Research Summary
Explores disease dynamics in three main study areas: epidemiology and population dynamics, heterogeneities and parasite interactions, with implications for the control of wildlife diseases and of emerging zoonotic disease.
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Recent Publications
Reducing the threats of rodent-borne zoonoses requires an understanding and leveraging of three key pillars: disease ecology, synanthropy, and rodentation
Friant, S., Mistrick, J., Luis, A. D., Harden, C., Simons, D., Fichet-Calvet, E., Gibb, R., Grube, N., Henttonen, H., Imirizian, N., Moses, L., Perry, G. H., Redding, D., Stenseth, N. C., Vandegrift, K., Bjornstad, O. N., Dobson, A., Lloyd-Smith, J. O. & Hudson, P. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 101300.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with brucellosis in humans and livestock in Nyagatare district of Rwanda
Ntivuguruzwa, J. B., Kabalisa, E., Bosco Asifiwe, H. J., Uwamahoro, A. G., Nyampinga, I., Mukarurangwa, A., Rujeni, N., Habimana, J. P., Mukamuhirwa, M. L., Karemera, P., Umukunzi, P., Iradukunda, B., Mazimpaka, P., Hudson, P. J., Byukusenge, M., Buza, J. J., Kapur, V., Ndikubwimana, A. A., Mukagatare, I. & Ntawubizi, M. & 1 others, , 2025, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 1665341.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diet composition affects bat viral shedding with potential consequences for pathogen spillover
Vanalli, C., Falvo, C., Crowley, D., Schwarz, B., Plowright, R., Hudson, P. J., Rynda-Apple, A. & Cattadori, I. M., Jul 2 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2050, 20250547.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Three things we can do now to reduce the risk of avian influenza spillovers
Yeh, K. B., Bahnfleth, W. P., Bradforda, E., Cardona, C., Coleman, K. K., Hudson, P. J., Dadonaite, B., Hutchins, R. J., Maresso, A., MacIntyre, C. R. & Scotch, M., Aug 5 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 31, e2503565122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Empirical and model-based evidence for a negligible role of cattle in peste des petits ruminants virus transmission and eradication
Herzog, C. M., Aklilu, F., Sibhatu, D., Shegu, D., Belaineh, R., Mohammed, A. A., Kidane, M., Schulz, C., Willett, B. J., Cleaveland, S., Bailey, D., Peters, A. R., Cattadori, I. M., Hudson, P. J., Asgedom, H., Buza, J., Forza, M. S., Chibssa, T. R., Gebre, S. & Juleff, N. & 3 others, , Dec 2024, In: Communications Biology. 7, 1, 937.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying weather patterns affecting household date palm sap consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016
Jackson, J., Shanta, I. S., McKee, C., Luby, S. P., Haider, N., Sharker, Y., Plowright, R., Hudson, P. & Gurley, E. S., Nov 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 11 November, e0313904.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Seroprevalence and risk factors for brucellosis amongst livestock and humans in a multi-herd ranch system in Kagera, Tanzania
Lyimo, B., Hugho, E., Mathew, C., Mayenga, C., Lukambagire, A. H., Lyimo, S., Munuo, L., Byukusenge, M., Withall, J., Ashford, R. T., Mmbaga, B. T., Makondo, Z., McGiven, J., Radzio-Basu, J., Ganda, E., Middlebrook, E. A., Bartlow, A. W., Fair, J. M., Shirima, G. & Sriranganathan, N. & 6 others, , 2024, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, 1478494.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Investigating tritrophic interactions using bioenergetic demographic models
Passoni, G., Coulson, T., Cagnacci, F., Hudson, P., Stahler, D. R., Smith, D. W. & Lachish, S., Jan 2024, In: Ecology. 105, 1, e4197.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics
Plowright, R. K., Ahmed, A. N., Coulson, T., Crowther, T. W., Ejotre, I., Faust, C. L., Frick, W. F., Hudson, P. J., Kingston, T., Nameer, P. O., O’Mara, M. T., Peel, A. J., Possingham, H., Razgour, O., Reeder, D. A. M., Ruiz-Aravena, M., Simmons, N. B., Srinivas, P. N., Tabor, G. M. & Tanshi, I. & 5 others, , Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 2577.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Looking Left: Ecologically Based Biosecurity to Prevent Pandemics
Reaser, J. K., Chitale, R. A., Tabor, G. M., Hudson, P. J. & Plowright, R. K., Feb 1 2024, In: Health security. 22, 1, p. 74-81 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Pathogen spillover driven by rapid changes in bat ecology
Eby, P., Peel, A. J., Hoegh, A., Madden, W., Giles, J. R., Hudson, P. J. & Plowright, R. K., Jan 12 2023, In: Nature. 613, 7943, p. 340-344 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluating noninvasive methods for estimating cestode prevalence in a wild carnivore population
Brandell, E. E., Jackson, M. K., Cross, P. C., Piaggio, A. J., Taylor, D. R., Smith, D. W., Boufana, B., Stahler, D. R. & Hudson, P. J., Nov 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 11 November, e0277420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Examination of the interaction between age-specific predation and chronic disease in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Brandell, E. E., Cross, P. C., Smith, D. W., Rogers, W., Galloway, N., MacNulty, D. R., Stahler, D. R., Treanor, J. & Hudson, P. J., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 7, p. 1373-1384 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Density dependent environments can select for extremes of body size
Coulson, T., Felmy, A., Potter, T., Passoni, G., Montgomery, R. A., Gaillard, J. M., Hudson, P. J., Travis, J., Bassar, R. D., Tuljapurkar, S. D., Marshall, D. & Clegg, S. M., 2022, In: Peer Community Journal. 2, e49.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Disease outbreaks select for mate choice and coat color in wolves
Cubaynes, S., Brandell, E. E., Stahler, D. R., Smith, D. W., Almberg, E. S., Schindler, S., Wayne, R. K., Dobson, A. P., vonHoldt, B. M., MacNulty, D. R., Cross, P. C., Hudson, P. J. & Coulson, T., Oct 21 2022, In: Science. 378, 6617, 378.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review