Refereed papers

Key papers (last decade)

  • Woods et al. (2023). The evolution of antibiotic resistance in an incurable and ultimately fatal infection: A retrospective case study. EMPHPDF
  • Morley et al. (2020). An adjunctive therapy approach prevents antibiotic resistance emergence in opportunistic pathogens colonizing the gut. eLife PDF 
  • Hansen et al. (2020). Antibiotics can be used to contain drug-resistant bacteria by maintaining sufficiently large sensitive populations. PLoS Biology PDF 
  • Wale et al. (2017). Resource limitation prevents the emergence of drug resistance by intensifying within-host competition. PNAS PDF
  • Kerr et al. (2017). The next step in the on-going arms race between myxoma virus and wild rabbits in Australia is a novel disease phenotype. PNAS PDF
  • Kennedy & Read (2017). Why does drug resistance readily evolve but vaccine resistance does not? PRSB PDF
  • Hansen et al. (2017). How to use a chemotherapeutic agent when resistance to it threatens the patient. PLoS Biology PDF
  • Day & Read (2016). Does high-dose antimicrobial chemotherapy prevent the emergence of resistance? PLoS Computational Biology PDF
  • Read et al. (2015). Imperfect vaccination can enhance the transmission of highly virulent pathogens. PLoS Biology PDF
  • Huijben et al. (2013). Aggressive chemotherapy and the selection of drug resistant pathogens. PLoS Pathogens PDF

 

All papers (back to 1993)

Preprints/submitted

In press

2023

  • Woods, R.J., Barbosa, C., Koepping, L., Raygoza Garay, J.A., Mwangi, M., & Read, A.F. (2023). The evolution of antibiotic resistance in an incurable and ultimately fatal infection: A retrospective case study. Evolution, Public Health and Medicine 11: 163–173. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary databioRxiv
  • Natterson-Horowitz, B., Aktipis, A., Fox, M., Gluckman, P.D., Low, F.M., Mace, R., Read, A.F., Turner, P.E., & Blumstein, D.T. (2023). The future of evolutionary medicine: accelerating understanding, innovation, and application of evolutionary principles in biomedicine. Frontiers in Science 1:997136. PDF | LIve journal article

2022

  • Kerr, P.J., Cattadori, I.M., Sim, D.G., Liu, J., Holmes, E.C., & Read, A.F. (2022). Divergent evolutionary pathways of myxoma virus in Australia: Virulence phenotypes in susceptible and partially resistant rabbits indicate possible selection for transmissibility. Journal of Virology 96: e00886-22. PDFLive journal article | Supplementary material | Data | bioRxiv | Press release
  • Morley, V.J., Sim, D.G., Penkevitch, A., Woods, R.J., & Read, A.F. (2022). An orally administered drug prevents selection for antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gut during daptomycin therapy. Evolution, Public Health and Medicine 10: 439-446. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary data |  bioRxiv
  • Day, T., Kennedy, D.A., Read, A.F., & Gandon, S. (2022). Pathogen evolution during vaccination campaigns. PLoS Biology 20: e3001804.  PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information | bioRxiv 
  • Yeh, S.L., Narasimhalu, N., vom Steeg, L.G., Muthami, J., LeConey, S., He, Z., Pitcher, M., Cassidy, H., Morley, V.J., Cho, S.H., Bator, C., Koshai, R., Woods, R.J., Hickner, M., Read, A.F., & Sheikhi, A. (2022). Ion exchange biomaterials to capture daptomycin and prevent resistance evolution in off-target bacterial populations. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 14: 42864-42875. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary InformationbioRxiv | Press release
  • Hayden, K.R., Jones, M., Elkin, K.R., Shreve, M., Clees, W.I., Clark, S., Mashtare, M.L., Veith, T.L., Elliott, H.A., Watson, J.E., Silverman, J., Richard, T., Read, A.F., & Preisendanz, H.E. (2022). Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmaceuticals in wastewater treated for beneficial reuse: Two case studies in central Pennsylvania. Journal of Environmental Quality 51: 1066-1082. PDF | Live journal article
  • Topazian, H.M., Moser, K.A., Ngasala, B., Oluoch, P.O., Forconi, C.S., Mhamilawa, L.E., Aydemir, O., Kharabora, O., Deutsch-Feldman, M., Read, A.F., Denton, M., Lorenzo, A., Mideo, N., Ogutu, B., Morrman, A.M., Mårtensson, A., Odwar, B., Bailey, J.A., Akala, H., Ong’echa, J.M., & Juliano, J.J. (2022). Low complexity of infection is associated with molecular persistence of Plasmodium falciparum in Kenya and Tanzania. Frontiers in Epidemiology 2: 852237. PDF | Live journal article
  • Arnold, C.R.K., Srinivasan, S., Rodriguez, S., Rydzak, N., Herzog, C.M., Gontu, A., Bharti, N., Small, M., Rogers, C.J., Schade, M.M., Kuchipudi, S.V., Kapur, V., Read, A.F., & Ferrari, M.J. (2022) A longitudinal study of the impact of university student return to campus on the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the community members. Scientific Reports 12: 1-10. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information

2021

  • Dujon, A.M., Aktipis, A., Alix‐Panabières, C., Amend, S.R., Boddy, A.M., Brown, J.S., Capp, J-P., DeGregori, J., Ewald, P., Gatenby, R., Gerlinger, M., Giraudeau, M., Hamede, R.K., Hansen, E., Kareva, I., Maley, C.C., Marusyk, A., McGranahan, N., Metzger, M.J., Nedelcu, A.M., Noble, R., Nunney, L., Pienta, K.J., Polyak, K., Pujol, P., Read, A.F., Roche, B., Sebens, S., Solary, E., Staňková, K., Swain Ewald, H., Thomas, F., & Ujvari, B. Identifying key questions in the ecology and evolution of cancer. Evolutionary Applications 14: 877-892. PDF | Live journal article
  • Day, T., Kennedy, D.A., Read, A.F., & McAdams, D. (2021). The economics of managing evolution. PLoS Biology 19: e3001409. PDF | Live journal article | Press release

