I am very excited about a new paper from our lab by @nicole-nova.bsky.social and @kasolari.bsky.social on the persistence of CDV in wild populations. Our first foray into evolution and ecology of infectious disease. 1/n

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Our results challenge the prevailing idea that acute, immunizing viruses need domestic animal reservoirs to persist. Instead, sufficiently connected wildlife communities may be able to sustain transmission on their own, reshaping how we think about reservoir systems for this entire class of viruses.

A fundamental question in disease ecology remains unresolved: How can an acute, immunizing virus persist in nature? Theory says viruses like measles need huge pools of susceptible hosts. Our new preprint offers an answer. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Persistent, Multi-Species Outbreaks and Long-Range Transmissions of a Measles-Like Virus

Canine distemper\---|a measles-like disease with high mortality and presently without a cure\---|poses a major threat to wild and domestic carnivores globally. Domestic dogs are generally considered t...

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