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Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses
Pandit PS, Anthony SJ, Goldstein T, Olival KJ, et al., Johnson CK. Communications Biology. 2022 Aug 19; 5:844. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03797-9
Our virus-host association network predicts spillover risk and potential hosts for novel viruses detected in wildlife.
This research predicts zoonotic transmission risk and potential hosts for 531 novel animal viruses, primarily of wildlife origin, based on virus-host associations of known viruses, improving our understanding of the ecology of newly discovered viruses to inform on and prioritize them for further characterization.
Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk
Johnson CK, Hitchens PL, Pandit PS, Rushmore J, Evans TS, Young CC, Doyle MM. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2020 Apr 8; 287(1924): 20192736. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2736
The same processes that threaten wildlife populations increase virus spillover risk.
This research identified a higher incidence of zoonotic viruses in mammalian species that have declined in abundance due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and exploitation, providing direct evidence for the impact of environmental change on emerging infectious disease.
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Projecting the impact of an ebola virus outbreak on endangered mountain gorillas. Zimmerman DM, Hardgrove E, Sullivan S, Mitchell S, Kambale E, Nziza J, Ssebide B, Shalukoma C, Cranfield M, Pandit PS, Troth SP, Callicrate T, Miller P, Gilardi K, Lacy RC. Scientific Reports. 2023 Apr 7;13(1):5675.
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Rapid genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in a dense urban community of Kathmandu Valley using sewage samples. Napit R, Manandhar P, Chaudhary A, Shrestha B, Poudel A, Raut R, Pradhan S, Raut S, Rajbhandari PG, Gurung A, Rajbhandari RM, Dixit SM, Schwind JS, Johnson CK, Mazet JK, Karmacharya DB. PLoS ONE. 2023 Mar 30;18(3):e0283664.
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One Health Surveillance Highlights Circulation of Viruses with Zoonotic Potential in Bats, Pigs, and Humans in Viet Nam. Latinne A, Nga NTT, Long NV, Ngoc PTB, Thuy HB, PREDICT Consortium, Long NV, Long PT, Phuong NT, Quang LTV, Tung N, Nam VS, Duoc VT, Thinh ND, Schoepp R, Ricks K, Inui K, Padungtod P, Johnson CK, Mazet JAK, Walzer C, Olson SH, Fine AE. Viruses. 2023 Mar 20;15(3):790.
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Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses indicates frequent zoonotic spillover in human communities interacting with wildlife. Evans TS, Tan CW, Aung O, Phyu S, Lin H, Coffey LL, Toe AT, Aung P, Aung TH, Aung NT, Weiss CM, Thant KZ, Htun ZT, Murray S, Wang LF, Johnson CK, Thu HM. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Mar 3;S1201971223000644.
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Novel strains of Campylobacter cause diarrheal outbreak in Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) of Kathmandu Valley. Napit R, Manandhar P, Poudel A, Rajbhandari PG, Watson S, Shakya S, Pradhan SM, Sharma AN, Chaudhary A, Johnson CK, Mazet JK, Karmacharya D. Novel strains of Campylobacter cause diarrheal outbreak in Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) of Kathmandu Valley. Bhatta DR, editor. PLoS ONE. 2023 Mar 1;18(3):e0270778.
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Sylvatic Transmission of Chikungunya Virus among Nonhuman Primates in Myanmar. Evans TS, Aung O, Cords O, Coffey LL, Wong T, Weiss CM, Maw MT, Yee J, Venkateswaran K, Venkateswaran N, Nham P, Van Rompay KKA, Morris MK, Oceguera L, Werthimer W, Hanson C, Valitutto M, Tun KYN, Win YT, Thein WZ, Murray S, Thu HM, Johnson CK. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2022 Dec 1;28(12):2548–51.
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Simian homologues of human herpesviruses and implications for novel viral introduction to free‐living mountain gorillas. Smiley Evans T, Lowenstine LJ, Ssebide B, Barry PA, Kinani JF, Nizeyimana F, Noheli JB, Okello R, Mudakikwa A, Cranfield MR, Mazet JAK, Johnson CK, Gilardi KV. American Journal of Primatology. 2022 Oct 19;e23439.
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Pathogen surveillance and epidemiology in endangered peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni). Sanchez JN, Munk BA, Colby J, Torres SG, Gonzales BJ, DeForge JR, Byard AJ, Konde L, Shirkey NJ, Pandit PS, Botta RA, Roug A, Ziccardi MH, Johnson CK. Conservation Science and Practice. 2022 Oct 14;e12820.
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Seasonal shedding of coronavirus by straw-colored fruit bats at urban roosts in Africa. Montecino-Latorre D, Goldstein T, Kelly TR, Wolking DJ, Kindunda A, Kongo G, Bel-Nono SO, Kazwala RR, Suu-Ire RD, Barker CM, Johnson CK, Mazet JAK. PLOS ONE. 2022 Sep 15;17(9):1–15.
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Evaluation of minimally invasive sampling methods for detecting Avipoxvirus: Hummingbirds as a case example. Galvin AN, Pandit PS, English SG, Quock RC, Bandivadekar RR, Colwell RR, Robinson BW, Ernest HB, Brown MH, Sehgal RNM, Tell LA. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2022 Aug 24;9:924854.
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Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses. Pandit PS, Anthony SJ, Goldstein T, Olival KJ, Doyle MM, Gardner NR, Bird B, Smith WA, Wolking D, Gilardi K, Monagin C, Kelly T, Uhart M, Epstein JH, Machalaba C, Rostal MK, Dawson P, Hagan E, Sullivan A, Li H, Chmura AA, Latinne A, Lange C, O’Rourke T, Olson SH, Keatts L, Mendoza AP, Perez A, de Paula CD, Zimmerman D, Valitutto M, LeBreton M, McIver D, Islam A, Duong V, Mouiche M, Shi Z, Mulembakani P, Kumakamba C, Ali M, Kebede N, Tamoufe U, Bel-Nono S, Camara A, Pamungkas J, Coulibaly K, Abu-Basha E, Kamau J, Silithammavong S, Desmond J, Hughes T, Shiilegdamba E, Aung O, Karmacharya D, Nziza J, Ndiaye D, Gbakima A, Sijali Z, Wacharapluesadee S, Robles EA, Ssebide B, Suzán G, Aguirre LF, Solorio MR, Dhole TN, Nga NTT, Hitchens PL, Joly DO, Saylors K, Fine A, Murray S, Karesh W, Daszak P, Mazet JAK, PREDICT Consortium, de Paula CD, Johnson CK. Communications Biology. 2022 Aug 19;5(1):844.
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Antibiotic resistance genes of public health importance in livestock and humans in an informal urban community in Nepal. Young CCW, Karmacharya D, Bista M, Sharma AN, Goldstein T, Mazet JAK, Johnson CK. Scientific Reports. 2022 Aug 15;12(1):13808.