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View article: Stocking African catfish in Lake Victoria provides effective biocontrol of snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni
Stocking African catfish in Lake Victoria provides effective biocontrol of snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni Open
In areas of high infection prevalence, effective control of schistosomiasis – one of the most important Neglected Tropical Diseases – requires supplementing medical treatment with interventions targeted at the environmental reservoir of di…
View article: How Removing Overgrown Water Plants Can Help Kids Stay Healthy and Improve The Planet
How Removing Overgrown Water Plants Can Help Kids Stay Healthy and Improve The Planet Open
In Africa, many kids get sick from tiny worms called Schistosoma. These worms can slow children’s growth and development; damage the liver, intestines, and bladder; and sometimes lead to cancer or even death. Schistosoma can keep communiti…
View article: Urea-ka: replacing inorganic nitrogen fertilizer with <i>Azolla pinnata</i> maintains rice yields with reduced input costs in the Senegal River Valley
Urea-ka: replacing inorganic nitrogen fertilizer with <i>Azolla pinnata</i> maintains rice yields with reduced input costs in the Senegal River Valley Open
Sustainability is essential for the creation of a secure, sufficient, and equitable global food supply and overreliance on expensive, synthetic fertilizers is a key challenge. Rice is a nitrogen-intensive crop, but Southeast Asian farmers …
View article: Uncovering Resilience: Dry Season Snail Survival in Tanzania With Implications for a Neglected Tropical Disease
Uncovering Resilience: Dry Season Snail Survival in Tanzania With Implications for a Neglected Tropical Disease Open
View article: Mapping of snail intermediate host habitats reveals variability in schistosome and non-schistosome trematode transmission in an endemic setting
Mapping of snail intermediate host habitats reveals variability in schistosome and non-schistosome trematode transmission in an endemic setting Open
The intermediate snail host of Schistosoma haematobium, the etiological agent of urogenital schistosomiasis, serves as a critical sentinel for tracking the spread of associated disease risks. In addition to S. haematobium,
View article: Mapping of Snail Intermediate Host Habitats Reveals Variability in Schistosome and Non-Schistosome Trematode Transmission in an Endemic Setting
Mapping of Snail Intermediate Host Habitats Reveals Variability in Schistosome and Non-Schistosome Trematode Transmission in an Endemic Setting Open
View article: Resting in plain sight: Dormancy ecology of the intermediate snail host of <i>Schistosoma haematobium</i>
Resting in plain sight: Dormancy ecology of the intermediate snail host of <i>Schistosoma haematobium</i> Open
View article: Efficacy of Bd metabolite prophylaxis dose and duration on host defence against the deadly chytrid fungus <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i>
Efficacy of Bd metabolite prophylaxis dose and duration on host defence against the deadly chytrid fungus <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> Open
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), an aquatic pathogenic fungus, is responsible for the decline of hundreds of amphibian species worldwide and negatively impacts biodiversity globally. Prophylactic exposure to the metabolites produced by…
View article: Differential gene expression in the insect vector Anasa tristis in response to symbiont colonization but not infection with a vectored phytopathogen
Differential gene expression in the insect vector Anasa tristis in response to symbiont colonization but not infection with a vectored phytopathogen Open
Many insects selectively associate with specific microbes in long-term, symbiotic relationships. Maintaining these associations can be vital for the insect hosts’ development, but insects must also contend with potential coinfections from …
View article: Spatio-temporal variability in transmission risk of human schistosomes and animal trematodes in a seasonally desiccating East African landscape
Spatio-temporal variability in transmission risk of human schistosomes and animal trematodes in a seasonally desiccating East African landscape Open
Different populations of hosts and parasites experience distinct seasonality in environmental factors, depending on local-scale biotic and abiotic factors. This can lead to highly heterogeneous disease outcomes across host ranges. Variable…
View article: Mapping current and future habitat suitability of Azolla spp., a biofertilizer for small-scale rice farming in Africa
Mapping current and future habitat suitability of Azolla spp., a biofertilizer for small-scale rice farming in Africa Open
How do we feed the expanding human population without excessive resource depletion or environmental degradation? Recycling and recapturing nutrients could alleviate these challenges, especially if these strategies are robust to climate cha…
View article: Parasite transmission in size‐structured populations
Parasite transmission in size‐structured populations Open
Host heterogeneity can affect parasite transmission, but determining underlying traits and incorporating them into transmission models remains challenging. Body size is easily measured and affects numerous ecological interactions, includin…
View article: A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease database and code
A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease database and code Open
Data and code associated with the manuscript "A Meta-analysis on Global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease".
View article: A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease database and code
A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease database and code Open
Data and code associated with the manuscript "A Meta-analysis on Global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease".
