Publications

2026

Co-circulation and co-infection: parasite interactions across scales

Zilio, G., Duncan, A. B., Ezenwa, V. O., Fenton, A., Gjini, E., Kaltz, O., Magalhães, S., Michalakis, Y., Mideo, N., Pedersen, A., Taguchi, L., Tollenaere, C., Zélé, F. & Dean, A. D., Jan 2026, Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

2025

Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems

Albery, G. F., Becker, D. J., Firth, J. A., De Moor, D., Ravindran, S., Silk, M., Sweeny, A. R., Vander Wal, E., Webber, Q., Allen, B., Babayan, S. A., Barve, S., Begon, M., Birtles, R. J., Block, T. A., Block, B. A., Bradley, J. E., Budischak, S., Buesching, C. & Burthe, S. J. & 90 others, , Nov 2025, Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9, 11, p. 2002-2013 15 p.

Parasite responses to resource provisioning can be altered by within-host co-infection interactions

Erazo, D., Sweeny, A., Pedersen, A. B. .. & Fenton, A., Nov 2025, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.. 292, 2058, 11 p., 20251840 .

Costs of parasite generalism revealed by abundance patterns across mammalian hosts

Park, A. W., Cressler, C. E., Dallas, T. A., Farrell, M. J., Huang, S., Pedersen, A. B. & Varney, R. M., Oct 2025, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.. 292, 2057, 11 p., 20251157.

The relationship between expelled eggs, morbidity and age in a Schistosoma mansoni endemic setting in Uganda: Implications for current elimination policies

Lim, R. M., Lahoti, R., Clark, J., Arinaitwe, M., Anguajibi, V., Alonso, S., Nankasi, A., Besigye, F., Atuhaire, A., Pedersen, A. B., Webster, J. P. & Lamberton, P. H. L., 3 Sept 2025, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 19, 9, 20 p., e0012750.

Mast Cells Are Not Essential for Pubertal Mammary Gland Branching

Kapoor, S., Munz, C. M., Marsden, J., Carvalho, C., Tinsley, H., Pinto, M. M., Malengier‐Devlies, B., Becker, S., Seuzaret, G., Patatsos, K., Akyol, R., Pederson, A. B., Wilson, G., Dalod, M. & Gentek, R., Aug 2025, European Journal of Immunology. 55, 8, 12 p., e70036.

How useful is Nanopore adaptive sampling for sequencing Schistosoma mansoni miracidia? [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]

Lim, R. M., Arme, T. M., Arinaitwe, M., Barungi, A., Crellen, T., Jacobs, A., Pedersen, A. B., Webster, J. P. & Lamberton, P. H. L., 9 Jun 2025, Wellcome Open Research. 10, 239, 19 p.

2024

Host resources and parasite traits interact to determine the optimal combination of host parasite-mitigation strategies

Dean, A., Childs, D. Z., Corripio-Miyar, Y., Evans, M., Hayward, A., Kenyon, F., McNally, L., McNeilly, T. N., Pakeman, R. J., Sweeny, A., Nussey, D., Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A., Jun 2024, Ecology and Evolution. 14, 6, p. 1-15 15 p., e11310.

The impact of within-host coinfection interactions on between-host parasite transmission dynamics varies with spatial scale

Keegan, S. P., Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A., 30 Apr 2024, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2021, 1 p., 20240103.

The impact of within-host coinfection interactions on between-host parasite transmission dynamics varies with spatial scale

Keegan, S., Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A. (Developer), 15 Mar 2024, (Unpublished)

2023

Experimental assessment of cross-species transmission in a natural multihost-multivector-multipathogen community

Fenton, A., Withenshaw, S. M., Devevey, G., Morris, A., Erazo, D. & Pedersen, A. B., 29 Nov 2023, Proceedings. Biological sciences. 290, 2011, p. 20231900 10 p.

Ancient diversity in host-parasite interaction genes in a model parasitic nematode

Stevens, L., Martinez-Ugalde, I., King, E., Wagah, M., Absolon, D., Bancroft, R., Gonzalez De La Rosa, P., Hall, J. L., Kieninger, M., Kloch, A., Pelan, S., Robertson, E., Pedersen, A. B., Abreu-Goodger, C., Buck, A. H. & Blaxter, M., 27 Nov 2023, Nature Communications. 14, 19 p., 7776.

