Fact Sheet: Mayaro Virus by Lawrence E Reeves, Lindsay Campbell

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Tetrodotoxin, fungal pathogen infection, and bacterial microbiome associations are variable in the skin microecosystems of two Taricha newt species by Talon Jost, Talon Jost, Alysha Henderson, Brandon LaBumbard, Krisztian Magori, Amber Stokes, Danica Bergin, Autumn Holley, Autumn Holley, Molly Bletz, Molly Bletz, Obed Hernández-Gómez, Gary Bucciarelli, Douglas C. Woodhams, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Jenifer B. Walke

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Modeling Tick Populations: An Ecological Test Case for Gradient Boosted Trees by Manley, William, Tran, Tam, Prusinski, Melissa, Brisson, Dustin

Subjects: “…Ticks; Lyme Disease; Ecology; Statistical Ecology; Species Distribution Modeling; Machine Learning…”
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Habitat sharing and interspecies interactions in caves used by bats in the Republic of Congo by Morgane Labadie, Serge Morand, Mathieu Bourgarel, Fabien Roch Niama, Guytrich Franel Nguilili, N’Kaya Tobi, Alexandre Caron, Helene De Nys

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Reconstructing prevalence dynamics of wildlife pathogens from pooled and individual samples by Borremans, Benny, Falvo, Caylee A, Crowley, Daniel E, Hoegh, Andrew, Lloyd-Smith, James O, Peel, Alison J, Restif, Olivier, Ruiz-Aravena, Manuel, Plowright, Raina K

Subjects: “…bat virus shedding, disease ecology, prevalence modeling, sample pooling, bayesian multilevel model, combinatorics…”
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Pathogen community composition and co-infection patterns in a wild community of rodents by Abbate, Jessica L., Galan, Maxime, Razzauti, Maria, Sironen, Tarja, Voutilainen, Liina, Henttonen, Heikki, Gasqui, Patrick, Cosson, Jean-François, Charbonnel, Nathalie

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Bat population dynamics: multilevel model based on individuals' energetics by Paula Federico, Dobromir T. Dimitrov, Gary F. McCracken

“…Studying population dynamics of bats presents particular challenges, but bats are essential in some areas of concern in conservation and disease ecology that demand immediate investigation.…”
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Gut bacterial communities in roadkill animals: A pioneering study of two species in the Amazon region in Ecuador. by Manuel Alejandro Coba-Males, Magdalena Díaz, C Alfonso Molina, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, David Brito-Zapata, Sarah Martin-Solano, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Gabriel Alberto Carrillo-Bilbao, Wilmer Narváez, Jazzmín Arrivillaga-Henríquez, Manuela González-Suárez, Sandra Enríquez, Ana Poveda

“…Studying the microbial communities within the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrate species can provide insights into biodiversity, disease ecology, and conservation. Currently, we have very limited understanding of the composition of endogenous microbiota in wildlife, particularly in high biodiversity tropical areas. …”
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Identification of a novel papillomavirus in oral swabs from giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) by Yi Zhao, Min Zhao, Wen Zhang

“…Future studies should explore the potential role of AmPV5 in the health and disease ecology of this endangered species.…”
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Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and ban... by Jerzy M. Behnke, Joseph A. Jackson

“…Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus) are often employed as natural study models in infectious disease ecology. Yet the identities of some elements of their parasite fauna have been subject to long-standing confusion. …”
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Alternative disease management strategies for organic apple production in the United Kingdom by Lucas Alexander Shuttleworth

“…Additionally, a thorough understanding of disease ecology by growers is helpful for more effective implementation of organic control methods. …”
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Wildlife policy, the food system and One Health: a complex systems analysis of unintended consequences for the prevention of emerging zoonoses in China, the Democratic Republic of... by Zhuoyu Wang, Tarra L Penney, Mala Ali Mapatano, Chloe Clifford Astbury, Janielle Clarke, Kathleen Chelsea Togño, Shital Desai, Anastassia Demeshko, Russel Aguilar, Angran Li, Zhilei Shi, Cary Wu, Marc K Yambayamba, Hélène Carabin, Valentina De Leon, Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, Kirsten Melissa Lee, Krishihan Sivapragasam, Mary Wiktorowicz

“…In each country, we situated the FTF in the wider system of disease ecology and food system factors to highlight how zoonotic risk and food system outcomes may be impacted.Results We interviewed 104 participants and reviewed 303 documents. …”
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