Sampling to elucidate the dynamics of infections in reservoir hosts

RK Plowright, DJ Becker… - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The risk of zoonotic spillover from reservoir hosts, such as wildlife or domestic livestock, to
people is shaped by the spatial and temporal distribution of infection in reservoir …

The problem of scale in the prediction and management of pathogen spillover

DJ Becker, AD Washburne… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Disease emergence events, epidemics and pandemics all underscore the need to predict
zoonotic pathogen spillover. Because cross-species transmission is inherently hierarchical …

Ecological conditions predict the intensity of Hendra virus excretion over space and time from bat reservoir hosts

DJ Becker, P Eby, W Madden, AJ Peel… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological conditions experienced by wildlife reservoirs affect infection dynamics and
thus the distribution of pathogen excreted into the environment. This spatial and temporal …

Prioritizing surveillance of Nipah virus in India

RK Plowright, DJ Becker, DE Crowley… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The 2018 outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala, India, highlights the need for global surveillance
of henipaviruses in bats, which are the reservoir hosts for this and other viruses. Nipah virus …

Synchronous shedding of multiple bat paramyxoviruses coincides with peak periods of Hendra virus spillover

AJ Peel, K Wells, J Giles, V Boyd… - Emerging microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Within host-parasite communities, viral co-circulation and co-infections of hosts are the
norm, yet studies of significant emerging zoonoses tend to focus on a single parasite …

Dynamic and integrative approaches to understanding pathogen spillover

DJ Becker, AD Washburne… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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Climate change could increase the geographic extent of Hendra virus spillover risk

G Martin, C Yanez-Arenas, C Chen, RK Plowright… - EcoHealth, 2018 - Springer
Disease risk mapping is important for predicting and mitigating impacts of bat-borne viruses,
including Hendra virus (Paramyxoviridae: Henipavirus), that can spillover to domestic …

Hendra virus spillover is a bimodal system driven by climatic factors

G Martin, C Yanez-Arenas, RK Plowright, C Chen… - EcoHealth, 2018 - Springer
Understanding environmental factors driving spatiotemporal patterns of disease can
improve risk mitigation strategies. Hendra virus (HeV), discovered in Australia in 1994, spills …

Ecological conditions experienced by bat reservoir hosts predict the intensity of Hendra virus excretion over space and time

DJ Becker, P Eby, W Madden, AJ Peel, RK Plowright - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The ecological conditions experienced by wildlife reservoir hosts affect the amount of
pathogen they excrete into the environment. This then shapes pathogen pressure, the …

[PDF][PDF] Conditions predict heightened Hendra virus spillover risk in horses this winter: actions now can change outcomes

P Eby, RK Plowright, H McCallum, AJ Peel - Australian Veterinary …, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
Vast global efforts are currently focussed on mitigating the health and economic effects of
the human COVID-19 pandemic, which likely began due to a single spillover event from a …