Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

B. R. Beechler, “Enemies and turncoats: bovine tuberculosis exposes pathogenic potential of Rift Valley fever virus in a common host, African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).”, Proc Biol Sci, vol. 282, no. 1805, 2015.

V. O. Ezenwa and Jolles, A. E., “Epidemiology. Opposite effects of anthelmintic treatment on microbial infection at individual versus population scales.”, Science, vol. 347, no. 6218, pp. 175-7, 2015.

E. E. Gorsich, Bengis, R. G., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosing brucellosis in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).”, J Wildl Dis, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 9-18, 2015.

B. A. Han, Park, A. W., Jolles, A. E., and Altizer, S., “Infectious disease transmission and behavioural allometry in wild mammals.”, J Anim Ecol, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 637-646, 2015.

B. R. Beechler, “Rift valley Fever in Kruger national park: do buffalo play a role in the inter-epidemic circulation of virus?”, Transbound Emerg Dis, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 24-32, 2015.

A. E. Jolles and Ezenwa, V. O., “Ungulates as model systems for the study of disease processes in natural populations.”, J Mammal, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 4-15, 2015.

C. L. Nunn, Brezine, C., Jolles, A. E., and Ezenwa, V. O., “Interactions between micro- and macroparasites predict microparasite species richness across primates.”, Am Nat, vol. 183, no. 4, pp. 494-505, 2014.

R. S. Ostfeld, Levi, T., Jolles, A. E., Martin, L. B., Hosseini, P. R., and Keesing, F., “Life history and demographic drivers of reservoir competence for three tick-borne zoonotic pathogens.”, PLoS One, vol. 9, no. 9, p. e107387, 2014.

E. E. Gorsich, Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Nematode-coccidia parasite co-infections in African buffalo: Epidemiology and associations with host condition and pregnancy.”, Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 124-34, 2014.

C. Lacroix, Jolles, A. E., Seabloom, E. W., Power, A. G., Mitchell, C. E., and Borer, E. T., “Non-random biodiversity loss underlies predictable increases in viral disease prevalence.”, J R Soc Interface, vol. 11, no. 92, p. 20130947, 2014.

K. Anderson, Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Tick infestation patterns in free ranging African buffalo (Syncercus caffer): Effects of host innate immunity and niche segregation among tick species.”, Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, vol. 2, pp. 1-9, 2013.

S. A. Budischak, Jolles, A. E., and Ezenwa, V. O., “Direct and indirect costs of co-infection in the wild: Linking gastrointestinal parasite communities, host hematology, and immune function.”, Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, vol. 1, pp. 2-12, 2012.

B. R. Beechler, Broughton, H., Bell, A., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Innate immunity in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): associations with parasite infection and white blood cell counts.”, Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 255-64, 2012.

B. R. Beechler, Broughton, H., Bell, A., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Innate immunity in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): associations with parasite infection and white blood cell counts.”, Physiol Biochem Zool, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 255-64, 2012.

A. L. Michel, Cooper, D., Jooste, J., de Klerk, L. - M., and Jolles, A. E., “Approaches towards optimising the gamma interferon assay for diagnosing Mycobacterium bovis infection in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).”, Prev Vet Med, vol. 98, no. 2-3, pp. 142-51, 2011.

D. M. Hawley, Etienne, R. S., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Does animal behavior underlie covariation between hosts' exposure to infectious agents and susceptibility to infection? Implications for disease dynamics.”, Integr Comp Biol, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 528-39, 2011.

D. M. Hawley, Etienne, R. S., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Does Animal Behavior Underlie Covariation Between Hosts' Exposure to Infectious Agents and Susceptibility to Infection? Implications for Disease Dynamics.”, Integrative and comparative biology, 2011.

V. O. Ezenwa and Jolles, A. E., “From Host Immunity to Pathogen Invasion: The Effects of Helminth Coinfection on the Dynamics of Microparasites.”, Integrative and comparative biology, 2011.

V. O. Ezenwa and Jolles, A. E., “From host immunity to pathogen invasion: the effects of helminth coinfection on the dynamics of microparasites.”, Integr Comp Biol, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 540-51, 2011.

V. O. Ezenwa, Etienne, R. S., Luikart, G., Beja-Pereira, A., and Jolles, A. E., “Hidden consequences of living in a wormy world: nematode‐induced immune suppression facilitates tuberculosis invasion in African buffalo.”, The American naturalist, vol. 176, no. 5, pp. 613-24, 2010.

F. Keesing, Belden, L. K., Daszak, P., Dobson, A., C Harvell, D., Holt, R. D., Hudson, P., Jolles, A. E., Jones, K. E., Mitchell, C. E., Myers, S. S., Bogich, T., and Ostfeld, R. S., “Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases.”, Nature, vol. 468, no. 7324, pp. 647-52, 2010.

P. van Hooft, Prins, H. H. T., Getz, W. M., Jolles, A. E., van Wieren, S. E., Greyling, B. J., van Helden, P. D., and Bastos, A. D. S., “Rainfall-driven sex-ratio genes in African buffalo suggested by correlations between Y-chromosomal haplotype frequencies and foetal sex ratio.”, BMC Evol Biol, vol. 10, p. 106, 2010.

P. van Hooft, Prins, H. H. T., Getz, W. M., Jolles, A. E., van Wieren, S. E., Greyling, B. J., van Helden, P. D., and Bastos, A. D. S., “Rainfall-driven sex-ratio genes in African buffalo suggested by correlations between Y-chromosomal haplotype frequencies and foetal sex ratio.”, BMC evolutionary biology, vol. 10, p. 106, 2010.

B. R. Beechler, Jolles, A. E., and Ezenwa, V. O., “Evaluation of hematologic values in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).”, Journal of wildlife diseases, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 57-66, 2009.

B. R. Beechler, Jolles, A. E., and Ezenwa, V. O., “Evaluation of hematologic values in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).”, J Wildl Dis, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 57-66, 2009.