Beth Purse
@bethpurse.bsky.social
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Ecologist at UKCEH, interested in infectious diseases, vector and host ecology, ecosystems and environmental change, models and One Health/systems approaches
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Nick Isaac
@drnickisaac.bsky.social
· Apr 4
Beth Purse
@bethpurse.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Beth Purse
@bethpurse.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Radar versus optical: The impact of cloud cover when mapping seasonal surface water for health applications in monsoon-affected India
Surface water plays a vital role in the spread of infectious diseases. Information on the spatial and temporal dynamics of surface water availability is thus critical to understanding, monitoring and ...
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Beth Purse
@bethpurse.bsky.social
· Jan 27
EFSA methodology for assessing candidate priority pests under EU Regulation 2016/2031
In 2022, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (M-2022-00070) to provide technical assistance on the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying ...
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Beth Purse
@bethpurse.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Beth Purse
@bethpurse.bsky.social
· Jan 17
First evidence of transovarial transmission of Kyasanur Forest disease virus in Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks in the wild - Parasites & Vectors
Background Kyasanur forest disease virus (KFDV) is a tick-borne flavivirus causing debilitating and potentially fatal disease in people in the Western Ghats region of India. The transmission cycle is ...
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Alejandro Ordonez
@anordonez1.bsky.social
· Dec 13
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ticks7.bsky.social
@ticks7.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Beware of hitchhiking ticks? Clarifying the variable roles of bird species in tick movement along migratory routes
Ticks are blood-feeding parasites which act as major vectors for various pathogenic microorganisms affecting both animal and human health. Hard ticks are known to move passively (i.e. ‘hitchhike') on...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Beth Purse
@bethpurse.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Predicting the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biological invasions: Have rapid responses in Europe limited the spread of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)?
By predicting the extent of a biological invasion in the absence of timely interventions and comparing this to the current distribution of the yellow-legged hornet, we found that management measures ....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Jose Jimenez
@jjimenez.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Research Associate: Mathematical biologist/ecologist to develop the ‘Digital Microbiome’ for mic...
The Pawar Lab at the Silwood Park Campus of Imperial College London is seeking a mathematical / theoretical ecologist to lead the development of the Digital Microbiome towards optimising microbiomes t...
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