Nancy B. Simmons

This study evaluates the reliability of using wing biopsies to detect blood-borne pathogens in bats, finding lower detection rates compared to blood but still viable for initial pathogen discovery.

The paper identifies multiple Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes in vampire bats in Belize, highlighting their potential role in linking sylvatic, domestic, and human transmission cycles of Chagas disease.

The paper analyzes DrBHV diversity across Latin America and the Caribbean, showing widespread co-infection and geographic spread, suggesting vaccine vectors could be locally sourced.

This study estimates the sampling intensity and signal persistence of airborne eDNA in an enclosed space to inform effective biomonitoring strategies.

The paper uses metagenomic sequencing and qPCR to detect Trypanosoma cruzi in bats from Belize, demonstrating their role as bioindicators for emerging zoonoses.

The paper examines how habitat fragmentation affects multi-trophic communities in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, finding nested structures and high beta-diversity across trophic levels.

The paper examines how habitat and season affect leukocyte profiles in Neotropical bats, finding species-specific responses and higher systemic inflammation in degraded habitats during the dry season.

This study examines how habitat fragmentation affects Bartonella and hemoplasma infections in vampire bats over seven years, finding genotype-specific responses to forest loss and temporal changes.

The paper identifies novel and previously known alphacoronaviruses in three bat species in Belize and finds phylogenetic similarity between bat CoVs and human 229E and NL63 coronaviruses.

The paper identifies novel hemotropic mycoplasmas and bartonellae in Mexican free-tailed bats and sympatric species, highlighting their genetic diversity and potential zoonotic significance.

This study uses long-read sequencing to analyze immune and cancer-related gene evolution in bats, finding gene contractions, expansions, and positive selection linked to their unique traits.

This study uses single-cell sequencing to identify cellular and molecular differences in the kidneys and pancreases of insectivorous and frugivorous bats, linking them to diabetes-related mechanisms.

This study uses proteomics to analyze the serum proteome of vampire bats, identifying immunological proteins and detecting pathogens using mass spectrometry.

The paper compares sequencing methods for recovering olfactory receptor genes in vampire bats, finding targeted sequence capture outperforms RNA-Seq and Sanger sequencing.