Peter Hudson

Former Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Willaman Professor of Biology

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Population dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife and the dynamics of parasite community structure.

Publication Tags

Parasites Ecology Infection Sheep Pneumonia Pathogens Animals Tanzania Ovis Canadensis Pathogen Infectious Disease Ecosystem Infectious Diseases Mortality Population Genes Animal Wolves Deserts Biodiversity Reptiles Gopherus Agassizii Immune Response Virus Turtles

Most Recent Papers

Microbial Diversity in Bushmeat Samples Recovered from the Serengeti Ecosystem in Tanzania

Robab Katani, Megan A. Schilling, Beatus Lyimo, Triza Tonui, Isabella M. Cattadori, Ernest Eblate, Andimile Martin, Anna B. Estes, Teresia Buza, Dennis Rentsch, Karen W. Davenport, Blake T. Hovde, Samson Lyimo, Lydia Munuo, Francesca Stomeo, Christian Tiambo, Jessica Radzio-Basu, Fausta Mosha, Peter J. Hudson, Joram J. Buza, Vivek Kapur, 2019, Scientific reports

Complex immune responses and molecular reactions to pathogens and disease in a desert reptile (Gopherus agassizii)

K. Kristina Drake, Christina M. Aiello, Lizabeth Bowen, Rebecca L. Lewison, Todd C. Esque, Kenneth E. Nussear, Shannon C. Waters, Peter J. Hudson, 2019, Ecology and Evolution on p. 2516-2534

Pastoral production is associated with increased peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in northern Tanzania across sheep, goats and cattle

C. M. Herzog, W. A. de Glanville, B. J. Willett, T. J. Kibona, I. M. Cattadori, V. Kapur, P. J. Hudson, J. Buza, S. Cleaveland, O. N. Bjørnstad, 2019, Epidemiology and Infection

The slow dynamics of mycoplasma infections in a tortoise host reveal heterogeneity pertinent to pathogen transmission and monitoring

C. M. Aiello, T. C. Esque, K. E. Nussear, P. G. Emblidge, P. J. Hudson, 2019, Epidemiology and Infection

The ecology of movement and behaviour

Kezia Manlove, Christina Aiello, Pratha Sah, Bree Cummins, Peter John Hudson, Paul C. Cross, 2018, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Estimating distemper virus dynamics among wolves and grizzly bears using serology and Bayesian state-space models

Paul C. Cross, Frank T. van Manen, Mafalda Viana, Emily S. Almberg, Daniel Bachen, Ellen E. Brandell, Mark A. Haroldson, Peter J. Hudson, Daniel R. Stahler, Douglas W. Smith, 2018, Ecology and Evolution on p. 8726-8735

Associating sex-biased and seasonal behaviour with contact patterns and transmission risk in Gopherus agassizii

C. M. Aiello, T. C. Esque, K. E. Nussear, Patrick Geoffrey Emblidge, Peter John Hudson, 2018, Behaviour on p. 585-619

Pneumonia in bighorn sheep

E. Frances Cassirer, Kezia R. Manlove, Emily S. Almberg, Pauline L. Kamath, Mike Cox, Peregrine Wolff, Annette Roug, Justin Shannon, Rusty Robinson, Richard B. Harris, Ben J. Gonzales, Raina K. Plowright, Peter J. Hudson, Paul C. Cross, Andrew Dobson, Thomas E. Besser, 2018, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 32-45

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 B. Estes, Linda P. Salekwa, Happiness J. Nnko, Peter J. Hudson, Isabella M. Cattadori, 2017, Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Contact and contagion

Kezia R. Manlove, E. Frances Cassirer, Raina K. Plowright, Paul C. Cross, Peter J. Hudson, 2017, Journal of Animal Ecology on p. 908-920

Recent Most-Cited Papers

Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease?

Chelsea L. Wood, Kevin D. Lafferty, Giulio DeLeo, Hillary S. Young, Peter J. Hudson, Armand M. Kuris, 2014, Ecology on p. 817-832

Evolutionary History and Attenuation of Myxoma Virus on Two Continents

Peter J. Kerr, Elodie Ghedin, Jay V. DePasse, Adam Fitch, Isabella M. Cattadori, Peter J. Hudson, David C. Tscharke, Andrew F. Read, Edward C. Holmes, 2012, PLoS pathogens

The effect of vaccination on the evolution and population dynamics of Avian Paramyxovirus-1

Yee Ling Chong, Abinash Padhi, Peter John Hudson, Mary Poss, 2010, PLoS Pathogens on p. 1-11

Climate change and infectious diseases

Xavier Rodó, Mercedes Pascual, Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes, Alexander Gershunov, Dáithí A. Stone, Filippo Giorgi, Peter J. Hudson, James Kinter, Miquel Àngel Rodríguez-Arias, Nils Ch Stenseth, David Alonso, Javier García-Serrano, Andrew P. Dobson, 2013, Climatic Change on p. 625-640

Parasite invasion following host reintroduction

Emily S. Almberg, Paul C. Cross, Andrew P. Dobson, Douglas W. Smith, Peter J. Hudson, 2012, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 2840-2851

Generating super-shedders

Sandra Lass, Peter J. Hudson, Juilee Thakar, Jasmina Saric, Eric Harvill, Réka Albert, Sarah E. Perkins, 2013, Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Spatio-temporal dynamics of pneumonia in bighorn sheep

E. Frances Cassirer, Raina K. Plowright, Kezia R. Manlove, Paul C. Cross, Andrew P. Dobson, Kathleen A. Potter, Peter J. Hudson, 2013, Journal of Animal Ecology on p. 518-528

Unraveling the disease consequences and mechanisms of modular structure in animal social networks

Pratha Sah, Stephan T. Leu, Paul C. Cross, Peter J. Hudson, Shweta Bansal, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 4165-4170

Sin Nombre hantavirus decreases survival of male deer mice

Angela D. Luis, Richard J. Douglass, Peter John Hudson, James N. Mills, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2012, Oecologia on p. 431-439

Multiannual patterns of influenza A transmission in Chinese live bird market systems

Kim M. Pepin, Jia Wang, Colleen T. Webb, Gavin J.D. Smith, Mary Poss, Peter J. Hudson, Wenshan Hong, Huachen Zhu, Steven Riley, Yi Guan, 2013, Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses on p. 97-107