2020

  • Morley, V.J., Kinnear, C.L., Sim, D.G., Olson, S.N., Jackson, L.M., Hansen, E., Usher, G.A., Showalter, S.A., Pai, M.P., Woods, R.J., & Read, A.F. (2020). An adjunctive therapy approach prevents antibiotic resistance emergence in opportunistic pathogens colonizing the gut. eLife 9:e58147. PDFSupplementary information and figuresLive journal article | Press releasebioRxiv
  • Hansen, E., & Read, A.F. (2020). Modifying adaptive therapy to enhance competitive suppression. Cancers. PDF | Live journal article
  • Kinnear, C.L., Hansen, E., Morley, V.J., Tracy, K..C., Forstchen, M., Read, A.F., & Woods, R.J. (2020). Daptomycin treatment impacts resistance in off-target populations of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. PLoS Biology 18: e3000987. PDF | Live journal articleSupporting informationmedRxiv
  • Acosta, M., Bram, J., Sim, D., & Read, A.F. (2020). The effect of drug dose and timing of treatment on the emergence of drug resistance in vivo in a malaria model. Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information | bioRxiv
  • Hansen, E., Karslake, J., Woods, R.J., Read, A.F., & Wood, K. B. (2020). Antibiotics can be used to contain drug-resistant bacteria by maintaining sufficiently large sensitive populations. PLoS Biology 18: e3000713. PDFLive journal article | Supplementary informationbioRxiv
  • Hansen, E, & Read, A.F. (2020). Cancer treatment: attempt cure or manage drug resistance? Evolutionary Applications 13: 1660-1672. PDF | Live journal article
  • Morley, V.J., Firgens, E.P.C., Vanderbilt, R.R., Zhou, Y., Zook., M., Read, A.F., & MacGeorge, E.L. (2020). Factors associated with antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis at a university health center. BMC Infectious Diseases 20:177. PDF | Live journal article
  • Sutcliffe, J., McLaughlin, R., Webster, G., Read, A.F., Drlica, K., Elliott, R., & Stuart. I. (2020). Susceptibility of Cutibacterium acnes to topical minocycline foam. Anaerobe 62: 102169. PDF | Live journal article

2019

  • Wale, N., Jones, M.J., Sim, D.G., Read, A.F., & King, A.A. (2019). The contribution of host cell-directed vs. parasite-directed immunity to the disease and dynamics of malaria infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 116: 22386–22392. PDF | Supplementary informationLive journal articlebioRxiv
  • Morley, V.J., Woods, R.J., & Read, A.F. (2019). Bystander selection for antimicrobial resistance: implications for public health. Trends in Microbiology 27: 864-877. PDFLive journal article
  • Kerr, P.J., Eden, J-S., Di Giallonardo, F., Peacock, D., Liu, J., Strive, T., Read, A.F., & Holmes, E.C. (2019). Punctuated evolution of myxoma virus: rapid and disjunct evolution of a recent viral lineage in Australia. Journal of Virology 93: e01994-18. PDF | Live journal article | original bioRxiv
  • Chanderraj, R., Millar, J.A., Patel, T.S., Read, A.F., Washer, L., Kaye, K., Woods, R.J. (2019). VRE acquisition in a tertiary care hospital: testing the roles of antibiotic use, proton pump inhibitor use, and colonization pressure. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6: ofz139. PDF | Supplementary materialsLive journal article
  • Kinnear, C.L., Patel, T.S., Young, C., Marshall, V., Newton, D.W., Read, A.F., Woods, R.J. (2019). Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention on within- and between-patient daptomycin resistance evolution in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faeciumAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 63: e01800-18. PDF | Supplementary information | Live journal article
  • Bell, A.S., Kennedy, D.A., Jones, M.J., Cairns, C.L., Pandey, U., Dunn, P.A., Szpara, M.L., & Read, A.F. (2019). Molecular epidemiology of Marek’s disease virus in Central Pennsylvania, USA. Virus Evolution 5: vey042. PDF | Supplementary information | Live journal article

2018

  • Kennedy, D.A., & Read, A.F. (2018) Why the evolution of vaccine resistance is less of a concern than the evolution of drug resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 115: 12878-12886. PDF | Live journal article
  • Huijben, S., Chan, B.H.K., Nelson, W.A., & Read, A.F. (2018). The impact of within-host ecology on the fitness of a drug resistant parasite. Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 2018: 127-137. PDF | Supplementary Data | Raw data
  • Kennedy, D.A., Dunn, P.A., & Read, A.F. (2018). Modeling Marek’s disease virus transmission: a framework for evaluating the impact of farming practices and evolution on disease. Epidemics 23: 85-95. PDF | Original bioRxiv post
  • De Moraes, V.M., Wanjiku, C., Stanczyk, N., Pulido, H., Sims, J., Betz, H.S., Read, A.F., Torto, B. & Mesche, M.C. (2018) Volatile biomarkers of symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria infection in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 115: 5780-5785. PDF | Supplementary informationLive journal article
  • Woods, R.J., Patel, T.S., Nagel, J.L., Newton, D.W., & Read, A.F. (2018). Institution-wide and within-patient evolution of daptomycin susceptibility in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bloodstream infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 39: 226-228. PDF | Live journal article

2017

  • Wale, N., Sim, D.G., Jones, M.J., Salathe, R., Day, T., & Read, A.F. (2017). Resource limitation prevents the emergence of drug resistance by intensifying within-host competition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 114: 13774-13779. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information | PDF + SI | Press release | Infographic | Video | Media | Data | Omenn Prize
  • Liu, J., Cattadori, I., Sim, D., Eden, J-S. Holmes, E.C., Read, A.F., & Kerr, P.J. (2017). Reverse engineering field isolates of myxoma virus demonstrates that some gene disruptions or loss of function do not explain virulence changes observed in the field. Journal of Virology Journal of Virolology 91:e01289-17. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information
  • Kerr. P.J., Cattadori, I.M., Liu, J., Sims, D.G., Dodds, J.W., Brooks, J.W., Kennett, M.J., Holmes, E.C., & Read, A.F. (2017). The next step in the on-going arms race between myxoma virus and wild rabbits in Australia is a novel disease phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 114: 9397-9402. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information | Media
  • Wale, N., Sim, D., & Read, A.F. (2017). A nutrient mediates intraspecific competition between rodent malaria parasites in vivo. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 284: 20171067. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary figures | Data
  • Kennedy, D.A., Cairns, C., Jones, M.J., Bell, A.S., Salathé, R.M., Baigent, S.J., Nair, V.K., Dunn, P.A., & Read, A.F. (2017). Industry-wide surveillance of Marek’s disease virus on commercial poultry farms. Avian Diseases 61: 153-164. PDF | Supplementary information | bioRxiv
  • Kennedy, D.A., & Read A.F. (2017). Why does drug resistance readily evolve but vaccine resistance does not? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 284: 20162562 PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information | Fig. 1 | Fig. 2
  • Beck-Johnson, L.M, Nelson, W.A, Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F., Thomas, M.B., & Bjornstad, O.N. (2017). The importance of temperature fluctuations in understanding mosquito population dynamics and malaria risk. Royal Society Open Science 4: 160969. PDF | Live journal articleSupplementary material | Code | Data
  • Ssentongo, P., Robuccio, A.E., Thuku, G., Sim, D.G., Nabi, A., Bahari, F., Shanmugasundaram, B., Billard, M., Geronimo, A., Short, K.W., Drew, P.J., Baccon, J., Weinstein, S.L., Gilliam, F.G., Soute, J.A., Chincilli, V., Read, A.F., Gluckman, B.J., & Schiff, S.J. (2017). A murine model to study epilepsy and SUDEP induced by malaria infection. Scientific Reports 7:43652PDF | Supplementary material
  • Kerr, P.J., Cattadori, I., Rogers, M.B., Fitch, A., Geber, A., Liu, J., Sim, D.G., Boag, B., Eden, J-B., Ghedin, E., Read, A.F., & Holmes, E.C. (2017). Genomic and phenotypic characterization of myxoma virus from Great Britain reveals multiple evolutionary pathways distinct from those in Australia. PLoS Pathogens 13: e1006252. PDF | Live journal articleSupporting information |
  • Hansen, E., Woods, R.J., & Read, A. F. (2017). How to use a chemotherapeutic agent when resistance to it threatens the patient. PLoS Biology 15: e2001110. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information | Press release

