How do climate, evolution, and free-living hosts interact to determine the dynamics of pathogens and the burden of disease? Aa Aa Aa Infectious diseases have long been known to cause devastating ...

It is hard to overstate the medical importance and burden of vector-transmitted infectious diseases. Whether the metric used is mortality (malaria, for example, kills 1 million to 2 million people ...

Vector preference based on host infection status has long been recognized for its importance in disease dynamics. Prior theoretical work has assumed that all hosts are uniformly susceptible to the ...

Heterogeneity is ubiquitous in real-world host populations, yet most theories assume homogeneity. Using a metapopulation model, we examine how host heterogeneities, such as uneven movement patterns ...

This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...

The evolution of pathogens has received attention in a wide range of scientific fields, such as epidemiology, demography, and evolutionary ecology. Understanding pathogen evolution is particularly ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Plant viruses modify the development of their aphid vectors by inducing physiological changes in the shared host plant. The performance of ...

Vector-borne diseases cause roughly 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. Vectors can carry different types of pathogens, including viruses and bacteria. Tropical and subtropical regions report large ...

In a recent review published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, researchers discussed the impact of climate change, weather, and other anthropogenic factors on vector-borne illness spread globally. Study ...

A pathogen is any organism that causes disease. Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites are all examples of pathogens. Your body is naturally full of microbes. However, these microbes only cause a ...