M.C.M. de Jong

Quantifying circulation and antibody cross-reactivity for co-circulating flaviviruses: the case of Usutu and West Nile virus in blackbirds

The paper quantifies antibody cross-reactivity between Usutu and West Nile viruses in blackbirds using serological data and a Bayesian model to improve serosurveillance interpretation.

Implications of future change scenarios for mosquito-borne disease transmission in the Netherlands

The paper assesses future mosquito-borne disease risks in the Netherlands under different climate and land-use scenarios, finding increased outbreak sizes and growth rates for Usutu and West Nile viruses.

Silent reservoirs are shaping the emergence of Usutu virus

The paper uses Approximate Bayesian Computation to analyze USUTU virus transmission in wildlife, showing that multiple bird species, not just blackbirds, contribute to its spread.

Biological tick control: modeling the potential impact of entomopathogenic fungi on the transmission of East Coast fever in cattle

This paper models how entomopathogenic fungi can reduce East Coast fever transmission in cattle by affecting tick mortality and population dynamics.

Quantifying Key Parameters of Environmental Transmission and Age-Specific Susceptibility for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP)

The paper estimates key parameters for MAP transmission and age-specific susceptibility using dose-response and environmental transmission models based on published experiments.

The quantitative genetics of the prevalence of infectious diseases: hidden genetic variation due to Indirect Genetic Effects dominates heritable variation and response to selection

This paper develops a quantitative genetic theory for infectious disease prevalence, showing indirect genetic effects dominate heritable variation and response to selection.