Jasmine S.M. Veitch

Age-dependent effects of infection on survival of a wild rodent reservoir host

This study shows that PUUV infection reduces survival of bank voles, especially young ones, in a natural setting, contradicting the expectation that reservoir hosts are unaffected.

Food Supplementation Reduces Nematode Super-Shedding in a Wild Mammal

This study shows that food supplementation reduces nematode abundance super-shedding in wild voles but not infection likelihood or intensity, and identifies age-related fitness impacts of nematode infection.

Ecological factors alter how spatial overlap predicts viral infection dynamics in wild rodent populations

The paper examines how ecological factors modify the relationship between spatial overlap and hantavirus infection likelihood in wild bank voles.