Host-pathogen system Scale(s) of study Scale(s) of study Key parameters investigated Key ecological finding Reference
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bTB in European badgers Survival; recruitment Life history and recruitment characteristics of badgers ensure that the bTB reservoir is maintained
Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) Survival; fecundity DFTD affects the most reproductively valuable devils
CWD in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Likelihood of infection How CWD may be spatially distributed
CWD in North American elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) Prevalence; allele frequency The relationship between CWD prevalence, and the PRNP 12L allele, which may extend the latency of CWD in North American elk
Influenza A in captive mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens); Yersinia pestis in coyotes Time since infection; force-of-infection A method to estimate force-of-infection from individual antibody data
Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) in wild elk and livestock herds Probability a region has brucellosis infections in its livestock The spillover of brucellosuis from elk to livestock may happen more in regions where unfed elk are contracting the disease from fed elk
CWD in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Prevalence The impacts of CWD on population growth rate, and covariates which moderate disease dynamics
Five pathogens (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, pseudorabies virus, Influenza A virus, Hepatitis E virus, and Brucella spp.) infecting wild pig (Sus scrofa) Seroprevalence Demographics were not good at predicting seroprevalence. It is important to account for detection error (sensitivity and specificity of a diagnostic test)