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R. A. McDonald

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Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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A. Robertson· 1 shared C. E. D. Goodwin· 1 shared D. J. Hodgson· 1 shared D. Sankara· 1 shared E. Brooks Pollock· 1 shared E. Konzen· 1 shared F. Smith· 1 shared G. B. Huffnagle· 1 shared

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Efficient modelling of infectious diseases in wildlife: a case study of bovine tuberculosis in wild badgers

E. Konzen, R. J. Delahay, D. J. Hodgson, R. A. McDonald, E. Brooks Pollock, S. E. F. Spencer, T. J. McKinley

This paper develops a stochastic compartmental model to study bovine tuberculosis transmission in badgers, identifying superspreaders and hidden infection burdens despite population-level reproduction numbers less than one.

bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2024Ecology

Application of an ecology-based analytic approach to discriminate signal and noise in low-biomass microbiome studies: whole lung tissue is the preferred sampling method for amplicon-based characterization of murine lung microbiota

J. M. Baker, K. J. Hinkle, R. A. McDonald, N. R. Falkowski, G. B. Huffnagle, R. P. Dickson

This study applies an ecology-based approach to identify signal from noise in low-biomass microbiome studies and finds whole lung tissue is better than BAL fluid for characterizing murine lung microbiota.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2020Microbiology

Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection

R. A. McDonald, J. K. Wilson-Aggarwal, G. J. F. Swan, C. E. D. Goodwin, T. Moundai, D. Sankara, G. Biswas, J. A. Zingeser

This study investigates the ecology of domestic dogs as a reservoir for Guinea worm infection in Chad, finding that water access and fish consumption influence infection risk.

bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2020Ecology

Estimating Wildlife Vaccination Coverage Using Genetic Methods

F. Smith, A. Robertson, G. C. Smith, P. Gill, R. A. McDonald, G. Wilson, R. Delahay

This study estimates vaccine coverage in European badgers using genetic methods, finding 44-65% vaccinated in one year and 70-85% over four years.

bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2017Ecology