Drake lecture notes (February 22, 2017)
Vector-borne disease transmission
Species distribution modeling for infectious disease vectors
Data and handout for today’s exercise on species distribution modeling for disease vectors.
Reading for class on February 22
Yakob L., Clements A.C.A. 2013. A mathematical model of chikungunya dynamics and control: The major epidemic on Réunion island. PLOS ONE 8:e57448.
Ferguson-Noel lecture notes 2 (Mycoplasma gallisepticum in poultry)
Note: new slides Avian Mycoplasma 2
Readings for class on February 15
Required reading Delaney, N.F. et al. 2012. Ultrafast evolution and loss of CRISPRs following a host shift in a novel wildlife pathogen, Mycoplasma gallisepticum. PLOS Genetics 8:e1002511. Supplemental readings Hernandez-Divers, S.M. et al. 2008. Backyard chicken flocks pose a disease risk for Neotropic birds in Costa Rica. Avian Diseases 52: 558-560. Amour, N.K. et al. […]
Reading for class on February 8
Two reading are assigned for February 8. Adelman, J.S. et al. 2015. Feeder use predicts both acquisition and transmission of a contagious pathogen in a North American songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 282: 282: 20151429. Hawley, D.M. et al.2013. Parallel patterns of increased virulence in a recently emerged wildlife pathogen. PLOS Biology 11(5): e1001570.