2016

  • Pandey, U., Bell, A.S., Renner, D.W., Kennedy, D.A., Shreve, J.T., Cairns, C.L., Jones, M.J., Dunn, P.A., Read, A.F., & Szpara, M.L. (2016). DNA from dust: comparative genomics of large DNA viruses in field surveillance samples. mSphere 1: e00132-16. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information | bioRxiv | Data
  • Greischar, M.A., Mideo, N., Read, A.F., & Bjørnstad, O.N. (2016). Predicting optimal transmission investment in malaria parasites. Evolution 70: 1542-1558. PDF | Fisher Prize
  • Greischar, M.A., Mideo, N., Read, A.F., & Bjørnstad, O.N. (2016). Quantifying transmission investment in malaria parasites. PLoS Computational Biology 12: e1004718PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information
  • Ohm, J.R., Teeple, J., Nelson, W.A., Thomas, M.B., Read, A.F., & Cator, L.J. 2016). Fitness consequences of altered feeding behavior in immune-challenged mosquitoes. Parasites and Vectors 9:113. PDF
  • Mideo, N., Bailey, J.A., Hathaway, N.J., Ngasala, B., Saunders, D.L., Lon, C., Kharabora, O., Jamnik, A., Balasubramanian, S., Björkman, A., Mårtensson, A., Meshnick, S.R., Read, A.F., & Juliano, J.J. (2016). A deep sequencing tool for partitioning clearance rates following antimalarial treatment in polyclonal infections. Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 2016: 21-36 PDF
  • Day, T., & Read A.F. (2016). Does high-dose antimicrobial chemotherapy prevent the emergence of resistance? PLoS Computational Biology 12: e1004689. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting informationOriginal bioRxiv post
  • Kennedy , D.A., Kurath, G., Brito, I.L., Purcell, M.K., Read, A.F., Winton, J.R., & Wargo, A.R. (2016). Potential drivers of virulence evolution in aquaculture. Evolutionary Applications 9: 344-354. PDF

2015

  • Carlton, J.M., Volkman, S K., Uplekar, S., Hupalo, D.N., Alves, J.M.P., Cui, L., Donnelly, M., Roos, D.S., Harb, O.S., Acosta, M., Read, A., Ribolla, P.E., Singh, O.P., Valencha, N., Wassmer, S.C., Ferreira, M., & Escalante, A.A. (2015). Population genetics, evolutionary genetics, and the genome-wide studies of malaria: A view across the international Centers of Excellence in Malaria Research. American Journal of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 93 (Suppl 3): 87-98. PDF
  • Woods, R.J. & Read, A.F. (2015). Clinical management of resistance evolution in a bacterial infection: a case study. Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 1: 281-288. PDF | Media | Teaching potential
  • Read, A.F., Baigent, S.J., Powers, C., Kgosana, L.B., Blackwell, L., Smith, L.P., Kennedy, D.A., Walkden-Brown, S.W., & Nair, V.K. (2015). Imperfect vaccination can enhance the transmission of highly virulent pathogens. PLoS Biology 13: e1002198. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information | Data | Commentary | Media | Movie | Andrew’s 2021 COVID commentary
  • Pollitt, L.C., Bram, J.T, Blanford, S., Jones, M.J., & Read, A.F. (2015). Existing infection facilitates establishment and density of malaria parasites in their mosquito vector. PLoS Pathogens 11: e1005003 PDF | Live journal articleSupporting information
  • Kennedy, D.A., Dunn, J., Dunn, P.A., & Read, A.F. (2015). An observational study of the temporal and spatial patterns of Marek’s-disease-associated leukosis condemnation of young chickens in the United States of America. Veterinary Preventative Medicine 120:328-335. PDF | Supplementary information
  • Cator, L.J., Pietri, J.E., Murdock, C.C., Ohm, J.R., Lewis, E.E, Read, A.F., Luckhart, S., & Thomas, M.B. (2015). Immune response and insulin signaling alter mosquito feeding to enhance malaria transmission potential. Scientific Reports 5: 11947. PDF | Supplementary information | Live journal article
  • Huijben, S., Chan, B.H.K., & Read, A.F. (2015). Relevance of undetectably rare resistant malaria parasites in treatment failure: experimental evidence from Plasmodium chabaudiAmerican Journal of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 92: 1214-1221. PDF
  • Day, T., Huijben, S., & Read, A.F. (2015). Is selection relevant in the evolutionary emergence of drug resistance? Trends in Microbiology 23: 126-133. PDF
  • Kerr, P.J., Liu, J., Cattadori, I., Ghedin, E., Read, A.F., & Holmes, E.C. (2015). Myxoma virus and the leporipoxviruses: an evolutionary paradigm. Viruses 7: 1020-1061. PDF

