Outputs (2)

What is a vector? (2017)
Journal Article
Wilson, A., Morgan, E., Booth, M., Norman, R., Perkins, S., Hauffe, H., …Fenton, A. (2017). What is a vector?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1719), Article 20160085. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0085

Many important and rapidly emerging pathogens of humans, livestock and wildlife are ‘vector-borne’. However, the term ‘vector’ has been applied to diverse agents in a broad range of epidemiological systems. In this perspective, we briefly review some... Read More about What is a vector?.

Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology (2017)
Journal Article
Cable, J., Barber, I., Boag, B., Ellison, A., Morgan, E., Murray, K., …Booth, M. (2017). Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1719), Article 20160088. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0088

Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in wildlife, livestock and human populations, and healthy ecosystems are often parasite rich. Yet, their negative impacts can be extreme. Understanding how both anticipated and cryptic changes in a system might aff... Read More about Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology.