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Irish Amundson

University of VirginiaORCID 0009-0001-1116-433XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Amanda Kyle GibsoniD· 1 shared Janis AntonovicsiD· 1 shared Louis T. BubrigiD· 1 shared Sarah Talley· 1 shared Sophia KuzminskiiD· 1 shared

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EcologybioRxivPreprintJul 28, 2026

The consequences of mixed-mode transmission for disease prevalence

Irish Amundson, Janis Antonovics

This study examines how mixed-mode transmission affects parasite prevalence, finding that it can increase prevalence only under specific conditions involving different effects on host fitness.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.22.740081

statistical modelhost-pathogen & immune response

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EcologybioRxivPreprintFeb 6, 2026

Juvenile hosts and natal dispersers are protected in the early stages of epidemics

Louis T. Bubrig, Irish Amundson, Sarah Talley…·Amanda Kyle Gibson

The paper shows that younger hosts have lower parasite prevalence and that dispersing juveniles are less infected during early epidemic stages in C. elegans.

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C. elegansexperimental assay

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