Population Biology of Infectious Disease

Ecology of vector-borne & zoonotic diseases
We use a combination of laboratory and field research to study the ecology and molecular epizootiology related to the emergence, perpetuation, prevention and control of lyssaviruses.

Recent publications:

• Franka R, Constantine DG, Kuzmin I, Velasco-Villa A, Reeder SA, Streicker D, Orciari LA, Wong AJ, Blanton JD, Rupprecht CE. "A new phylogenetic lineage of rabies virus associated with western pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus hesperus)." J Gen Virol. 2006 ;87(Pt 8):2309-21.
• Leslie MJ, Messenger S, Rohde RE, Smith J, Cheshier R, Hanlon C, Rupprecht CE. "Bat-associated rabies virus in skunks." Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12:1274-7.