Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Paige van de Vuurst, Huijie Qiao, Diego Soler-Tovar, Luis E. Escobar
Summary: Bat-borne pathogens pose a threat to global health, and climate change may exacerbate their emergence. A study on the common vampire bat revealed the impacts of climate change on its distribution and the increase in rabies virus transmission. This study provides empirical evidence supporting previous research on the likely increase of bat-borne diseases in response to climate change.
Editorial Material
Infectious Diseases
Luis E. Escobar, Andres Velasco-Villa, Panayampalli S. Satheshkumar, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Paige Van de Vuurst
Summary: Virus spillover refers to the transmission of a virus from a reservoir host to a new susceptible host, potentially causing disease and death. The complex process involves cross-species transmission and the establishment of the virus in the new host.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF POVERTY
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Feng-Bin Wang, Ruiwen Wu, Xiao Yu
Summary: This study investigates the transmission of bat-borne rabies between bats and cattle, finding that long time-varying incubation periods could potentially increase the risk of disease outbreaks. The basic reproduction number R-0 plays a crucial role in determining the global dynamics, with the non-existence of positive periodic solutions in the critical case where R-0 = 1.
NONLINEAR ANALYSIS-REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Review
Virology
Evan P. Williams, Briana M. Spruill-Harrell, Mariah K. Taylor, Jasper Lee, Ashley V. Nywening, Zemin Yang, Jacob H. Nichols, Jeremy V. Camp, Robert D. Owen, Colleen B. Jonsson
Summary: The study focuses on zoonotic viruses originating in bats and rodents, addressing the biological strategies that allow RNA viruses to reside in these animals, the environmental and ecological causes that drive viral spillover, and how the transmission occurs from bats and rodents to humans.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kennedy Lushasi, Sarah Hayes, Elaine A. Ferguson, Joel Changalucha, Sarah Cleaveland, Nicodem J. Govella, Daniel T. Haydon, Maganga Sambo, Geofrey J. Mchau, Emmanuel A. Mpolya, Zacharia Mtema, Hezron E. Nonga, Rachel Steenson, Pierre Nouvellet, Christl A. Donnelly, Katie Hampson
Summary: Understanding the role of different species in the transmission of multi-host pathogens, such as rabies virus, is crucial for effective control strategies. In south-east Tanzania, despite a relatively high incidence of rabies in wildlife and evidence of wildlife-to-wildlife transmission, domestic dogs remain essential to the reservoir of infection. Continued dog vaccination alongside improved surveillance would allow for a better understanding of the role of wildlife in maintaining transmission in this area. Dog vaccination has clearly suppressed rabies in both domestic dog and wildlife populations, reducing public health and conservation risks, with the potential to eliminate rabies from the region if sustained.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Biology
Bernal Leon, Silvia Fallas Gonzalez, Lisa Miranda Solis, Manuel Ramirez-Cardoce, Andres Moreira-Soto, Juan M. Cordero-Solorzano, Sabine Elisabeth Hutter, Rocio Gonzalez-Barrientos, Charles E. Rupprechtl
Summary: Rabies is an acute, progressive encephalitis caused by the rabies virus, with tens of thousands of human fatalities occurring globally each year. The disease can affect all mammals, but most human deaths are caused by rabid dog bites in less developed countries. A global plan aims to eliminate human rabies cases caused by dogs by 2030 through a combination of prophylaxis of exposed humans and mass vaccination of dogs.
YALE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Virology
Alice Latinne, Serge Morand
Summary: This study investigated the association between climate factors and anomalies with the emergence and spillover events of bat-borne viral diseases in the Asia-Pacific region and the Arabian Peninsula. The results showed that climate variability had different impacts on the spillover patterns of different viruses and were associated with El Nino Southern Oscillation climate anomalies.
Review
Veterinary Sciences
Shahneaz Ali Khan, Mohammed Ashif Imtiaz, Md Mazharul Islam, Abu Zubayer Tanzin, Ariful Islam, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan
Summary: Bats serve as natural hosts for many pathogenic and non-pathogenic viruses, which can potentially infect humans and animals either directly or through intermediate hosts. This systematic review analyzes the data from bat-originated spillover events in Asia and Africa. The study reveals the high case fatality rates of bat-associated viral zoonotic diseases, with Ebola and Nipah having the highest rates. The paper emphasizes the importance of understanding these spillover events and the risk factors for future pandemics.
VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Huijie Qiao, Xiao Feng, Luis E. Escobar, A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberon, Gengping Zhu, Monica Papes
Article
Fisheries
Nicholas B. D. Phelps, Irene Bueno, Daniela A. Poo-Munoz, Sarah J. Knowles, Sarah Massarani, Rebecca Rettkowski, Ling Shen, Heidi Rantala, Paula L. F. Phelps, Luis E. Escobar
JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH
(2019)
Article
Biology
Luis E. Escobar, Sandra Pritzkow, Steven N. Winter, Daniel A. Grear, Megan S. Kirchgessner, Ernesto Dominguez-Villegas, Gustavo Machado, A. Townsend Peterson, Claudio Soto
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS
(2020)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Carlos Calvo-Mac, Arno C. Gutleb, Servane Contal, Vannessa Ilukewitsch, Claudia Munoz-Zanzi, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Francisca Astorga, Daniela Alejandra Poo-Munoz, John Organ, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel
Summary: This study explored dog management in rural areas of central Chile and found that most dogs are owned, but there is still a proportion of free-ranging dogs. The findings suggest that dog confinement is related to factors such as owners' opinions on roaming behavior and free-ranging dogs. Owned free-ranging dogs generally receive poorer care.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Miguel Angel Salgado Alfaro, Eduardo Raffo, Maria Isabel Bustos, Camilo Tomckowiack, Carlos Tejeda, Luis Collado, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel
Summary: The study suggests that American minks in Southern Chile may host Leptospira interrogans, particularly associated with cattle-farming areas, and consumption of rodents may also be a potential source of infection.
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Katherine E. L. Worsley-Tonks, Luis E. Escobar, Roman Biek, Mariana Castaneda-Guzman, Meggan E. Craft, Daniel G. Streicker, Lauren A. White, Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
(2020)
Review
Infectious Diseases
Luis E. Escobar, Scott Carver, Paul C. Cross, Luca Rossi, Emily S. Almberg, Michael J. Yabsley, Kevin D. Niedringhaus, Peach Van Wick, Ernesto Dominguez-Villegas, Francis Gakuya, Yue Xie, Samer Angelone, Christian Gortazar, Francisca Astorga
Summary: Sarcoptic mange, caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, is an emerging disease threatening the welfare and conservation of wildlife. The disease has a global distribution and affects a wide range of host species. Recent research shows increasing transmission and virulence of sarcoptic mange in wildlife populations.
TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Virology
Lela Urushadze, George Babuadze, Mang Shi, Luis E. Escobar, Matthew R. Mauldin, Ioseb Natradeze, Ann Machablishvili, Tamar Kutateladze, Paata Imnadze, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Andres Velasco-Villa
Summary: Mammal-associated coronaviruses, particularly those found in bat populations, have a long evolutionary history and are likely ancestral origins of coronavirus-associated epidemics and pandemics. Conducting coronavirus research in Georgia is crucial for completing the coronavirus diversity map in the region. A survey in bat populations in Georgia revealed multiple novel species and subgenus of coronaviruses.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mariana Castaneda-Guzman, Gabriel Mantilla-Saltos, Kris A. Murray, Robert Settlage, Luis E. Escobar
Summary: Remote sensing satellite imagery has the potential to monitor dynamic environmental phenomena by retrieving information about Earth's surface, particularly in marine ecosystems. Data on sea surface temperature and Chlorophyll-a provide quantitative information about coastal environmental conditions, and the ready-to-use database aims to reduce time and costs for research in coastal areas. Researchers in ecology, oceanography, biogeography, fisheries, and global change may find the dataset useful for environmental monitoring and anomaly studies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
L. Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Seth A. Moore, William J. Severud, James D. Forester, Edmund J. Isaac, Yvette Chenaux-Ibrahim, Tyler Garwood, Luis E. Escobar, Tiffany M. Wolf
Summary: Research shows that spring migratory movements of cervid hosts increase parasite spillover risk from deer to moose, which is influenced by the presence of wolves and landscape configuration.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Gonzalo Medina-Vogel, Francisco Munoz, Meredith Moeggenberg, Carlos Calvo-Mac, Macarena Barros-Lama, Nickolas Ulloa, Daniel J. Pons, B. Kay Clapperton
Summary: The two main challenges in controlling alien American mink in Patagonia are maximizing campaign efficacy and cost-effectiveness, as well as avoiding trapping native species. To address these challenges, new variants of collapsible wire box traps were designed and tested, along with a comparison of food-based bait and scent lure efficacy and catch rates in different seasons. The recommended trapping campaign involves using the GMV-13 variant of wire cage trap during summer with a 200-m trap spacing, for up to 6 days before moving to a new site. The combination of three days with a female scent gland lure followed by three days with a male scent gland lure should result in the removal of at least 70% of the estimated mink population within the area covered by each trap transect.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Francisca Astorga, Quentin Groom, Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro, Sylvie Manguin, Daniel Noesgaard, Thomas Orrell, Marianne Sinka, Tim Hirsch, Dmitry Schigel
Summary: The generation of large volumes of biodiversity data has had a significant impact on various disciplines, including disease ecology. However, the full potential of using these data in research on disease dynamics has not yet been realized.
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Macarena Barros, Daniel J. Pons, Andrea Moreno, Juliana Vianna, Barbara Ramos, Fernando Duenas, Cristina Coccia, Roberto Saavedra-Rodriguez, Alexis Santibanez, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel
Summary: Introduced alien carnivores can pose a threat to native carnivore species by acting as reservoirs for infectious diseases such as canine distemper virus (CDV) and canine parvovirus (CPV). The American mink and domestic dogs are identified as reservoirs for CDV and CPV, which are diseases of major importance for the conservation of native endangered carnivores in Patagonia.
AUSTRAL JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCES
(2022)