Defining schistosomiasis hotspots based on literature and shareholder interviews

Lim, R. M., Arme, T. M., Pedersen, A. B., Webster, J. P. & Lamberton, P. H. L., 8 Nov 2023, Trends in Parasitology. 39, 12, p. 1032-1049 18 p.

DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits

Haghani, A., Li, C. Z., Robeck, T. R., Zhang, J., Lu, A. T., Ablaeva, J., Acosta-Rodríguez, V. A., Adams, D. M., Alagaili, A. N., Almunia, J., Aloysius, A., Amor, N. M. S., Ardehali, R., Arneson, A., Baker, C. S., Banks, G., Belov, K., Bennett, N. C., Black, P. & Blumstein, D. T. & 170 others, , 11 Aug 2023, Science (New York, N.Y.). 381, 6658, 15 p., eabq5693.

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

Lu, A. T., Fei, Z., Haghani, A., Robeck, T. R., Zoller, J. A., Li, C., Lowe, R., Yan, Q., Zhang, J., Vu, H., Ablaeva, J., Acosta-Rodriguez, V. A., Adams, D. M., Almunia, J., Aloysius, A., Ardehali, R., Arneson, A., Baker, C. S., Banks, G. & Belov, K. & 167 others, , 10 Aug 2023, Nature Aging. 3, 9, p. 1144-1166

2022

Genomic epidemiology of Escherichia coli: Antimicrobial resistance through a One Health lens in sympatric humans, livestock and peri-domestic wildlife in Nairobi, Kenya

Muloi, D. M., Hassell, J. M., Wee, B. A., Ward, M. J., Bettridge, J. M., Kivali, V., Kiyong’a, A., Ndinda, C., Gitahi, N., Ouko, T., Imboma, T., Akoko, J., Murungi, M. K., Njoroge, S. M., Muinde, P., Alumasa, L., Kaitho, T., Amanya, F., Ogendo, A. & van Bunnik, B. A. D. & 7 others, , 8 Dec 2022, BMC Medicine. 20, 1, 471.

Long-term temporal trends in gastrointestinal parasite infection in wild Soay sheep

Hayward, A. D., Behnke, J. M., Childs, D. Z., Corripio-Miyar, Y., Fenton, A., Fraser, M. D., Kenyon, F., McNeilly, T. N., Pakeman, R. J., Pedersen, A. B., Pemberton, J. M., Sweeny, A. R., Wilson, K. & Pilkington, J. G., 2 Sept 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) Parasitology. 149, 13, p. 1749-1759 11 p.

The predicted impact of resource provisioning on the epidemiological responses of different parasites

Erazo, D., Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A., 1 Aug 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 8, p. 1719-1730 12 p.

Synchronous seasonality in the gut microbiota of wild mouse populations

Marsh, K. J., Raulo, A. M., Brouard, M., Troitsky, T., English, H. M., Allen, B., Raval, R., Venkatesan, S., Pedersen, A. B., Webster, J. P. & Knowles, S. C. L., 25 Apr 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, 13 p.

2021

Who acquires infection from whom? Estimating herpesvirus transmission rates between wild rodent host groups

Erazo, D., Pedersen, A. B., Gallagher, K. & Fenton, A., 1 Jun 2021, Epidemics. 35, 9 p., 100451.

Spatiotemporal variation in drivers of parasitism in a wild wood mouse population

Sweeny, A. R., Albery, G. F., Venkatesan, S. V., Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A. B., 8 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) Functional Ecology. 25 p.

A 16S rRNA gene and draft genome database for the murine oral bacterial community

Joseph, S., Aduse-Opoku, J., Hashim, A., Hanski, E., Streich, R., Knowles, S. C. L., Pedersen, A. B., Wade, W. G., Curtis, M. A. & Segata, N. (Editor), 9 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) mSystems. 6, 1, 15 p., e01222-20.

Supplemented nutrition decreases helminth burden and increases drug efficacy in a natural host–helminth system

Sweeny, A. R., Clerc, M., Pontifes, P. A., Venkatesan, S., Babayan, S. A. & Pedersen, A. B., 27 Jan 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288, 1943, 10 p.

2020

Experimental parasite community perturbation reveals associations between Sin Nombre virus and gastrointestinal nematodes in a rodent reservoir host

Sweeny, A., Thomason, C. A., Carbajal, E. A., Hansen, C. B., Graham, A. L. & Pendersen, A. B., 23 Dec 2020, Biology letters. 16, 12, 7 p., 20200604.

