D. A. Kennedy

Comparative Analysis of Multiple Consensus Genomes of the Same Strain of Marek's Disease Virus Reveals Intrastrain Variation

This study compares multiple consensus genomes of the same Marek's Disease Virus strain, revealing intrastrain variation and highlighting the need for multiple genomes to improve interstrain comparisons.

Detecting and quantifying heterogeneity in susceptibility using contact tracing data

This paper develops a method to detect and quantify susceptibility heterogeneity using contact tracing data, showing it can reliably estimate heterogeneity and disease dynamics.

Exceptions to the rule: Why does resistance evolution not undermine antibiotic therapy in all bacterial infections?

This study identifies factors explaining variation in antibiotic resistance across bacterial pathogens and drugs, finding nosocomial and indirectly transmitted pathogens have higher resistance prevalence.

Developing an empirical model for spillover and emergence: Orsay virus host range in Caenorhabditis

The paper tests Orsay virus susceptibility and transmission in Caenorhabditis species to study disease spillover and emergence mechanisms.

Detection, not mortality, constrains the evolution of virulence

The paper challenges trade-off theory by arguing that detection costs, not mortality, constrain virulence evolution, using a mathematical model to show how detection limits disease severity.

Modeling Marek’s disease virus transmission: a framework for evaluating the impact of farming practices and evolution on disease

The paper develops and validates mathematical models of Marek’s disease virus transmission using farm data to evaluate how farming practices and virus evolution impact disease.