Introduction: Despite the remarkable progress achieved in the fight against malaria worldwide, the disease still remains a major health concern in Nigeria. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended using seasonal malaria chemopreventio... Read More about Assessing perceptions, knowledge and satisfaction with seasonal malaria chemoprevention services: A cross-sectional study in northern Nigeria.
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Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population (2025)
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The microbiome is well known to drive variation in host states (e.g. behaviour, immunity) that would be expected to modulate the spread of infectious disease—but the role of microbiotal interactions in promoting superspreading is poorly understood. S... Read More about Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population.
Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and bank voles (2024)
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Behnke, J. M., & Jackson, J. A. (in press). Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and bank voles. Parasitology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182024001471Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus) are often employed as natural study models in infectious disease ecology. Yet the identities of some elements of their parasite fauna have been subject to long-standing confusion. One... Read More about Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and bank voles.
A novel morbillivirus and a novel betaherpesvirus infecting the Wood Mouse in the UK (2024)
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A novel morbillivirus and a novel betaherpesvirus are reported in the Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in the western United Kingdom (UK). The two viruses were found coinfecting an underweight host with abnormalities of the liver and were detected vi... Read More about A novel morbillivirus and a novel betaherpesvirus infecting the Wood Mouse in the UK.
Large-bodied gastric spirurids (Nematoda, Spirurida) predict structure in the downstream gastrointestinal helminth community of wild spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) (2024)
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The dominant helminths infecting spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) in the montane wadis of the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt are spirurid nematodes, notably Protospirura muricola and Mastophorus muris. Both are relatively large robust stomach worms that accu... Read More about Large-bodied gastric spirurids (Nematoda, Spirurida) predict structure in the downstream gastrointestinal helminth community of wild spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus).
Lunar-linked biorhythms in the immune system of freshwater three-spined stickleback (2024)
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Immune responses are widely accepted to be under circadian regulation via a molecular clock, with many practical consequences, but much less is known of how other biorhythms could affect the immune system. In this study we search for lunar rhythms (c... Read More about Lunar-linked biorhythms in the immune system of freshwater three-spined stickleback.
Determining management strategies to control ash dieback disease through molecular and environmental interactions (2023)
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Forest trees have been increasingly threatened by invasive pathogens,
endangering associated biodiversity, and reducing ecosystems. Such an alien pathogen,
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, has had considerable impacts on the common ash tree
(Fraxinus exce... Read More about Determining management strategies to control ash dieback disease through molecular and environmental interactions.
Remotely sensed localised primary production anomalies predict the burden and community structure of infection in long‐term rodent datasets (2023)
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Jackson, J. A., Bajer, A., Behnke-Borowczyk, J., Gilbert, F., Grzybek, M., Alsarraf, M., & Behnke, J. (in press). Remotely sensed localised primary production anomalies predict the burden and community structure of infection in long‐term rodent datasets. Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16898The increasing frequency and cost of zoonotic disease emergence due to global change have led to calls for the primary surveillance of wildlife. This should be facilitated by the ready availability of remotely sensed environmental data, given the imp... Read More about Remotely sensed localised primary production anomalies predict the burden and community structure of infection in long‐term rodent datasets.
Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent (2023)
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Wanelik, K. M., Begon, M., Bradley, J. E., Friberg, I. M., Taylor, C. H., Jackson, J. A., & Paterson, S. (2023). Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent. Molecular Ecology, 32(13), 3471-3482. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16950Individuals differ in the nature of the immune responses they produce, affecting dis-ease susceptibility and ultimately health and fitness. These differences have been hypothesized to have an origin in events experienced early in... Read More about Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent.
Discrete patterns of microbiome variability across timescales in a wild rodent population (2023)
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Mammalian gastrointestinal microbiomes are highly variable, both within individuals and across populations, with
changes linked to time and ageing being widely reported. Discerning patterns of change in wild mammal popula-
tions can therefore prove... Read More about Discrete patterns of microbiome variability across timescales in a wild rodent population.