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The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk Open

Adam Toomes, Oliver Stringham, Stephanie Moncayo, Katherine G. W. Hill, Jacob Maher , et al. · 2025

The trade of alien species as pets is increasingly recognized as a biosecurity risk due to their intentional and accidental release into the wild. However, pets are often categorized as native or non‐native at a national level, meaning tha…

Border quarantine, vaccination and public health measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 importations: a modelling study Open

Michael Lydeamore, Cameron Zachreson, Eamon Conway, Freya M. Shearer, Christopher M. Baker , et al. · 2024

We developed a flexible infectious disease model framework that combines a detailed individual-based model of arrival pathways (quarantine model) and an individual-based model of the arrivals environment (community model) to inform border …

The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs Open

Oliver Stringham, Jacob Maher, Charlotte Lassaline, Lisa Wood, Stephanie Moncayo , et al. · 2023

Contemporary wildlife trade is massively facilitated by the Internet. By design, the dark web is one layer of the Internet that is difficult to monitor and continues to lack thorough investigation. Here, we accessed a comprehensive databas…

Leveraging a natural murine meiotic drive to suppress invasive populations Open

Luke Gierus, Ayşegül Birand, Mark D. Bunting, G.I. Godahewa, Sandra Piltz , et al. · 2022

Invasive rodents are a major cause of environmental damage and biodiversity loss, particularly on islands. Unlike insects, genetic biocontrol strategies including population-suppressing gene drives with biased inheritance have not been dev…

Scalability of genetic biocontrols for eradicating invasive alien mammals Open

Ayşegül Birand, Phillip Cassey, Joshua V. Ross, Paul Q. Thomas, Thomas A. A. Prowse · 2022

CRISPR-based gene drives offer novel solutions for controlling invasive alien species, which could ultimately extend eradication efforts to continental scales. Gene drives for suppressing invasive alien vertebrates are now under developmen…

Leveraging a natural murine meiotic drive to suppress invasive populations Open

Luke Gierus, Ayşegül Birand, Mark D. Bunting, G.I. Godahewa, Sandra Piltz , et al. · 2022

Invasive rodents, including house mice, are a major cause of environmental damage and biodiversity loss, particularly in island ecosystems. Eradication can be achieved through the distribution of rodenticide, but this approach is expensive…

A stochastic household model for vector-borne diseases Open

Andrew Black, Andrew Smith, Alun L. Lloyd, Joshua V. Ross · 2022

We introduce a stochastic household model for vector-borne diseases, in particular as relevant to prominent vectors belonging to the Aedes genus and hence the Zika, chikungunya, and dengue viruses. In this model, vectors remain local to ea…

Drivers of the Australian native pet trade: The role of species traits, socioeconomic attributes and regulatory systems Open

Adam Toomes, Pablo García‐Díaz, Oliver Stringham, Joshua V. Ross, Lewis Mitchell , et al. · 2022

The pet trade is a major driver of both biodiversity loss and the introduction of invasive alien species. Building a comprehensive understanding of the pet trade would improve prediction of conservation and biosecurity threats, with the ai…

Gene drives for vertebrate pest control: Realistic spatial modelling of eradication probabilities and times for island mouse populations Open

Ayşegül Birand, Phillip Cassey, Joshua V. Ross, James C. Russell, Paul Q. Thomas , et al. · 2022

Invasive alien species continue to threaten global biodiversity. CRISPR‐based gene drives, which can theoretically spread through populations despite imparting a fitness cost, could be used to suppress or eradicate pest populations. We dev…

Drivers of the Australian native pet trade: the role of species traits, socioeconomic attributes, and regulatory systems Open

Adam Toomes, Pablo García‐Díaz, Oliver Stringham, Joshua V. Ross, Lewis Mitchell , et al. · 2022

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The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly as drugs Open

Oliver Stringham, Jacob Maher, Charlotte Lassaline, Lisa Wood, Stephanie Moncayo , et al. · 2022

Supporting data from publication "The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly as drugs"

The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly as drugs Open

Oliver Stringham, Jacob Maher, Charlotte Lassaline, Lisa Wood, Stephanie Moncayo , et al. · 2022

Supporting data from publication "The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly as drugs"

Inference of population-level disease transmissibility from household-structured symptom onset data Open

Peter Ballard, Andrew J. Black, Joshua V. Ross · 2021

First Few X (FFX) studies collect household-stratified data in the early stages of a pandemic, in order to infer severity and transmissibility of an emerging disease. We present a Bayesian method to approximately infer population-level tra…

Dataset of seized wildlife and their intended uses Open

Oliver Stringham, Stephanie Moncayo, Eilish Thomas, Sarah Heinrich, Adam Toomes , et al. · 2021

The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threatens conservation and biosecurity efforts. The Internet has greatly facilitated the trade of wildlife, and researchers have increasingly examined the Internet to uncover illegal trade. However, most ef…

Drivers of the live pet trade: the role of species traits, socioeconomic attributes and regulatory systems Open

Adam Toomes, Pablo García‐Díaz, Oliver Stringham, Joshua V. Ross, Lewis Mitchell , et al. · 2021

The live pet trade is a major driver of both biodiversity loss and the introduction of invasive alien species. Building a comprehensive understanding of the pet trade would improve prediction of conservation and biosecurity threats, with t…