2014

  • Kouyos, R.D., Metcalf, C.J.E., Birger. R., Klein, E.Y., zur Wiesch, P.A., Ankomah, P., Arinaminpathy, N., Bogich, T.L., Bonhoeffer, S., Brower, C., Chi-Johnston, G., Cohen, E., Day, T., Greenhouse, B., Huijben, S., Metlay, J., Mideo, N., Pollitt, L.C., Read, A.F., Smith, D.L., Standley, C., Wale, N., & Grenfell, B. (2014). The path of least resistance: aggressive or moderate treatment.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 281: 20140566. PDF | Supplementary information | Live journal article
  • Glunt, K.D., Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2014). Environmental temperature significantly changes the impact of insecticides measured using WHOPES protocols. Malaria Journal 13: 350. PDF | Live journal article
  • Barclay, V.C., Kennedy, D.A, Weaver, V.C., Sim, D., Lloyd-Smith, J.O. & Read, A.F. (2014). The effect of immunodeficiency on the evolution of virulence: an experimental test with the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. American Naturalist 184: S47-S57. PDF
  • Pollitt, L.C., Sim, D., Salathé, R.M., & Read, A.F. (2014). Understanding genetic variation in in vivo tolerance to artesunate: implications for treatment efficacy and resistance monitoring. Evolutionary Applications 8: 296-304. PDF | Supporting information | Data
  • Moraes, C.M., Stanczyk, N.M., Betz, H.S., Sims, D.G., Read, A.F. & Mescher, M.C. (2014). Malaria-induced changes in host odors enhance mosquito attraction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 111: 11079-84. PDF | Supplementary information
  • Cator, L.C., Lynch, P.A., Thomas, M.B. & Read, A.F. (2014). Alterations in mosquito behaviour by malaria parasites: potential impact on force of infection. Malaria Journal 13: 164. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information
  • Pollitt, L.C., Huijben, S., Sim, D.G., Salathé, R.M., Jones, M.J. & Read, A.F. (2014). Rapid response to selection, competitive release and increased transmission potential of artesunate-selected Plasmodium chabaudi malaria parasites. PLoS Pathogens 10: e1004019. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information
  • Santhanam, J., Råberg, L., Read, A.F. & Savill, N.J. (2014). Immune-mediated competition in rodent malaria is most likely caused by induced changes in innate immune clearance of merozoites. PLoS Computational Biology 10: e1003416. PDF | Live journal article
  • Greischar, M.A., Read, A.F., & Bjørnstad, O.N. (2014). Synchrony in malaria infections: how intensifying within-host competition can be adaptive. American Naturalist 183: E36-E49. PDF
2013
  • Pollitt, L.C., Mackinnnon, M.J., Mideo, N., & Read, A.F. (2013). Mosquito transmission, growth phenotypes and the virulence of malaria parasites. Malaria Journal 12: 440. PDF | Live journal article
  • Fairlie-Clark, K.J., Allen, J.R., Read, A.F. & Graham, A.L. (2013). Quantifying variation in the potential for antibody-mediated apparent competition among nine genotypes of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudiInfection, Genetics and Evolution 20: 270-275. PDF
  • Atkins, K.E., Read, A.F., Walkden-Brown, S.W., Savill, N.J. & Woolhouse, M.E.J. (2013). The effectiveness of mass vaccination on Marek’s disease virus (MDV) outbreaks and detection within a broiler barn: a modeling study. Epidemics 5: 208-217. PDF | Live journal article
  • Beck-Johnson, L.M., Nelson, W.A., Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F., Thomas, M.B., Bjørnstad, O. (2013). The effect of temperature on Anopheles mosquito population dynamics and the potential for malaria transmission. PLoS One 8: e79276. PDF | Live journal article
  • Kerr, P.J., Rogers, M.B., Fitch, A., DePasse, J.V., Hudson, P.J., Tscharke, D.C., Read, A.F., Holmes, E.C. & Ghedin, E. (2013). Genome scale evolution of myxoma virus (MYXV) reveals host-pathogen adaptation and rapid geographic spread. Journal of Virology 87: 12900-12915. PDF
  • Huijben, S., Bell, A. S., Sim, D.G., Salathé, R., Tomasello, D., Mideo, N., Day, T., & Read, A.F. (2013). Aggressive chemotherapy and the selection of drug resistant pathogens. PLoS Pathogens 9: e1003578. PDF | Supporting information | Live journal article | Data
  • Baigent, S.J., Kgosana, L., Gamawa, A.A., Smith, L.P., Read, A.F., & Nair, V.K. (2013). Relationship between levels of very virulent MDV in poultry dust and in feather tips from vaccinated chickens. Avian Diseases 57: 440-447. PDF
  • Mideo, N., Kennedy, D.A., Carlton, J.M., Bailey, J.A., Juliano, J.J., & Read, A.F. (2013). Ahead of the curve: next generation estimators of drug resistance in malaria infections. Trends in Parasitology 29: 321-328. PDF
  • Cator, L.J., George, J., Blanford, S., Murdock, C.C., Baker, T.C., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2013). ‘Manipulation’ without the parasite: altered feeding behaviour of mosquitoes is not dependent on infection with malaria parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 280: 20130711. PDF | Supplementary information | Data
  • Cator, L.J., Thomas, S., Paaijmans, K.P., Ravishankaran, S.,  Justin, J.A., Mathai, M.T., Read, A.F., Thomas, M.B., & Eapen, A. Characterizing microclimate  in urban malaria transmission settings: a case study from Chennai, India. Malaria Journal 12: 84. PDF | Live journal article
  • Atkins, K.E., Read, A.F., Savill, N.J., Renz, K.G., Fakhrul Islam, A.F.M., Walkden-Brown, S.W., & Woolhouse, M.E. (2013). Vaccination and reduced cohort duration can drive virulence evolution: Marek’s disease virus and intensified agriculture. Evolution 67: 851-860. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information
  • Read, A.F. (2013). Science in general education. The Journal of General Education 62: 28-36. PDF
2012
  • Blanford, S., Jenkins, N.J., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2012). Evaluating the lethal and pre-lethal effect of a range of fungi against adult mosquitoes. Malaria Journal 11: 365. PDF | Live journal article
  • Blanford, S., Jenkins, N.E., Christian, R., Chan, B.H.K., Luisa, N., Michael, O., Koekemoer, L., Coetzee, M., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2012). Storage and persistence of a candidate fungal biopesticide for use against adult malaria vectors. Malaria Journal 11: 354. PDF | Live journal article
  • Lynch, P.A., Grimm, U., Thomas, M.B., & Read, A.F. (2012). Prospective malaria control using entomopathogenic fungi: comparative evaluation of impact on transmission and selection for resistance. Malaria Journal 11: 383. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information 12 | Typesetting errors
  • Cator, L., Lynch, P.A., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2012). Do malaria parasites manipulate mosquitoes? Trends in Parasitology 28: 466-470. PDF
  • Murdock, C.M., Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2012) Rethinking vector immunology: the role of environmental temperature in shaping resistance. Nature Reviews Microbiology 10: 869-876. PDF
  • Schneider, P., Bell, A.S., Sim, D.G., O’Donnell, A.J., Blanford, S., Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F., & Reece, S.E. (2012). Virulence, drug sensitivity and transmission success in the rodent malaria, Plasmodium chabaudiProceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 279: 4677-4685. PDF
  • Kerr, P.J., Ghedin, E., DePasse, J.V., Fitch, A., Cattadori, I.M., Hudson, P.J., Tscharke, D.C., Read, A.F., & Holmes, E.C. (2012). Evolutionary history and attenuation of myxoma virus on two continents. PLoS Pathogens 8: e1002950 PDF Live journal article
  • Barclay, V.C., Sim, D., Chan, B.H.K., Nell, L.A., Rabaa, M.A., Bell, A.S., Anders, R.F., Read, A.F. (2012).  The evolutionary consequences of blood-stage vaccination on the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudiPLoS Biology 10: e1001368. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting informationLay synopsis | Media | Data
  • Bell, A.S, Huijben, S., Paaijmans, K.P., Sim, D., Chan, B.H.K., Nelson, W.A., & Read A.F. (2012). Enhanced transmission of drug-resistance parasites to mosquitoes following drug treatment in rodent malaria. PLoS One 7: e37172. PDF | Live journal article
  • Murdock, C.C., Paaijmans, K.P., Bell, A.S., King, J., Hillyer, J.F., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2012). Complex effects of temperature on mosquito immune function. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 279: 3357-3366. PDF
  • Das, A., Anvikar, A.R., Dhiman, R.C., Eapen, A., Mishra, N., Nagpal, B.N., Nanda, N., Raghavendra, K., Read, A.F., Sharma, S.K., Singh, O.P., Singh, V., Sinnis, P., Srivastav, H.C., Sullivan, S.A., Sutton, P.L.Thomas, M.B., Carlton, J.M., Valecha, N. (2012). Malaria in India: The Center for the Study of Complex Malaria in India. Acta Tropica 121: 267-273. PDF