Fine-scale variation within urban landscapes affects marking patterns and gastrointestinal parasite diversity in red foxes

Gecchele, L., Pendersen, A. B. & Bell, M. B. V., 19 Nov 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) Ecology and Evolution.

2019

Linking community assembly and structure across scales in a wild mouse parasite community

Rynkiewicz, E. C., Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A. B., 9 Dec 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) Ecology and Evolution.

A cross-sectional survey of practices and knowledge among antibiotic retailers in Nairobi, Kenya

Muloi, D., Fèvre, E. M., Bettridge, J., Rono, R., Ong'are, D., Hassell, J. M., Karani, M. K., Muinde, P., van Bunnik, B., Street, A., Chase-Topping, M., Pedersen, A. B., Ward, M. J. & Woolhouse, M., 1 Dec 2019, Journal of Global Health. 9, 2, p. 010412

Tissue tropism and transmission ecology predict virulence of human RNA viruses

Brierley, L., Wilson, A. B. P. & Woolhouse, M., 26 Nov 2019, PLoS Biology. 17, 11, p. 1-18 18 p., e3000206.

Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli carriage in sympatric humans and livestock in a rapidly urbanising city

Muloi, D., Kiiru, J., Ward, M. J., Hassell, J. M., Bettridge, J. M., Robinson, T. P., van Bunnik, B. A. D., Chase-Topping, M., Robertson, G., Pedersen, A. B., Fèvre, E. M., Woolhouse, M. E. J., Kang'ethe, E. K. & Kariuki, S., 19 Aug 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) International journal of antimicrobial agents. 54, 5, p. 531-537

Variation in local and systemic pro-inflammatory immune markers of wild wood mice after anthelminthic treatment

Rynkiewicz, E. C., Clerc, M., Babayan, S. A. & Pedersen, A. B., 1 Aug 2019, Integrative & Comparative Biology. 59, 5, icz136.

Age affects antibody levels and anthelmintic treatment efficacy in a wild rodent

Clerc, M., Babayan, S. A., Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A. B., 1 Apr 2019, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 8, p. 240-247

Parasitic nematodes simultaneously suppress and benefit from coccidian coinfection in their natural mouse host

Clerc, M., Fenton, A., Babayan, S. & Wilson, A., 27 Mar 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) Parasitology. 11 p.

2018

Antibodies and coinfection drive variation in nematode burdens in wild mice

Clerc, M., Devevey, G., Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A. B., 18 Jun 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) International Journal For Parasitology. 48, p. 785-792 8 p.

Are Food Animals Responsible for Transfer of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli or Their Resistance Determinants to Human Populations? A Systematic Review

Muloi, D., Ward, M. J., Pedersen, A. B., Fèvre, E. M., Woolhouse, M. E. J. & van Bunnik, B. A. D., 30 Apr 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.

The Immune and Non-Immune Pathways That Drive Chronic Gastrointestinal Helminth Burdens in the Wild

Babayan, S. A., Liu, W., Hamilton, G., Kilbride, E., Rynkiewicz, E. C., Clerc, M. & Pedersen, A. B., 5 Feb 2018, Frontiers in Immunology. 9, 12 p., 56.

2017

Lipopolysaccharide from crypt-specific core microbiota modulates the colonic epithelial proliferation-to-differentiation balance

Naito, T., Mulet, C., De Castro, C., Molinaro, A., Saffarian, A., Nigro, G., Bérard, M., Clerc, M., Pedersen, A. B., Sansonetti, P. J. & Pédron, T., 17 Oct 2017, mBio. 8, 5, 16 p., e01680-17.

Translational rodent models for research on parasitic protozoa – a review of confounders and possibilities

Ehret, T., Torelli, F., Klotz, C., Wilson, A. & Seeber, F., 7 Jun 2017, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7, JUN, 238.

2016

Multi-host Bartonella parasites display covert host-specificity even when transmitted by generalist vectors

Withenshaw, S. M., Devevey, G., Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A., 16 Aug 2016, In: Journal of Animal Ecology.

2015

Marked seasonal variation in the wild mouse gut microbiota

Maurice, C. F., Cl Knowles, S., Ladau, J., Pollard, K. S., Fenton, A., Pedersen, A. B. & Turnbaugh, P. J., 1 Nov 2015, The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology. 9, p. 2423–2434

Reported co-infection deaths are more common in early adulthood and among similar infections

Griffiths, E. C., Pedersen, A. B., Fenton, A. & Petchey, O. L., 6 Oct 2015, BMC Infectious Diseases. 15, 1, 7 p., 411.

