Sagan Friant
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Recent Publications
Cultural and behavioural drivers of zoonotic disease risk along the wild meat value chain in rural Cameroon
Fa, J. E., Tata, C., Coad, L., Friant, S., Kamogne Tagne, C. T., Mbane, J., Okale, R., Fouda, F., Mayor, P., Funk, S. M., Ros Brull, G. & Ickowitz, A., 2026, In: PloS one. 21, 8, e0355275.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Scaling Lassa Virus Dynamics within Anthropogenic Ecosystems (SCAPES) Study Protocol: a mixed-methods observational cohort study of humans, rodents, and landscapes in Nigeria.
Friant, S., Simons, D., Harden, C., Imirzian, N., Bjornstad, O., Gibb, R., Jones, K., Smith, A., Thompson, K., Lever, A., Aderibigbe, F., Ayambem, W., Ifebueme, N., Ignatius, H., Koninga, J., Meremikwu, M., Moses, L. & Redding, D., 2026, In: Wellcome Open Research. 11, 125.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Local Knowledge of Land Use Effects on Human-Rodent Interfaces in Lassa-Endemic Nigeria
Harden, C., Eziechina, S., Ifebueme, N. M., Simons, D., Moses, L., Redding, D. W. & Friant, S., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: EcoHealth.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
‘SiteTool': a ‘Shiny' application for field site selection and evaluation
Imirzian, N., Trebski, A., Johnson, E., Hewitson, M., Simons, D., Harden, C., Friant, S. & Redding, D., Jun 2026, In: Ecography. 2026, 6, e08455.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A One Health trial design to accelerate Lassa fever vaccines
Simons, D., Watson-Jones, D., Manno, D. & Friant, S., Jan 2026, In: Nature Medicine. 32, 1, p. 25-27 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Local heterogeneity in Lassa fever serology in rural Nigeria: Implications for vaccine trial site selection
Simons, D., Harden, C., Imirzian, N., Thompson, K. E. T., Ifebueme, N. M., Eziechina, S., Ignatius, H., Marcus, D., Aderibigbe, F., Koninga, J. T., Meremikwu, M., Moses, L., Redding, D. W. & Friant, S., May 1 2026, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 20, 5, p. e0014379Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Occupational Exposure and Economic Inequity Along a Game Meat Trade Network in Cross River State, Nigeria
Thompson, K. E. T., Herrera, C. E., Ayambem, W. A., Alobi, A. O., Ifebueme, N. M., Otukpa, O. M., Aderibigbe, T. F., Keenan, M. R. & Friant, S. R., Jun 2026, In: Animals. 16, 11, 1666.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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., Sep 2025, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 9, 9, 101300.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Towards a 'people and nature' paradigm for biodiversity and infectious disease
Gibb, R., Redding, D. W., Friant, S. & Jones, K. E., Jan 9 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1917, 20230259.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Human behaviors driving disease emergence
Friant, S., Apr 2024, In: Evolutionary anthropology. 33, 2, e22015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
VESPA: an optimized protocol for accurate metabarcoding-based characterization of vertebrate eukaryotic endosymbiont and parasite assemblages
Owens, L. A., Friant, S., Martorelli Di Genova, B., Knoll, L. J., Contreras, M., Noya-Alarcon, O., Dominguez-Bello, M. G. & Goldberg, T. L., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 402.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Child and adolescent foraging: New directions in evolutionary research
Pretelli, I., Crittenden, A. N., Dounias, E., Friant, S., Koster, J., Kramer, K. L., Mangola, S. M., Saez, A. M. & Lew-Levy, S., Apr 2024, In: Evolutionary anthropology. 33, 2, e22020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A systematic mapping review of links between handling wild meat and zoonotic diseases
Tumelty, L., Fa, J. E., Coad, L., Friant, S., Mbane, J., Kamogne, C. T., Tata, C. Y. & Ickowitz, A., Dec 2023, In: One Health. 17, 100637.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Typical intracranial myiasis in Nigerian red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) caused by an unknown bot fly (Diptera: Oestridae)
Friant, S., Young, D. K. & Goldberg, T. L., Apr 2022, In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 17, p. 14-19 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Eating Bushmeat Improves Food Security in a Biodiversity and Infectious Disease “Hotspot”
Friant, S., Ayambem, W. A., Alobi, A. O., Ifebueme, N. M., Otukpa, O. M., Ogar, D. A., Alawa, C. B. I., Goldberg, T. L., Jacka, J. K. & Rothman, J. M., Mar 1 2020, In: EcoHealth. 17, 1, p. 125-138 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