Live reptile smuggling is predicted by trends in the legal exotic pet trade Open

Oliver Stringham, Pablo García‐Díaz, Adam Toomes, Lewis Mitchell, Joshua V. Ross , et al. · 2021

Live animal smuggling presents a suite of conservation and biosecurity concerns, including the introduction of invasive species and diseases. Yet, understanding why certain species are smuggled over others, and predicting which species wil…

Issue Information ‐ TOC Open

Thomas E. Lacher, Rosalind J. Kennerley, Barney Long, Shelby D. McCay, Nicolette S. Roach , et al. · 2021

The Americas, excluding Canada & Mexico), US$1,400 (Canada/Mexico), US$2,352 (Rest of World), €1,527 (Europe), £1,203 (UK

Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses Open

Oliver Stringham, Stephanie Moncayo, Katherine G. W. Hill, Adam Toomes, Lewis Mitchell , et al. · 2021

Automated monitoring of websites that trade wildlife is increasingly necessary to inform conservation and biosecurity efforts. However, e-commerce and wildlife trading websites can contain a vast number of advertisements, an unknown propor…

Dataset of seized wildlife and their intended uses Open

Oliver Stringham, Stephanie Moncayo, Eilish Thomas, Sarah Heinrich, Adam Toomes , et al. · 2021

The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threatens conservation and biosecurity efforts. The Internet has greatly facilitated the trade of wildlife, and researchers have increasingly examined the Internet to uncover illegal trade. However, most ef…

Development of an influenza pandemic decision support tool linking situational analytics to national response policy Open

Freya M. Shearer, Robert Moss, David J. Price, Alexander E. Zarebski, Peter Ballard , et al. · 2021

Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses Open

Oliver Stringham, Stephanie Moncayo, Katherine Hill, Adam Toomes, Lewis Mitchell , et al. · 2021

Code and data for text classification models association with "Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses". by Stringham OC, Moncayo S, Hill KGW, Toomes A, Mitchell L, Ross JV, Cassey P. PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.13…

Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses Open

Oliver Stringham, Lewis Mitchell, Joshua V. Ross · 2021

Code and data for text classification models association with "Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses". by Stringham OC, Moncayo S, Hill KGW, Toomes A, Mitchell L, Ross JV, Cassey P. Submitted to peer review, PDF …

Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses Open

Oliver Stringham, Stephanie Moncayo, Katherine Hill, Adam Toomes, Lewis Mitchell , et al. · 2021

Code and data for text classification models association with "Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses". by Stringham OC, Moncayo S, Hill KGW, Toomes A, Mitchell L, Ross JV, Cassey P. Submitted to peer review, PDF …

Drivers of the live pet trade: the role of species traits, socioeconomic attributes and regulatory systems Open

Adam Toomes, Pablo García‐Díaz, Oliver Stringham, Joshua V. Ross, Lewis Mitchell , et al. · 2021

Dataset and corresponding metadata accompanying the pre-print manuscript 'Drivers of the live pet trade: the role of species traits, socioeconomic attributes and regulatory systems'. This dataset contains the rate of possession, trade, bre…

Live reptile smuggling is predicted by trends in the legal exotic pet trade Open

Oliver Stringham, Pablo Garcia Diaz, Adam Toomes, Lewis Mitchell, Joshua V. Ross , et al. · 2021

Dataset and code from "Live reptile smuggling is predicted by trends in the legal exotic pet trade", by Stringham OC, García‐Díaz P, Toomes A, Mitchell L, Ross JV, Cassey P. Submitted to peer review, pre-print: https://ecoevorxiv.org/t42fd/

Dataset of seized wildlife and their intended uses Open

Oliver Stringham, Stephanie Moncayo, Eilish Thomas, Sarah Heinrich, Adam Toomes , et al. · 2021

Dataset and code from "Dataset of seized wildlife and their intended uses", by Stringham OC, Moncayo S, Thomas E, Heinrich S, Toomes A, Maher J, Hill KGW, Mitchell L, Ross JV, Cassey P. Submitted to peer review, PDF for pre print forthcomi…

Optimised prophylactic vaccination in metapopulations Open

Mingmei Teo, Nigel Bean, Joshua V. Ross · 2020

INFERRED RESOLUTION THROUGH HERD IMMMUNITY OF FIRST COVID-19 WAVE IN MANAUS, BRAZILIAN AMAZON Open

Thomas A. A. Prowse, Tara Purcell, Djane Clarys Baía-da-Silva, Vanderson de Souza Sampaio, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro , et al. · 2020

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH As in many other settings, peak excess mortality preceded the officially reported ‘first wave’ peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in Manaus, Brazil, reflecting delayed case recognition and limited initial access to diagno…

Elucidating user behaviours in a digital health surveillance system to correct prevalence estimates Open

Dennis Liu, Lewis Mitchell, Robert C. Cope, Sandra J. Carlson, Joshua V. Ross · 2020

Estimating seasonal influenza prevalence is of undeniable public health importance, but remains challenging with traditional datasets due to cost and timeliness. Digital epidemiology has the potential to address this challenge, but can int…

Australia’s wish list of exotic pets: biosecurity and conservation implications of desired alien and illegal pet species Open

Adam Toomes, Oliver Stringham, Lewis Mitchell, Joshua V. Ross, Phillip Cassey · 2020

Globalisation of the live pet trade facilitates major pathways for the transport and introduction of invasive alien species across longer distances and at higher frequencies than previously possible. Moreover, the unsustainable trade of sp…

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