2011

  • Atkins, K.E., Read, A.F., Savill, N.J., Renz, K.G., Walken-Brown. S.W., & Woolhouse M.E.J. (2011). Modeling Marek’s disease virus (MDV) infection: Parameter estimates for mortality rate and infectiousness.  BMC Veterinary Research 7:70. PDF Live journal article
  • Mideo, N., Savill, N.J., Chadwick, W., Schneider, P., Read A.F., Day, T & Reece, S.E. (2011) Causes of variation in malaria infection dynamics: insights from theory and data. American Naturalist 178: 174-188. PDF
  • Glunt, K.D., Thomas, M.B. & Read, A.F. (2011). The effects of age, exposure history and malaria infection on the susceptibility of Anopheles mosquitoes to low concentrations of pyrethroid. PLoS One 6(9): e24968. PDF | Live journal article | Commentary and reply
  • Blanford, S., Shi, W., Christian, R., Marden, J.H., Koekemoer, L.L., Brooke, B.D., Coetzee, M., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2011). Lethal and pre-lethal effects of a fungal biopesticide contribute to substantial and rapid control of malaria Vectors. PLoS One 6(8): e23591. PDF | Live journal article
  • Huijben, S., Sim, D., Nelson, W.A., & Read, A.F. (2011). The fitness of drug resistant malaria parasites in a rodent model: multiplicity of infection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 2410-2422. PDF | Supporting information | Data
  • Metcalf, C.J.E., Graham, A.L., Huijben, S., Barclay, V.C., Long, G.H., Grenfell, B.T., Read, A.F., & Bjørnstad, O.N. (2011)  Partitioning and quantifying regulatory mechanisms acting on within host malaria using the effective propagation number. Science 333: 984-988. PDF | Supporting information | Commentary
  • George, J., Blanford, S., Domingue, M.J., Thomas, M.B., Read, A.F. & Baker, T.C. (2011) Reduction in host-finding behavior in fungus-infected mosquitoes is correlated with reduction in olfactory receptor neuron responsiveness. Malaria Journal 10:219. PDF | Live journal article
  • Mideo, N., Nelson, WA., Reece, S.E., Bell, A.S., Read A.F., & Day, T. (2011) Bridging scales in the evolution of infectious disease life histories: data. Evolution. 65: 3298-3310. PDF | Supporting information
  • Read, A.F., Day, T., & Huijben, S. (2011) The evolution of drug resistance and the curious orthodoxy of aggressive chemotherapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 108: 10871-10877. PDF | LIve journal article

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2010

  • Long, G.H., Sinha, D., Read, A.F., Pritt, S., Kline, B., Harvill, E.T., Hudson, P.J. & Bjørnstad, O.N. (2010) Identifying the age cohort responsible for transmission in a natural outbreak of Bordetella bronchiseptica. PLoS Pathogens. 6(12): e1001224. PDF | Live journal article
  • Pepin, K.M., Lass, S., Pulliam, J.R.C., Read, A.F., & Lloyd-Smith, J.O. (2010) Identifying genetic markers of adaptation for surveillance of viral host jumps. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 8: 802-813. PDF
  • Juliano, J.J., Porter, K., Mwapasa, V., Sem, R., Rogers, W.O., Ariey, F., Wongsrichanalai, C., Read, A.F., Meshnick, S.R. (2010) Massively parallel pyrosequencing: exposing malaria in-host diversity and estimating population diversity by capture-recapture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 107: 20138-20143. PDF | Supporting information
  • Babayan, S.A, Read, A.F., Bain, O., & Allen, J.E. (2010) Filarial parasites develop fast and reproduce younger in life-threatening immune environments. PLoS Biology. 8 (10): e1000525. PDF | Live journal articleMedia | Commentary
  • Miller, M.R., Råberg, L., Read, A.F., & Savill, N.J. (2010) Quantitative analysis of immune response and erthropoiesis during rodent malaria infection. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(9): e1000946. PDF | Live journal article
  • Rivero, A. Vezilier, J., Weill, M., Read, A.F., & Gandon, S. (2010) Insecticide control of vector-borne diseases: when is insecticide resistance a problem? PLoS Pathogens. 6(8): e1001000. PDF | Live journal article
  • Paaijmans, K.P., Blanford, S., Bell, A.S., Blanford, J.I., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2010) Influence of climate on malaria transmission depends on daily temperature variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107: 15135–15139. PDF | Supporting information
  • Huijben, S., Nelson, W.A., Wargo, A.R., Sim, D.G., Drew, D.R., & Read, A.F. (2010) Chemotherapy, within-host ecology and the fitness of drug resistant malaria parasites. Evolution 64: 2952-2968. PDFSupporting informationCommentaryCommentary | Commentary | Data
  • Long, G.H., Karanikas, A.T., Harvill, E.T., Read, A.F., & Hudson, P.J. (2010) Acellular pertussis vaccination facilitates Bordetella parapertussis infection in a rodent model of bordetellosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 277: 2017-2025. PDF
  • Pulkkinen, K., Suomalainen, L-R, Read, A.F., Ebert, D, Rintamäki, P. & Valtonen E.T. (2010) Intensive fish farming and the evolution of pathogen virulence: the case of columnaris disease in Finland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 277: 593-600. PDF

