Wildlife Disease Journal Digest

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Land Use Explains the Distribution of Threatened New World Amphibians Better than Climate
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(4): e60742. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060742
FT Brum et al.  

Wildlife Contact Rates at Artificial Feeding Sites in Texas
Environ Manage. 2013 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print]
TA Campbell et al.

Serological confirmation of SBV infection in wild British deer
Vet Rec. 2013 Apr 20;172(16):429. doi: 10.1136/vr.f2438.
A Barlow et al.

Anthropogenic Roost Switching and Rabies Virus Dynamics in House-Roosting Big Brown Bats
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print]
DG Streicker et al.

A review of bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife-livestock-human interface in sub-Saharan Africa
Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Apr 15:1-15. [Epub ahead of print]
M De Garine-Wichatitsky et al.

The pathology and pathogenicity of a novel Haemoproteus spp. infection in wild Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)
Veterinary Parasitology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 20 Apr 2013]
BL Cannell et al.

Latitudinal variability in the seroprevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in non-migrant and Arctic migratory geese
Veterinary Parasitology. 2013 May; 194(1): 9–15
CAM Sandstrom et la.

Genetic epidemiology of Sarcoptes scabiei in the Iberian wolf in Asturias, Spain
Veterinary Parasitology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 18 Apr 2013]
A Oleaga et al.

Individual Variation in Influenza A Virus Infection Histories and Long-Term Immune Responses in Mallards
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(4): e61201. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061201
C Tolf et la.

Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding disease emergence: the past, present, and future drivers of Nipah virus emergence
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 26;110 Suppl 1:3681-8. [Epub 2012 Aug 30] doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201243109.
P Daszak et al.

Characterisation of the Bacterial and Fungal Communities Associated with Different Lesion Sizes of Dark Spot Syndrome Occurring in the Coral Stephanocoenia intersepta
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(4): e62580. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062580
M Sweet et al.

Increased Endoparasite Infection in Late-Arriving Individuals of a Trans-Saharan Passerine Migrant Bird
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(4): e61236. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061236
G Lopez et al.

Co-infection and cross-species transmission of divergent Hepatocystis lineages in a wild African primate community
International Journal for Parasitology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Apr 19]
Mary I. Thurber et al.

Emerging diseases. New coronavirus reveals some of its secrets
Science. 2013 Apr 5;340(6128):17-8. doi: 10.1126/science.340.6128.17.
M Enserink

[Infectious diseases: progress in diagnosis and treatment. Topics: III. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; 4. Emerging parasitic diseases] [Article in Japanese]
Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi. 2012 Nov 10;101(11):3162-7.
Y Kato et al.

Rats, Cities, People, and Pathogens: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Literature Regarding the Ecology of Rat-Associated Zoonoses in Urban Centers
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 16 Apr 2013] doi:10.1089/vbz.2012.1195
CG Himsworth et al.

Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks Feeding on Migratory Passerines in Western Part of Estonia
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Apr 16] doi:10.1089/vbz.2012.1054
J Geller et al.

Ecological factors that determine Ixodes ricinus tick burdens in the great tit (Parus major), an important avian reservoir of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.
International Journal for Parasitology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Apr 15]
Dieter Heylen et al.

Tuberculosis infection in wildlife from the Ruaha ecosystem Tanzania: implications for wildlife, domestic animals, and human health
Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Apr 22:1-11. [Epub ahead of print]
DL Clifford et al.

Pathotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Two Bangladeshi Isolates of Newcastle Disease Virus of Chicken and Pigeon Origin
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 19 Apr 2013]. doi:10.1111/tbed.12086
M Nooruzzaman et al.

Viral surveillance and discovery
Curr Opin Virol. 2013 Apr 17. pii: S1879-6257(13)00034-5. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2013.03.010.
WI Lipkin and C Firth