Publications

Corresponding author: Paul Severns, paul.severns@uga.edu Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer The Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly, notable for its checkered orange, white and black coloring, is a butterfly species native to the remnant grasslands of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Critically endangered, the Taylor’s checkerspot heavily relies on a caterpillar food source […]

Contacts: Annakate Schatz, Andrew Park Press Release by Ethan Hackmeyer Accelerating climate change and human activity leads to new host-parasite interactions as rising temperatures and habitat loss push species beyond their native ranges. And as parasites interact with these novel host species, the risk of disease outbreaks increases, threatening global […]

Corresponding Author: Elizabeth Warburton, ewarburton@uga.edu Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer Parasitism can impose significant fitness costs on host organisms, and it is thought that parasitism could possibly cause host reproductive failure, possibly through increased stress. A new study led by CEID member Elizabeth Warburton explores how parasites could affect maternal stress […]

Corresponding Author: Michelle Evans Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer Despite being both preventable and treatable, diarrhoeal disease (DD) causes over 700,000 child deaths annually due to inadequate  water and sanitation infrastructure. These losses are  primarily concentrated in 15 low-income countries. Distribution of DD is highly influenced by environmental factors, such as […]

Florida has experienced a relatively mild winter, which typically translates to more mosquitoes in the summer and more birds on which they can feast. If history repeats itself, it’s likely there will be an uptick in West Nile virus cases this year, especially in the outer fringes of the suburbs […]

Corresponding Author: James Byers, jebyers@uga.edu Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer Though oceans cover approximately 70% of Earth’s surfaces, parasitism in marine ecosystems is relatively poorly understood compared to terrestrial host-parasite relationships. As climate change shifts conditions within the world’s oceans, it is imperative to better understand the consequences of environmental change […]

Corresponding author: Sadie Ryan, sjryan@ufl.edu Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer Zika virus is a tropical arbovirus that causes serious illness, infecting thousands of people every year. Pregnant women who become infected with Zika have a significantly higher chance of giving birth to children with microcephaly, a serious condition where the head […]

Corresponding Author: Elizabeth Warburton Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer Though drylands cover over 40% of Earth’s land area and hold over a third of the world’s population, many drylands organisms, both free-living and parasitic, continue to be relatively understudied. To better understand this ecosystem and its host-parasite relationships, CEID member Elizabeth […]

Corresponding Authors: Léa Briard Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer, edited by Léa Briard  Social behavior is an important driving factor in the spread of parasites between animals. Group size has traditionally been the dominant measure for the impact of social behavior on parasite transmission.  However, advances in Social Network Analysis (SNA) […]

Corresponding Author: Cecilia Sánchez, sanchez@ecohealthalliance.org Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer, edits provided by paper authors  Debilitating parasite spores that infect monarch butterflies can persist for years at cool temperatures, but are knocked out by heat, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Georgia’s Center for the Ecology […]