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2009

  • Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2009) Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 106: 13844-13849. PDF | Supporting information | Press release | Commentary
  • Koella, J.C., Lynch., P.A., Thomas, M.B., & Read, A.F. (2009) Towards evolution-proof malaria control with insecticides. Evolutionary Applications. 2: 469-480.  PDF
  • Blanford, S., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2009) Thermal behaviour of Anopheles stephensi in response to infection with malaria and fungal entomopathogens. Malaria Journal. 8:72.  PDF | Live journal article
  • Read, A.F., Lynch, P.A. & Thomas, M.B. (2009) How to build an evolution-proof insecticide for malaria control. PLoS Biology 7 (4). e1000058. PDF | Supplementary Information | Live journal article | Media | Commentary | Commentary
  • Bell, A.S., Blanford, S., Jenkins, N., Thomas, M.B., & Read, A.F. (2009) Real-time quantitative PCR for analysis of candidate fungal biopesticides against malaria: technique validation and first applications. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 100: 160-168. PDF
  • Read, A.F. & Huijben, S. (2009) Evolutionary biology and the avoidance of antimicrobial resistance. Evolutionary Applications. 2: 40-51. PDF
  • Råberg, L., Graham, A.L. & Read, A.F. (2009) Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B. 364: 37-49. PDF

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2008

  • Schneider, P., Chan, B.H.K., Reece, S.E., & Read, A.F. (2008) Does the drug sensitivity of malaria parasites depend on their virulence? Malaria Journal. 7:257. PDF | Commentary
  • Barclay, V.C., Chan, B.H.K., Anders, R.F., & Read, A.F. (2008) Mixed allele malaria vaccines: host protection and within-host selection. Vaccine. 26: 6099-6107. PDF
  • Mideo, N., Barclay, V.C., Chan, B.H.K., Savill, N.J., Read, A.F., & Day, T. (2008) Understanding and predicting strain-specific patterns of pathogenesis in the rodent malaria, Plasmodium chabaudi. American Naturalist. 172: 214-238. PDF
  • Mideo, N., Day, T., & Read, A.F. (2008) Modelling malaria pathogenesis. Cellular Microbiology. 10: 1947-1955. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M.J., Gandon, S., & Read, A.F. (2008) Virulence evolution in response to vaccination: the case of malaria. Vaccine 26S: C42-C52. PDF
  • Long, G.H., Chan. B.H.K., Allen, J.E., Read, A.F., & Graham, A.L. (2008) Experimental manipulation of immune-mediated disease and its fitness costs for rodent malaria parasites. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:128 doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-128.  PDF | Commentary.
  • Crooks, L. (2008) Problems with continuous-time malaria models in describing gametocytogenesis. Parasitology. 135: 881-896. PDF
  • Grech, K., Chan, B.H.K., Anders, R.F & Read, A.F. (2008) The impact of immunization on competition with Plasmodium infections. Evolution. 62: 2359-2371. PDF
  • Barclay, V.C., Råberg, L., Chan, B.H.K., Brown, S., Gray, D. & Read, A.F. (2008) CD4+ T cells do not mediate within-host competition between genetically diverse malaria parasite. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 275: 1171-1179. PDF
  • Lynch, P.A., Grimm, U., & Read, A.F. (2008) How will public and animal health interventions drive life history evolution in parasitic nematodes? Parasitology. 135: 1599-1611. PDF
  • Long, G.H., Chan. B.H.K., Allen, J.E., Read, A.F., & Graham, A.L. (2008) Blockade of TNF receptor 1 reduces disease severity but increases parasite transmission during Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi infection. International Journal for Parasitology. 38: 1073-1081 PDF
  • Lamb, T.J., Harris, A., Le Goff, L., Read, A.F., & Allen, J.E. (2008) Litomosoides sigmodontis: Vaccine-induced immune responses against Wolbachia surface protein can enhance the survival of filarial nematodes during primary infection. Experimental Parasitology. 118: 285-289. PDF

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2007

  • Wargo, A. R., Huijben, S., de Roode, J.C., Shepard, J., & Read, A.F. (2007) Competitive release and facilitation of drug resistant parasites following therapeutic chemotherapy in a rodent malaria model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 104: 19914-19919. PDF
  • Råberg, L., Sim, D. & Read, A.F.(2007) Disentangling genetic variation for resistance and tolerance to infectious diseases in animals. Science. 318: 812-814. PDF | Supplementary information
  • Grech, K., Maung, L.A., & Read, A.F. (2007) The effect of parental rearing conditions on offspring life history in Anopheles stephensi. Malaria Journal. 6:130. PDF
  • Day, T., Graham, A.L., & Read, A.F. (2007) Evolution of parasite virulence when host responses cause disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 274: 2685-2692. PDF
  • Wargo A. R., De Roode J. C., Huijben S., Drew D. R., Read A. F. (2007) Transmission stage investment of malaria parasites in response to in-host competition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 274: 2759-2768. PDF
  • Lythgoe, K.A., Morrison, L.J., Read, A.F. & Barry, J. D. (2007) Parasite-intrinsic factors can explain ordered progression of trypanosome antigenic variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 104 (19): 8095-8100. PDF
  • Thomas, M.B & Read, A.F. (2007) Can fungal biopesticides control malaria? Nature Microbiology Reviews 5: 377-383. PDF

