A5028902007- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Marine animal studies overview
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2021-2024
University at Albany, State University of New York
2017-2021
Albany State University
2021
University of Namibia
2016-2017
New York University
2017
Abstract To mitigate the effects of zoonotic diseases on human and animal populations, it is critical to understand what factors alter transmission dynamics. Here we assess risk exposure lethal concentrations anthrax bacterium, Bacillus anthracis , for grazing animals in a natural system over time through different mechanisms. We follow pathogen at carcass sites waterholes five years estimate infection as function grass, soil or water intake, age sites, required infection. Grazing, not...
An important part of infectious disease management is predicting factors that influence outbreaks, such as R , the number secondary infections arising from an infected individual. Estimating particularly challenging for environmentally transmitted pathogens given time lags between cases and subsequent infections. Here, we calculated Bacillus anthracis anthrax carcass sites in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Combining host behavioural data, pathogen concentrations simulation models, show...
: Anthrax in herbivorous wildlife and livestock is generally assumed to be transmitted via ingestion or inhalation of Bacillus anthracis spores. Although recent studies have highlighted the importance route for anthrax transmission, little known about inhalational natural systems. Dust bathing could aerosolize soilborne pathogens such as B. anthracis, exposing dust-bathing individuals infections. We investigated potential role dust transmission Etosha National Park, Namibia, an area with...
When a transmission hotspot for an environmentally persistent pathogen establishes in otherwise high-quality habitat, the disease may exert strong impact on host population. However, fluctuating environmental conditions lead to heterogeneity habitat quality and animal preference, which interrupt overlap between selected risky habitats. We evaluated spatio-temporal patterns anthrax mortalities plains zebra ( Equus quagga ) population Etosha National Park, Namibia, incorporating remote-sensing...