James O. Lloyd‐Smith

This study investigates leptospirosis in southern sea otters, finding that 74% tested positive for Leptospira interrogans serogroup Pomona, with 70% of positive cases linked to fatal outcomes.

The paper develops a Bayesian model to aggregate NHP challenge study data and estimate SARS-CoV-1 infectious dose, enabling dose-response analysis despite limited data from individual studies.

This study quantifies how exposure route, rather than dose, influences SARS-CoV-2 infection kinetics in non-human primates using a large meta-analysis of challenge experiments.

The paper shows that the amphibian fungal pathogen Bd proliferates during winter dormancy in toads, increasing prevalence and intensity of infection.

The paper assesses the environmental stability of H5N1 influenza virus in raw milk, wastewater, and on surfaces, finding slow decay in milk suggests transmission risks.

This paper examines cross-reactivity and host species effects in serological data using MAT for Leptospira, showing that antibody titers vary by host and lab, and that high titers do not reliably indicate the infecting serovar.

This paper introduces a Bayesian multilevel model to estimate prevalence dynamics from pooled and individual wildlife samples, accounting for dilution effects and false negatives.

The paper uses mathematical modeling to quantify historical risks of shipborne pathogen introduction, showing that steam travel and frequent large-scale human movement increased transoceanic pathogen circulation risks.

The paper shows that periodic increases in viral load during high prevalence periods in bats correlate with spillover events, suggesting viral load is a better predictor of transmission risk than prevalence alone.

The paper investigates whether maternal antibodies contribute to hemagglutinin imprinting in children exposed to influenza A viruses early in life.