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| Open AccessPathogen spillover driven by rapid changes in bat ecology
A study reveals how land-use change and climate interact to drive the spillover of a zoonotic virus, and identifies an ecological mechanism that prevents spillover.
- Peggy Eby
- , Alison J. Peel
- & Raina K. Plowright
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| Open AccessContext-specific emergence and growth of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant
Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from around the world show that following initial importation largely from India, Delta spread in England was driven first by inter-regional travel and then by local population mixing.
- John T. McCrone
- , Verity Hill
- & Moritz U. G. Kraemer
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer
More than one-third of wild deer tested in northeast Ohio showed evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection of human origin.
- Vanessa L. Hale
- , Patricia M. Dennis
- & Andrew S. Bowman
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Cryptic connections illuminate pathogen transmission within community networks
Cryptic connections facilitate the community-wide spread of disease both within and among species.
- Joseph R. Hoyt
- , Kate E. Langwig
- & A. Marm Kilpatrick
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Phylogenetic structure and host abundance drive disease pressure in communities
Rare species may have an advantage in a community by suffering less from disease; here it is shown that, because pathogens are shared among species, it is not just the abundance of a particular species but the structure of the whole community that affects exposure to disease.
- Ingrid M. Parker
- , Megan Saunders
- & Gregory S. Gilbert
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Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators
Laboratory infection experiments and field data show that emerging infectious diseases of honeybees are widespread infectious agents within the pollinator assemblage; the prevalence of deformed wing virus (DWV) and the parasite Nosema ceranae in honeybees and bumblebees is linked, and sympatric bumblebees and honeybees are infected by the same DWV strains, indicating ongoing disease transmission.
- M. A. Fürst
- , D. P. McMahon
- & M. J. F. Brown
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Biodiversity decreases disease through predictable changes in host community competence
A combination of extensive field surveys and realistic experiments involving an amphibian disease system reveals that biodiversity reduces pathogen transmission due to a predictable link between species richness and the ability of communities to support infection.
- Pieter T. J. Johnson
- , Daniel L. Preston
- & Katherine L. D. Richgels
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Bacteria pass through plants
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West Africans at risk from bat epidemics
Ecologists hope to avert public-health disaster without a cull.
- Natasha Gilbert
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