Corrigendum to Streicker et al. (2013) Differential sources of host species heterogeneity influence the transmission and control of multi-host parasites

Streicker, D. G., Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A. B., Oct 2015, Ecology Letters. 18, 10, p. 1134-7 4 p.

Are All Hosts Created Equal? Partitioning Host Species Contributions to Parasite Persistence in Multihost Communities

Fenton, A., Streicker, D. G., Petchey, O. L. & Wilson, A., 18 Sept 2015, The American Naturalist. 186, 5, p. 610-622 12 p., 186.

Long-term subjective cognitive functioning following adjuvant systemic treatment: 7-9 years follow-up of a nationwide cohort of women treated for primary breast cancer

Amidi, A., Christensen, S., Mehlsen, M., Jensen, A. B., Pedersen, A. D. & Zachariae, R., 14 Jul 2015, British Journal of Cancer. p. 794-801

An ecosystem approach to understanding and managing within-host parasite community dynamics

Rynkiewicz, E. C., Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A., 23 Mar 2015, Trends in Parasitology. 31, 5, p. 212-221 10 p.

The role of antiparasite treatment experiments in assessing the impact of parasites on wildlife

Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A., 1 Jan 2015, Trends in Parasitology. 31, 5, p. 200–211 12 p.

2014

The reliability of observational approaches for detecting interspecific parasite interactions: comparison with experimental results

Fenton, A., Knowles, S. C. L., Petchey, O. L. & Pedersen, A. B., Jun 2014, International Journal For Parasitology. 44, 7, p. 437-445 9 p.

Analysis of a summary network of co-infection in humans reveals that parasites interact most via shared resources

Griffiths, E. C., Pedersen, A. B., Fenton, A. & Petchey, O. L., 2014, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 281, 1782, 20132286.

2013

Faecal avoidance and selective foraging: do wild mice have the luxury to avoid faeces?

Walsh, P., McCreless, E. & Pedersen, A., 30 Sept 2013, Animal Behaviour. 86, 3, p. 559-566 8 p.

Variation in access to primary percutaneous coronary intervention in 120 european regions: why do inequalities persist?

Laut, K. G., Gale, C. P., Pedersen, A. B., Fox, K. A. A., Lash, T. L. & Kristensen, S. D., 1 Aug 2013, European Heart Journal. 34, p. 657-657 1 p.

Stability of within-host–parasite communities in a wild mammal system

Knowles, S., Fenton, A., Petchey, O. L. & Pedersen, A., Jul 2013, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 280, 1762, 20130598.

Antihelmintic treatment alters the parasite community in a wild mouse host

Pedersen, A. & Antonovics, J., May 2013, Biology letters. 9, 4, 20130205.

Differential sources of host species heterogeneity influence the transmission and control of multi-host parasites

Streicker, D., Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A., 2013, Ecology Letters. 16, 8, p. 975–984

2012

Epidemiology and fitness effects of wood mouse herpesvirus in a natural host population

Knowles, S. L. K., Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A. B., Nov 2012, Journal of General Virology. 93, Pt 11, p. 2447-2456 10 p.

On the origins of zoonoses

Streicker, D. & Pedersen, A., 2012, Science. 338, 6110, p. 1030

Revenge of the host: Cannibalism, ontogenetic niche shifts, and the evolution of life-history strategies in host-parasitoid systems

Rudolf, V. H. W., Sorrell, I. & Pedersen, A., 2012, Evolutionary Ecology Research. 14, p. 31-49 19 p.

Variation in resistance to multiple pathogen species: anther-smuts of Silene uniflora

Erin, C., Petit, E., Antonovics, J., Pedersen, A. & Hood, M. E., 2012, Ecology and Evolution. 2, 9, p. 2304-2314 2.

2011

Wild immunology: converging on the real world

Babayan, S. A., Allen, J. E., Bradley, J. E., Geuking, M. B., Graham, A. L., Grencis, R. K., Kaufman, J., McCoy, K. D., Paterson, S., Smith, K. G. C., Turnbaugh, P. J., Viney, M. E., Maizels, R. M. & Pedersen, A. B., 31 Oct 2011, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1236, 1, p. 17-29 13 p.

