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Immuno-epidemiology of co-infection, how host immunity modulates parasite interactions and transmission and how host molecular processes explain the dynamics of infection at the population level.
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Infection Parasites Rabbits Helminths Myxoma Virus Bacteria Virulence Tanzania Immunity Viruses Immune Response Trypanosomiasis Trichostrongylus Grassland Phenotype Climate Change Mutation Antibodies Temperature Tsetse Flies Small Intestine Ecosystem Pathogens Population GenomeLinks
Most Recent Papers
Changes in parasite traits, rather than intensity, affect the dynamics of infection under external perturbation
Suma Ghosh, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Ashutosh K. Pathak, Isabella Cattadori, 2018, PLoS computational biology
Reverse engineering field isolates of myxoma virus demonstrates that some gene disruptions or losses of function do not explain virulence changes observed in the field
June Liu, Isabella Cattadori, Derek Gordon Sim, John Sebastian Eden, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Fraser Read, Peter J. Kerr, 2017, Journal of virology
Patterns of tsetse abundance and trypanosome infection rates among habitats of surveyed villages in Maasai steppe of northern Tanzania
Anibariki Ngonyoka, Paul S. Gwakisa, Anna Bond Estes, Linda P. Salekwa, Happiness J. Nnko, Peter John Hudson, Isabella Cattadori, 2017, Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Next step in the ongoing arms race between myxoma virus and wild rabbits in Australia is a novel disease phenotype
Peter J. Kerr, Isabella Cattadori, June Liu, Derek Gordon Sim, Jeffery Dodds, Jason William Brooks, Mary J. Kennett, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Fraser Read, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 9397-9402
Seasonal variation of tsetse fly species abundance and prevalence of trypanosomes in the Maasai Steppe, Tanzania
Happiness J. Nnko, Anibariki Ngonyoka, Linda Salekwa, Anna Bond Estes, Peter John Hudson, Paul S. Gwakisa, Isabella Cattadori, 2017, Journal of Vector Ecology on p. 24-33
Variation of tsetse fly abundance in relation to habitat and host presence in the Maasai Steppe, Tanzania
Anibariki Ngonyoka, Paul S. Gwakisa, Anna Bond Estes, Happiness J. Nnko, Peter John Hudson, Isabella Cattadori, 2017, Journal of Vector Ecology on p. 34-43
Genomic and phenotypic characterization of myxoma virus from Great Britain reveals multiple evolutionary pathways distinct from those in Australia
Peter J. Kerr, Isabella Cattadori, Matthew B. Rogers, Adam Fitch, Adam Geber, June Liu, Derek Gordon Sim, Brian Boag, John Sebastian Eden, Elodie Ghedin, Andrew Fraser Read, Edward C. Holmes, 2017, PLoS Pathogens
Impact of helminth infections and nutritional constraints on the small intestine microbiota
Isabella Cattadori, Aswathy Sebastian, Han Hao, Robab Katani, Istvan Albert, Kirsten Elise Eilertson, Vivek Kapur, Ashutosh Pathak, Susan Mitchell, 2016, PloS one
Host immunity shapes the impact of climate changes on the dynamics of parasite infections
Andrea Mignatti, Brian Boag, Isabella Cattadori, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 2970-2975
Does host immunity influence helminth egg hatchability in the environment?
K. A. Lambert, A. K. Pathak, Isabella Cattadori, 2015, Journal of Helminthology on p. 446-452
Recent High-Impact Papers
Evolutionary History and Attenuation of Myxoma Virus on Two Continents
Peter J. Kerr, Elodie Ghedin, Jay V. DePasse, Adam Fitch, Isabella Cattadori, Peter John Hudson, David C. Tscharke, Andrew Fraser Read, Edward C. Holmes, 2012, PLoS Pathogens
Heligmosomoides polygyrus reduces infestation of Ixodes ricinus in free-living yellow-necked mice, Apodemus flavicollis
N. Ferrari, Isabella Cattadori, A. Rizzoli, Peter John Hudson, 2009, Parasitology on p. 305-316
Network model of immune responses reveals key effectors to single and co-infection dynamics by a respiratory bacterium and a gastrointestinal helminth
Juilee Thakar, Ashutosh K. Pathak, Lisa Murphy, Reka Z. Albert, Isabella Cattadori, 2012, PLoS computational biology
Explaining patterns of infection in free-living populations using laboratory immune experiments
L. Murphy, N. Nalpas, M. Stear, Isabella Cattadori, 2011, Parasite Immunology on p. 287-302
Genome scale evolution of myxoma virus reveals host-pathogen adaptation and rapid geographic spread
Peter J. Kerr, Matthew B. Rogers, Adam Fitch, Jay V. DePasse, Isabella Cattadori, Alan C. Twaddle, Peter John Hudson, David C. Tscharke, Andrew Fraser Read, Edward C. Holmes, Elodie Ghedin, 2013, Journal of virology on p. 12900-12915
Immuno-epidemiology of chronic bacterial and helminth co-infections
Ashutosh K. Pathak, Chad Pelensky, Brian Boag, Isabella Cattadori, 2012, International Journal for Parasitology on p. 647-655
Immune regulation of a chronic bacteria infection and consequences for pathogen transmission
Ashutosh K. Pathak, Kathleen E. Creppage, Jacob Robert Werner, Isabella Cattadori, 2010, BMC Microbiology
Climate changes influence free-living stages of soil-transmitted parasites of European rabbits
Alexander D. Hernandez, Adam Poole, Isabella Cattadori, 2013, Global Change Biology on p. 1028-1042
Effects of host characteristics and parasite intensity on growth and fecundity of Trichostrongylus retortaeformis infections in rabbits
C. Chylinski, B. Boag, M. J. Stear, Isabella Cattadori, 2009, Parasitology on p. 117-123
Next step in the ongoing arms race between myxoma virus and wild rabbits in Australia is a novel disease phenotype
Peter J. Kerr, Isabella Cattadori, June Liu, Derek Gordon Sim, Jeffery Dodds, Jason William Brooks, Mary J. Kennett, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Fraser Read, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 9397-9402