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Basinski, A. J., E. Fichet-Calvet, A. R. Sjodin, T. J. Varrelman, C. H. Remien, N. C. Layman, B. H. Bird, et al. 2021. Bridging the gap: Using reservoir ecology and human serosurveys to estimate Lassa virus spillover in West Africa A. Wesolowski [ed.],. PLOS Computational Biology 17: e1008811. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008811

Forecasting the risk of pathogen spillover from reservoir populations of wild or domestic animals is essential for the effective deployment of interventions such as wildlife vaccination or culling. Due to the sporadic nature of spillover events and limited availability of data, developing and valida…

Villy Aellen

December 04, 1926 – January 22, 2000

Switzerland

Vespertilionidae

Collected Vespertilionidae and identified Acrididae

Glover Morrill Allen

February 08, 1879 – February 14, 1942

United States

Cricetidae

Collected Cricetidae and identified Gomphotheriidae

Joseph Charles Bequaert
Joseph Charles Bequaert

May 24, 1886 – January 12, 1982

Belgium; United States

Fabaceae

Collected Fabaceae and identified Eumenidae

George Cansdale

November 29, 1909 – August 24, 1993

United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Sciuridae

Collected Sciuridae

Bruce J Hayward

April 13, 1928 – August 03, 2011

United States

Molossidae

Collected Molossidae and identified Vespertilionidae

Collected Diatomyidae

Robert Kemp

October 19, 1871 – May 08, 1949

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; United Kingdom

Muridae

Collected Muridae

Renaud Paulian
Renaud Paulian

May 28, 1913 – August 16, 2003

France

Molossidae

Collected Molossidae and identified Scarabaeidae

Hendrik Severinus Pel

August 30, 1818 – January 11, 1876

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Sciuridae

Collected Sciuridae

Francis Petter

July 28, 1923 – January 21, 2012

France

Muridae

Collected Muridae

Chandler Robbins
Chandler Robbins

July 17, 1918 – March 20, 2017

United States

Parulidae

Collected Parulidae

George W. Schwab

1876 – 1955

Muridae

Collected Muridae and identified Hipposideridae

Collected Poaceae and identified Cyperaceae

Walter Verheyen

December 15, 1932 – December 29, 2005

Belgium

Muridae

Collected Muridae and identified Muridae

Jacques Verschuren

April 09, 1926 – August 20, 2014

Belgium

Muridae

Collected Muridae and identified Muridae

Collected Muridae and identified Muridae