The nature and consequences of coinfection in humans

Griffiths, E. C., Pedersen, A. B., Fenton, A. & Petchey, O. L., Sept 2011, Journal of Infection. 63, 3, p. 200-206 7 p.

Within and transgenerational immune priming in an insect to a DNA virus

Tidbury, H. J., Pedersen, A. B. & Boots, M., 22 Mar 2011, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 278, 1707, p. 871-876 6 p.

Wild immunology

Pedersen, A. B. & Babayan, S. A., Mar 2011, Molecular Ecology. 20, 5, p. 872-880 9 p.

2010

Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2009-30 September 2009

Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, 31 Jan 2010, Molecular Ecology Resources. 10, 1, p. 232-236 5 p.

Distribution of the anther-smut pathogen Microbotryum on species of the Caryophyllaceae

Hood, M. E., Mena-Ali, J. I., Gibson, A. K., Oxelman, B., Giraud, T., Yockteng, R., Arroyo, M. T. K., Conti, F., Pedersen, A. B., Gladieux, P. & Antonovics, J., 2010, New Phytologist. 187, 1, p. 217-229 13 p.

2009

Cross-Species Pathogen Transmission and Disease Emergence in Primates

Pedersen, A. B. & Davies, T. J., 31 Dec 2009, Ecohealth. 6, 4, p. 496-508 13 p.

The evolution of covert, silent infection as a parasite strategy

Sorrell, I., White, A., Pedersen, A. B., Hails, R. S. & Boots, M., 22 Jun 2009, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 276, 1665, p. 2217-2226 10 p.

The role of infectious diseases in biological conservation

Smith, K. F., Acevedo-Whitehouse, K. & Pedersen, A. B., Feb 2009, Animal Conservation. 12, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.

2008

Host-pathogen evolution, biodiversity and disease risk for natural populations

Altizer, S. & Pedersen, A., 18 Sept 2008, Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action. Carroll, S. & Fox, C. (eds.). New York, NY USA: Oxford University Press, p. 259-277

Phylogeny and geography predict pathogen community similarity in wild primates and humans

Davies, T. J. & Pedersen, A. B., 22 Jul 2008, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 275, 1643, p. 1695-1701 7 p.

Dyadic models emerging from the longitudinal structural equation modeling tradition: Parallels with ecological models of interspecific interaction

Ram, N. & Pedersen, A., 9 Jul 2008, Modeling dyadic and interdependent data in the developmental and behavioral sciences. Card, N. A., Selig, J. P. & Little, T. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 87-106

The interaction of parasites and resources cause crashes in a wild mouse population

Pedersen, A. B. & Greives, T. J., Mar 2008, Journal of Animal Ecology. 77, 2, p. 370-377 8 p.

Host plant species affects virulence in monarch butterfly parasites

de Roode, J. C., Pedersen, A. B., Hunter, M. D. & Altizer, S., Jan 2008, Journal of Animal Ecology. 77, 1, p. 120-126 7 p.

2007

Acorn mast drives long-term dynamics of rodent and songbird populations

Clotfelter, E. D., Pedersen, A. B., Cranford, J. A., Ram, N., Snajdr, E. A., Nolan, V. & Ketterson, E. D., Dec 2007, Oecologia. 154, 3, p. 493-503 11 p.

Infectious diseases and extinction risk in wild mammals

Pedersen, A. B., Jones, K. E., Nunn, C. L. & Altizer, S., Oct 2007, Conservation biology. 21, 5, p. 1269-1279 11 p.

Emphasizing the ecology in parasite community ecology

Pedersen, A. B. & Fenton, A., Mar 2007, Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 22, 3, p. 133-139 7 p.

2006 and beyond…

Community epidemiology framework for classifying disease threats

Fenton, A. & Pedersen, A. B., Dec 2005, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11, 12, p. 1815-1821 7 p.

Patterns of host specificity and transmission among parasites of wild primates

Pedersen, A. B., Altizer, S., Poss, M., Cunningham, A. A. & Nunn, C. L., May 2005, International Journal For Parasitology. 35, 6, p. 647-657 11 p.

Social organization and parasite risk in mammals: Integrating theory and empirical studies

Altizer, S., Nunn, C. L., Thrall, P. H., Gittleman, J. L., Antonovics, J., Cunningham, A. A., Dobson, A. P., Ezenwa, V., Jones, K. E., Pedersen, A. B., Poss, M. & Pulliam, J. R. C., 2003, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 34, p. 517-547 31 p.