Publications

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 […]

Corresponding Author: Claire Teitelbaum, cteitelbaum@uga.edu Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer Urbanization can cause substantial changes in the movement behavior of animals. However, researchers do not completely understand the downstream effects of urban-induced alteration in behavior. Mobile animals can deposit important nutrients and seeds as they move across the landscape, making the […]

Corresponding Author: Megan Tomamichel Summary by Ethan Hackmeyer Heterosporis sutherlandae is a parasite that infects multiple species of fish in the Great Lakes region of North America. Once a fish is infected with H. sutherlandae, damage occurs to the musculoskeletal system reducing the viability of the fish, while also making […]