Giulio A. De Leo

A unifying theoretical framework for tick-borne disease risk to explain conflicting results of exclosure experiments across scales

The paper presents a spatial model explaining conflicting exclosure experiment results on tick-borne disease risk by incorporating host-mediated tick dispersal across scales.

Rice-Fish Co-Culturing for Sustainability, Food Security, and Disease and Poverty Reduction

This paper shows that integrating fish into rice fields reduces schistosomiasis risk, improves soil nutrients, and increases rice yields with economic benefits.

Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance the resilience of kelp species from marine heatwaves

This study shows marine protected areas enhance recovery of some invertebrate species after marine heatwaves but not others, with benefits depending on species traits.

Pseudomonas superinfection drives Pf phage transmission within airway infections in patients with cystic fibrosis

The paper investigates Pf phage transmission in Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infections in cystic fibrosis patients, finding vertical transmission within lineages and new superinfections by Pf+ strains.

Marine protected areas promote resilience of kelp forests to marine heatwaves by preserving trophic cascades

This study shows that fully protected marine areas in Southern California enhance kelp forest resilience to marine heatwaves through trophic cascades, but not in Central California due to differences in predator presence.

Modeling the efficacy of CRISPR gene drive for schistosomiasis control

This study develops a population genetic and epidemiological model to assess the potential of CRISPR gene drives for schistosomiasis control, showing they could maintain disease reduction when combined with chemotherapy.

Identification of snails and parasites of medical importance via convolutional neural network: an application for human schistosomiasis

This paper develops a convolutional neural network to classify freshwater snails and parasites with high accuracy, outperforming human experts in some cases.

Agrochemical pollution increases risk of human exposure to schistosome parasites

This study shows agrochemicals increase schistosome-infected snail densities, potentially raising schistosomiasis transmission risks in endemic areas.