2016
Climatic and evolutionary drivers of phase shifts in the plague epidemics of colonial India
Lewnard JA, Townsend JP. Climatic and evolutionary drivers of phase shifts in the plague epidemics of colonial India. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 14601-14608. PMID: 27791071, PMCID: PMC5187705, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604985113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlague resistanceEnvironmental driversIntense natural selectionWild host populationsIntense selective pressureEvolutionary driversPossible evolutionary basisHost evolutionNatural selectionDisease resistanceEvolutionary selectionFlea population dynamicsEvolutionary basisSelective pressureEvolutionary processesPopulation dynamicsHost populationsWildlife hostsLocal persistencePlague dynamicsCommensal ratsDisease agentsPowerful insightsDisease transmissionEcology
2012
Potential for Rabies Control through Dog Vaccination in Wildlife-Abundant Communities of Tanzania
Fitzpatrick MC, Hampson K, Cleaveland S, Meyers LA, Townsend JP, Galvani AP. Potential for Rabies Control through Dog Vaccination in Wildlife-Abundant Communities of Tanzania. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012, 6: e1796. PMID: 22928056, PMCID: PMC3424251, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001796.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsBasic Reproduction NumberDog DiseasesDogsHumansModels, StatisticalRabiesRabies VaccinesTanzaniaVaccination