David Simons

Arenavirus and hantavirus surveillance in small mammals tracks night-lights and accessibility; after adjusting for effort, fast-lived and synanthropic species are somewhat more often detected as hosts.

The paper investigates factors determining effective reassortment in orthohantaviruses, finding that ecological overlap and molecular compatibility are key for reassortant establishment.

The paper examines small mammal contact networks in Sierra Leone to identify potential transmission foci of Mammarenavirus lassaense, finding that land use affects rodent-rodent interactions and seroprevalence patterns.

This paper proposes the development of a database (ArHa) integrating host-pathogen dynamics and human disease data for Arenaviruses and Hantaviruses to improve risk assessments and public health interventions.