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2006

  • Long, G. H., Chan, B. H. K., Allen, J. E., Read, A. F., & Graham, A. L. (2006) Parasite genetic diversity does not influence TNF-mediated effects on the virulence of primary rodent malaria infections. Parasitology. 133: 673-684. PDF
  • Grech, K., Watt, K., & Read, A.F. (2006) Host-by-parasite interactions for virulence and resistance in a malaria model system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19: 1620-1630. PDF | Commentary
  • Bell, A.S, de Roode, J.C., Sim, D., & Read, A.F. (2006) Within-host competition in genetically diverse malaria infections: parasite virulence and competitive success. Evolution. 60: 1358-1371. PDF | Data
  • Råberg, L., de Roode, J.C., Bell, A.S., Stamou, P., Gray, D., & Read, A.F. (2006) The role of immune-mediated apparent competition in genetically diverse malaria infections. American Naturalist.168: 41-53. PDF | ASN Featured Paper of the Month
  • Wargo, A., Randle, N., Chan, B.H.K., Thompson, J., Read, A.F., & Babiker, H.A. (2006) Plasmodium chabaudi: reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) for the detection and quantification of transmission stage malaria parasites. Experimental Parasitology 112: 13-20. PDF


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2005

  • Mitchell, S.E., & Read, A.F. (2005) Poor maternal environment enhances offspring disease resistance in an invertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 272: 2601-2607.  PDF
  • Shutler, D., Reece, S.E., Mullie, A., Billingsley, P.F., & Read, A.F. (2005) Rodent malaria parasites Plasmodium chabaudi and P. vinckei do not increase their rates of gametocytogenesis in response to mosquito probing. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 272: 2397-2402.  PDF
  • de Roode, J.C., Helinski, M.E.H., Anwar, M., & Read, A.F. (2005) Dynamics of multiple infection and within-host competition in genetically diverse malaria infections. The American Naturalist.166: 531-542.  PDF
  • Graham, A. L., Allen, J. E., & Read, A. F. (2005) Evolutionary causes and consequences of immunopathology. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics. 36: 337-397. PDF
  • Ferguson, H. M., Gouagna, L. C., Obare, P., Babiker, H., Githure, J., Read, A. F. and Beier, J. C. (2005) The presence of Plasmodium falciparum in human blood increases the gravidity of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 73: 321-320. PDF
  • Morrison, L.J., Majiwa, P.A.O., Read, A.F., & Barry, J.D. (2005) Probabilistic order in antigenic variation of Trypanosoma brucei. International Journal for Parasitology. 35: 961-972. PDF
  • Nassir, E., Abdel-Muhsin, A., Suliaman, S., Kenyon, F., Kheir, A., Geha, H., Ferguson, H. M., Walliker, D. & H. A. Babiker. (2005). Impact of genetic complexity on longevity and gametocytogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum during the dry and transmission-free season of eastern Sudan. International Journal for Parasitology.35: 49-55. PDF
  • Little, T.J., Hultmark, D., & Read, A.F. (2005) Invertebrate immunity and the limits of mechanistic immunology. Nature Immunology.6: 651-654. PDF
  • Blanford, S., Chan, B.H.K., Jenkins, N., Sim, D., Turner, R.J., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2005) Fungal pathogen reduces potential for malaria transmission. Science 308: 1638-1641. PDF | Supplementary information |  Photographs | Correspondence | Commentary | Commentary
  • de Roode, J.C., Pansini, R., Cheesman, S.J., Helinski, M.E.H., Huijben, S., Wargo, A.R., Bell, A.S., Chan, B.H.K., Walliker, D., & Read, A.F. (2005) Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 102: 7624-7628 PDF
  • Reece, S.E., Duncan, A.B., West, S.A., & Read, A.F. (2005) Host cell preference and variable transmission strategies in malaria parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B.272: 511-517. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M.J., Bell, A., & Read, A.F. (2005) The effects of mosquito transmission and population bottlenecking on virulence, multiplication rate and rosetting in rodent malaria. International Journal for Parasitology. 35: 145-153. PDF
  • Mitchell, S.E., Rogers, E.S., Little, T. & Read, A.F. (2005) Host-parasite and genotype by environment interactions: temperature modifies potential for selection by a sterilising pathogen. Evolution. 59: 70-80. PDF
  • Graham A.L., Lamb T.J., Read A.F. & Allen J.E. (2005) Malaria-filaria co-infection in mice makes malarial disease more severe unless filarial infection achieves patency. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 191: 410-21. PDF

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2004

  • Guinnee, M.A., West, S.A & Little, T.J. (2004) Testing small clutch size models with Daphnia. The American Naturalist. 163: 880-887. PDF
  • Ferguson, H. M. & Read, A.F. (2004) Mosquito appetite for blood is stimulated by Plasmodium chabaudi infection in themselves and their vertebrate hosts. Malaria Journal 3: 12.  PDF | Live journal article
  • de Roode, J.C., Culleton, R., Bell, A.S., & Read, A.F. (2004) Competitive release of drug resistance following drug treatment of mixed Plasmodium chabaudi infections. Malaria Journal. 3:33.  PDF | Live journal article
  • Mitchell, S.E., Read, A.F. & Little, T.J. (2004) The effect of a pathogen epidemic on the genetic structure and reproductive strategy of the crustacean Daphnia magna. Ecology Letters. 7: 848-858. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M.J. & Read, A.F. (2004) Immunity promotes virulence evolution in a malaria model. PLoS Biology. 2 (9) e230.  PDF | Live journal article
  • Mackinnon, M.J. & Read, A.F. (2004) Virulence in malaria: an evolutionary viewpoint. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Biological Sciences. 359: 965-986. PDF
  • Ferguson, H.M. & Read, A.F. (2004) Mosquito appetite for blood is increased by Plasmodium chabaudi parasites in themselves and their vertebrate hosts. Malaria Journal 3:12.  PDF | Live journal article
  • De Roode, J.C., Culleton, R., Cheesman, S.J., Carter, R., & Read, A.F. (2004) Host heterogeneity is a determinant of competitive exclusion or coexistence in genetically diverse malaria infections. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 271: 1073-1080. PDF
  • Gouagna, L.C., Ferguson, H.M., Okech, B.A. , Killeen, G.F., Kabiru, E.W., Beier, J.C., Githure, J.I. & Yan, G. (2004) Plasmodium falciparum malaria disease manifestations in humans and transmission to Anopheles gambiae: a field study in Western Kenya. Parasitology. 128: 235-243. PDF
  • Lamb, T.J., Le Goff, L., Kurniawan, A., Guiliano, D.B., Fenn, K., Blaxter, M.L., Read, A.F. &amp Allen, J.E. (2004) The majority of the response elicited against Wolbachia surface protein in the filarial nematode infection is due to infective larval stage. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 189, 120-127. PDF

