P. A. Leighton

Spatiotemporal overlap and contact rates among small Indian mongooses and free-roaming domestic dogs in Puerto Rico: Implications for rabies virus transmission

This study quantifies contact rates between small Indian mongooses and free-roaming domestic dogs in Puerto Rico, finding limited interspecific interactions and highlighting home range overlap as a key factor in rabies virus transmission risk.

When host populations move north, but disease moves south: counter-intuitive impacts of climate warming on disease spread

The paper models how climate warming can cause disease to spread southward even as host species move northward, due to lagged thermal niche adaptation.

Effects of land use and weather on the presence and abundance of mosquito-borne disease vectors in a urban and agricultural landscape in Eastern Ontario, Canada

This study examines how weather and land use affect mosquito species occurrence and abundance in Eastern Ontario, finding that temperature, precipitation, and land cover types significantly influence these factors.

New Records of California Serogroup Virus in Aedes Mosquitoes and First Detection in Simulioidae Flies from Northern Canada and Alaska

The paper detects California serogroup virus RNA in Aedes mosquitoes and Simulioidae flies in Northern Canada and Alaska, highlighting the potential of biting insects for tracking arbovirus emergence.