H. McCallum

Periodic shifts in viral load increase risk of spillover from bats

The paper shows that periodic increases in viral load during high prevalence periods in bats correlate with spillover events, suggesting viral load is a better predictor of transmission risk than prevalence alone.

Physiology and ecology together regulate host and vector importance for Ross River virus and other vector-borne diseases

The paper develops a model integrating physiological and ecological traits to assess host and vector roles in RRV transmission, finding humans are important hosts due to vector feeding behavior and abundance.

Contemporary and historical selection in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) support novel, polygenic response to transmissible cancer

This study identifies contemporary and historical selection in Tasmanian devils in response to transmissible cancer, finding limited overlap between genes under recent and ancient selection.

Disease swamps molecular signatures of genetic-environmental associations to abiotic factors in Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) populations

The paper examines how disease impacts genetic-environmental associations in Tasmanian devils, finding that disease swamps abiotic environmental signals.

Interpreting mosquito feeding patterns in Australia through an ecological lens; an analysis of blood meal studies.

This study analyzes mosquito feeding patterns in Australia using blood meal data to identify species-specific feeding associations and their implications for disease ecology.