Pathogenic Leptospira are widespread in the urban wildlife of southern California

SK Helman, AFN Tokuyama, RO Mummah… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Leptospirosis, the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world, is broadly understudied in
multi-host wildlife systems. Knowledge gaps regarding Leptospira circulation in wildlife …

Inferring time of infection from field data using dynamic models of antibody decay

B Borremans, RO Mummah… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of infectious disease ecology would benefit greatly from knowing when individuals
were infected, but estimating this time of infection can be challenging, especially in wildlife …

[图书][B] From California sea lions to urban coyotes: Maximizing insights from Leptospira surveillance in coastal California wildlife

SK Helman - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Many pathogens, and all zoonotic pathogens, are capable of infecting multiple hosts.
Understanding the transmission dynamics of multi-host, generalist pathogens is a major …