superspreading, the phenomenon where a small proportion of individuals contribute
disproportionately to new infections, has profound effects on disease dynamics …

Leptospirosis, the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world, is broadly understudied in
multi-host wildlife systems. Knowledge gaps regarding Leptospira circulation in wildlife …

Abstract Background Pathogenic Leptospira species are globally important zoonotic
pathogens capable of infecting a wide range of host species. In marine mammals, reports of …

Pathogen environmental stability is an often-neglected research priority for pathogens that
are known to be vector-transmitted. Bartonella henselae, the etiologic agent of Cat Scratch …

Confronted with the challenge of understanding population-level processes, disease
ecologists and epidemiologists often simplify quantitative data into distinct physiological …

Obtaining accurate estimates of disease prevalence is crucial for the monitoring and
management of wildlife populations but can be difficult if different diagnostic tests yield …

Bats host several zoonotic pathogens. Island biogeography and epidemiologic theory
predict small remote islands have lower infection diversity. Molecular studies of urine and …

We diagnosed leptospirosis in six northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) that stranded
on beaches in Washington State, US in 2002. Significant gross findings included cyanotic …