Phillida A. Charley

Pathogenesis and host response to a novel Tacaribe virus isolate in experimentally-infected Jamaican fruit bats

This paper isolates and characterizes a novel Tacaribe virus (TCRV) strain from Jamaican fruit bats, showing it causes nonfatal infection with mild liver disease and limited immune response, offering a better model for studying arenavirus biology than previously used strains.

Low cadmium concentrations alter B and T cell responses in Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis)

This study shows that low cadmium exposure alters B and T cell gene expression in Jamaican fruit bats, suggesting immune system changes, but not affecting viral replication in kidney cells.