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Louise H. Taylor
Researcher at University of Edinburgh
Publications - 16
Citations - 5614
Louise H. Taylor is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plasmodium chabaudi & Population. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 16 publications receiving 5129 citations.
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Risk factors for human disease emergence.
TL;DR: This study represents the first quantitative analysis identifying risk factors for human disease emergence, with protozoa and viruses particularly likely to emerge, and helminths particularly unlikely to do so, irrespective of their zoonotic status.
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Diseases of humans and their domestic mammals: pathogen characteristics, host range and the risk of emergence
TL;DR: A database of disease-causing pathogens of humans and domestic mammals was constructed and it was found that helminths and fungi were relatively unlikely to emerge whereas viruses, particularly RNA viruses, were highly likely to emerge.
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Population Biology of Multihost Pathogens
TL;DR: The majority of pathogens, including many of medical and veterinary importance, can infect more than one species of host, and factors that predispose pathogens to generalism include high levels of genetic diversity and abundant opportunities for cross-species transmission.
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The ecology of genetically diverse infections.
Andrew F. Read,Louise H. Taylor +1 more
TL;DR: Microparasite infections often consist of genetically distinct clonal lineages that influence disease severity, epidemiology, and evolution, and much of the theory in this area is based on assumptions contradicted by the available data.
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Why so few transmission stages? Reproductive restraint by malaria parasites
Louise H. Taylor,Andrew F. Read +1 more
TL;DR: Several testable hypotheses are proposed that might explain why natural selection has not favoured variants producing more transmission stages of malaria parasites.