Publications

pathogens, endosymbionts, and blood-meal sources of host-seeking ticks in the fast-changing maasai mara wildlife ecosystem.	the role of questing ticks in the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in kenya's maasai mara national reserve (mmnr), an ecosystem with intensified human-wildlife-livestock interactions, remains poorly understood. we surveyed the diversity of questing ticks, their blood-meal hosts, and tick-borne pathogens to understand potential effects on human and livestock health. by flagging and hand-picking from vegetation in 25 localities, we collected 1,465 host-seeking ticks, mostly rhipicephalus and am ...	2020	32866142
seroprevalence of rift valley fever in south african domestic and wild suids (1999-2016).	rift valley fever (rvf) is a vector-borne viral disease of domestic ruminants, camels and man, characterized by widespread abortions and neonatal deaths in animals, and flu-like symptoms, which can progress to hepatitis and encephalitis in humans. the disease is endemic in africa, saudi arabia and yemen, and outbreaks occur after periods of high rainfall, or in environments supporting the proliferation of rvf virus (rvfv)-infected mosquito vectors. the domestic and wild animal maintenance hosts ...	2020	31655018
peste des petits ruminants virus infection at the wildlife-livestock interface in the greater serengeti ecosystem, 2015-2019.	peste des petits ruminants (ppr) is a viral disease of goats and sheep that occurs in africa, the middle east and asia with a severe impact on livelihoods and livestock trade. many wild artiodactyls are susceptible to ppr virus (pprv) infection, and some outbreaks have threatened endangered wild populations. the role of wild species in pprv epidemiology is unclear, which is a knowledge gap for the global strategy for the control and eradication of ppr. these studies aimed to investigate pprv inf ...	2021	34066336