Dynamic and integrative approaches to understanding pathogen spillover

Daniel J Becker^{1

2

3}, Alex D Washburne¹, Christina L Faust⁴, Juliet R C Pulliam⁵, Erin A Mordecai⁶, James O Lloyd-Smith^{7

8}, Raina K Plowright¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
² Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
⁴ Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁵ South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁷ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁸ Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Daniel J Becker et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 30;374(1782):20190014.

doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0014. Epub 2019 Aug 12.

Daniel J Becker^{1

2

3}, Alex D Washburne¹, Christina L Faust⁴, Juliet R C Pulliam⁵, Erin A Mordecai⁶, James O Lloyd-Smith^{7

8}, Raina K Plowright¹

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
² Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
⁴ Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁵ South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁷ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁸ Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: cross-species transmission; epidemics; interventions; pandemics; surveillance; zoonotic.

Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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