Sagan Friant

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Assistant Professor, Anthropology

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Recent Publications

Human behaviors driving disease emergence

Friant, S., Apr 2024, In: Evolutionary anthropology. 33, 2, e22015.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Faecal parasites increase with age but not reproductive effort in wild female chimpanzees: Reproduction & Aging in Wild Chimpanzees

Phillips, S. R., Goldberg, T. L., Muller, M. N., Machanda, Z. P., Otali, E., Friant, S., Carag, J., Langergraber, K. E., Mitani, J. C., Wroblewski, E. E., Wrangham, R. W. & Thompson, M. E., Nov 1 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375, 1811, 20190614.

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Life on the Rainforest Edge: Food Security in the Agricultural-Forest Frontier of Cross River State, Nigeria

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., Dec 20 2019, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 3, 113.

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Demography and health of “village dogs” in rural Western Uganda

Hyeroba, D., Friant, S., Acon, J., Okwee-Acai, J. & Goldberg, T. L., Feb 1 2017, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 137, p. 24-27 4 p.

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Combining footwear with public health iconography to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infections

Paige, S. B., Friant, S., Clech, L., Malavé, C., Kemigabo, C., Obeti, R. & Goldberg, T. L., Jan 2017, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96, 1, p. 205-213 9 p.

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Social behaviours and networks of vervet monkeys are influenced by gastrointestinal parasites

Chapman, C. A., Friant, S., Godfrey, K., Liu, C., Sakar, D., Schoof, V. A. M., Sengupta, R., Twinomugisha, D., Valenta, K. & Goldberg, T. L., Aug 2016, In: PloS one. 11, 8, e0161113.

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Changes in physiological stress and behaviour in semi-free-ranging red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) following antiparasitic treatment

Friant, S., Ziegler, T. E. & Goldberg, T. L., Jul 27 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1835, 20161201.

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Primate reinfection with gastrointestinal parasites: Behavioural and physiological predictors of parasite acquisition

Friant, S., Ziegler, T. E. & Goldberg, T. L., Jul 1 2016, In: Animal Behaviour. 117, p. 105-113 9 p.

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Drivers of Bushmeat Hunting and Perceptions of Zoonoses in Nigerian Hunting Communities

Friant, S., Paige, S. B. & Goldberg, T. L., May 22 2015, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9, 5, e0003792.

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Lung fluke (Paragonimus africanus) infects Nigerian red-capped mangabeys and causes respiratory disease

Friant, S., Brown, K., Saari, M. T., Segel, N. H., Slezak, J. & Goldberg, T. L., Dec 1 2015, In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 4, 3, p. 329-332 4 p.

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