View article: Ecological modeling evaluates the potential impacts of symbionts on plant pathogen vectoring in field populations
Ecological modeling evaluates the potential impacts of symbionts on plant pathogen vectoring in field populations Open
Within the last decade, research into the use of insect microbial symbionts as a means of controlling populations of insect vectors and the pathogens they transmit has advanced substantially. Many microbes have been identified that affect …
View article: Host–pathogen interactions under pressure: A review and meta‐analysis of stress‐mediated effects on disease dynamics
Host–pathogen interactions under pressure: A review and meta‐analysis of stress‐mediated effects on disease dynamics Open
Human activities have increased the intensity and frequency of natural stressors and created novel stressors, altering host–pathogen interactions and changing the risk of emerging infectious diseases. Despite the ubiquity of such anthropog…
View article: Disentangling effects of anthropogenic disturbance and community structure on multi-pathogen dynamics in tropical cave-dwelling bat communities
Disentangling effects of anthropogenic disturbance and community structure on multi-pathogen dynamics in tropical cave-dwelling bat communities Open
View article: Host-pathogen interactions under pressure: a review and meta-analysis of stress-mediated effects on disease dynamics
Host-pathogen interactions under pressure: a review and meta-analysis of stress-mediated effects on disease dynamics Open
Human activities have increased the intensity and frequency of natural stressors and created novel stressors, altering host-pathogen interactions, and changing the risk of emerging infectious diseases. Despite the ubiquity of such anthropo…
View article: Global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease database and code
Global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease database and code Open
Data and code associated with the manuscript "Global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease".
View article: Disentangling effects of anthropogenic disturbance and community structure on multi-pathogen dynamics in tropical cave-dwelling bat communities
Disentangling effects of anthropogenic disturbance and community structure on multi-pathogen dynamics in tropical cave-dwelling bat communities Open
A major challenge in ecology and evolution is to disentangle the known effects of community structure and habitat degradation on disease prevalence, as they often act simultaneously in natural systems. However, cave-dwelling bats persist i…
View article: Mapping of snail intermediate host habitat reveals variability in schistosome and nonschistosome trematode transmission in endemic settings
Mapping of snail intermediate host habitat reveals variability in schistosome and nonschistosome trematode transmission in endemic settings Open
Background There is growing recognition that mass drug administration must be complemented with environmental interventions to interrupt schistosomiasis transmission. Accurate mapping of snails and schistosome parasite distribution is crit…
View article: Spatiotemporal variability in transmission risk of human schistosomes and animal trematodes in a seasonally desiccating East African landscape
Spatiotemporal variability in transmission risk of human schistosomes and animal trematodes in a seasonally desiccating East African landscape Open
Different populations of hosts and parasites experience distinct seasonality in environmental factors, depending on local-scale biotic and abiotic factors. This can lead to highly heterogenous disease outcomes across host ranges. Variable …
View article: Host-pathogen interactions under pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of stress-mediated effects on disease dynamics
Host-pathogen interactions under pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of stress-mediated effects on disease dynamics Open
Human activities have increased the intensity and frequency of natural stressors and created novel stressors, altering host-pathogen interactions, and changing the risk of emerging infectious diseases. Despite the ubiquity of such anthropo…
View article: Parasite transmission in size-structured populations
Parasite transmission in size-structured populations Open
Host heterogeneity can impact parasite transmission, but determining underlying traits and incorporating them into transmission models remains challenging. Body size is easily measured and influences numerous ecological interactions, inclu…
View article: Experimental water hyacinth invasion and destructive management increase human schistosome transmission potential
Experimental water hyacinth invasion and destructive management increase human schistosome transmission potential Open
Invasive species cause environmental degradation, decrease biodiversity, and alter ecosystem function. Invasions can also drive changes in vector‐borne and zoonotic diseases by altering important traits of wildlife hosts or disease vectors…
View article: Snail juvenile growth rate as a rapid predictor of the transmission potential of parasitizing human schistosomes
Snail juvenile growth rate as a rapid predictor of the transmission potential of parasitizing human schistosomes Open
View article: Cascading impacts of host seasonal adaptation on parasitism
Cascading impacts of host seasonal adaptation on parasitism Open
View article: Nutritional effects of invasive macrophyte detritus on Schistosoma mansoni infections in snail intermediate hosts
Nutritional effects of invasive macrophyte detritus on Schistosoma mansoni infections in snail intermediate hosts Open
View article: A planetary health solution for disease, sustainability, food, water, and poverty challenges
A planetary health solution for disease, sustainability, food, water, and poverty challenges Open
Global health and development communities lack sustainable, cost-effective, mutually beneficial solutions for infectious disease, food, water, and poverty challenges despite their regular interdependence worldwide 1–7 . Here, we show that …
View article: Global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease
Global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease Open
Anthropogenic change is contributing to the rise in emerging infectious diseases, but it remains unclear which global change drivers most increase disease and under what contexts. We amassed a dataset from the literature that includes 1,83…