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R. Plowright

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1

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D. Becker· 3 shared A. Brown· 2 shared D. Volokhov· 2 shared K. Speer· 2 shared M. B. Fenton· 2 shared A. Gamble· 1 shared A. Peel· 1 shared A. Rynda-Apple· 1 shared

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D. Becker

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Diet-induced changes in metabolism influence immune response and viral shedding dynamics in Jamaican fruit bats

C. Falvo, D. Crowley, E. Benson, M. Hall, B. Schwarz, E. Bohrnsen, M. Ruiz-Aravena, M. Hebner, W. Ma, T. Schountz, A. Rynda-Apple, R. Plowright

The study shows diet affects viral shedding in Jamaican fruit bats, with suboptimal-sugar diets leading to higher viral RNA shedding than suboptimal-fat diets.

bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2023Ecology

Comparative aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern

T. Bushmaker, K. C. Yinda, D. Morris, M. Holbrook, A. Gamble, D. Adney, C. Bushmaker, N. van Doremalen, R. Fischer, R. Plowright, J. O. Lloyd-Smith, V. Munster

This study compares aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 variants, finding early VOCs more stable than WA1, but Delta and Omicron do not show increased stability, suggesting stability changes are not the main driver of transmissibility.

bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Ecological conditions experienced by bat reservoir hosts predict the intensity of Hendra virus excretion over space and time

D. Becker, P. Eby, W. Madden, A. Peel, R. Plowright

This study links ecological conditions of bat hosts to Hendra virus shedding patterns and spillover risk using long-term ecological and virological data.

bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2021 · PreprintEcology

Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community

D. Becker, K. Speer, J. Korstian, D. Volokhov, H. Droke, A. Brown, C. Baijnauth, T. Padgett-Stewart, H. Broders, R. Plowright, T. Rainwater, M. B. Fenton, N. Simmons, M. Chumchal

The paper examines how mercury contamination interacts with immunity and infection in Neotropical bats, finding that higher mercury levels are linked to lower infection odds in some species but not others.

bioRxiv · Jun 12, 2020 · PreprintEcology

Ecological and evolutionary drivers of hemoplasma infection and bacterial genotype sharing in a Neotropical bat community

D. Becker, K. Speer, A. Brown, M. B. Fenton, A. Washburne, S. Altizer, D. Streicker, R. Plowright, V. Chizhikov, N. B. Simmons, D. Volokhov

The paper examines hemoplasma infection prevalence and genetic diversity in Neotropical bats, finding high host specificity and phylogenetic constraints on bacterial sharing.

bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2019Ecology