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2003

  • Haydon, D.T., Matthews, L., Timms, R. & Colegrave, N. 2003. Top-down or bottom-up regulation of intra-host blood-stage malaria: do malaria parasites most resemble the dynamics of prey or predator? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 270: 289-298. PDF
  • Thomas, M.B. and Blanford, S. 2003. Thermal biology in insect-parasite interactions. Trends in Evolution and Ecology. 18: 344-349. PDF
  • Ferguson, H. M., Mackinnon, M.J,. Chan, B.H.K., & Read, A.F. 2003. Mosquito mortality and the evolution of malaria virulence. Evolution. 57: 2792-2804. PDF
  • Reece, S.E., Duncan, A.B., West, S.A., & Read, A.F 2003. Sex ratios in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasitology. 127: 419-425. PDF | Supplementary information
  • Cheesman, S.J., de Roode, J.C., Read, A.F., & Carter, R. 2003. Real-time quatitative PCR for analysis of genetically mixed infections of malaria parasites: technique validation and applications. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.131: 83-91.  PDF
  • de Roode, J.C., Read, A.F., Chan, B.H.K., & Mackinnon, M.J 2003. Rodent malaria parasites suffer from the presence of conspecific clones in three-clone Plasmodium chabaudi infections. Parasitology. 127: 411-418. PDF
  • Guinnee, M.A., Gemmill, A.W., Chan, B.H.K., Viney, M.E., & Read, A.F 2003. Host immune status affects maturation time in two nematode species-but not as predicted by a simple life history model. Parasitology. 127: 507-512. PDF
  • Ferguson, H.M., Rivero, A. & Read, A.F. 2003. The influence of malaria parasite genetic diversity on mosquito feeding and fecundity. Parasitology. 127: 9-19. PDF
  • Gandon, S., Mackinnon, M., Nee, S., & Read, A.F. 2003. Imperfect vaccination: some epidemiological and evolutionary consequences. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 270:1129-1136. PDF
  • Little, T.J., O’Connor, B., Colegrave, N., Watt, K., & Read, A.F. 2003. Maternal transfer of strain-specific immunity in an invertebrate. Current Biology. 13: 489-492. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M.J., & Read, A.F. 2003. The effects of host immunity on virulence-transmissibility relationships in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasitology. 126: 103-112. PDF

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2002

  • Little, T.J. 2002. The evolutionary significance of parasitism: do parasite-driven genetic dynamics occur ex silico? The Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15: 1-9. PDF
  • Le Goff, L., T. J. Lamb, A. L. Graham, Y. Harcus, and J. E. Allen. 2002. IL-4 is required to prevent filarial nematode development in resistant but not susceptible strains of mice. International Journal for Parasitology. 32: 1277-1284. PDF
  • Lüscher, A. & Wedekind, C. 2002. Size-dependent discrimination of mating partners in the simultaneous hermaphroditic cestode Schistocephalus solidus. Behavioral Ecology.13: 254-259.
  • Wedekind, C. 2002. Induced hatching to avoid infectious egg disease. Current Biology. 12: 69-71. PDF
  • Wedekind, C. 2002. Manipulating sex ratios for conservation: short term risks and long term benefits. Animal Conservation. 5: 13-20. PDF
  • Wedekind, C. & Braithwaite, V. A. 2002. The long-term benefits of human generosity in indirect reciprocity. Current Biology. 12: 1021-1026. PDF
  • Wedekind, C. 2002. MHC and body odors: arbitrary effects caused by shifts of mean pleasantness. Nature Genetics. 31: 237. PDF
  • Wedekind, C. 2002. Sexual selection and life history decisions: implications for supportive breeding and the management of captive populations. Conservation Biology. 16:1204-1211. PDF
  • Wedekind, C. 2002. Valuable reputation gained by altruistic behavioral patterns. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 25: 279-280.
  • Gandon, S., Agnew, P., Michalakis, Y. 2002. Coevolution between parasite virulence and host life history. The American Naturalist.160: 374-388. PDF
  • Gandon, S., van Baalen, M., Jansen, V. A. A. 2002. Evolution of parasite virulence and gene-for-gene coevolution. The American Naturalist. 159: 658-669. PDF
  • Gandon, S., Michalakis, Y. 2002. Local adaptation, evolutionary potential and host-parasite coevolution: interactions between migration, mutation, population size and generation time. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15: 451-462. PDF
  • Gandon, S. 2002. Local adaptation and the geometry of host-parasite coevolution. Ecology Letters. 5: 246-256. PDF
  • Rousset, F. & Gandon, S. 2002. Evolution of the distribution of dispersal distance under distance-dependent cost of dispersal. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15: 515-523. PDF
  • West, S.A., Smith, T.G., Nee, S. & Read, A.F. 2002. Fertility insurance and the sex ratios of malaria and related hemospororin blood parasites. Journal of Parasitology. 88: 258-263. PDF
  • Gandon, S., Mackinnon, M. J., Nee, S. & Read, A.F. 2002. Anti-toxin vaccines and pathogen virulence. Nature. 417: 610. PDF
  • Ferguson, H.M. & Read, A.F. 2002. Genetic and environmental determinants of Plasmodium virulence in vectors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 269: 1217-1224. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M.J., Gaffney, D.J., & Read, A.F. 2002. Virulence of rodent malaria parasites: host genotype by parasite genotype experiments. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 36: 287-296. PDF
  • Ferguson, H.M. & Read, A.F. 2002. Why is the effect of malaria parasites on mosquito survival still unresolved? Trends in Parasitology. 18: 256-261. PDF
  • Nee, S., West, S.A., & Read, A.F. 2002. Inbreeding and parasite sex ratios. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 269: 755-760. PDF

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2001

  • Gandon, S., Mackinnon, M. J., Nee, S. & Read, A.F. 2001. Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence. Nature. 414: 751-756. PDF | Supplementary Information | Commentary | Correspondence
  • West, S.A., Reece, S.E., & Read, A.F. 2001. Gametocyte sex ratios of malaria and related apicomplexan (protozoa) parasites. Trends in Parasitology. 17: 525-531. PDF
  • Buckling, A., & Read, A.F. 2001. The effect of partial host immunity on the transmission of malaria parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 268: 2325-2330. PDF
  • Timms, B., Colegrave, N., Chan, B.H.K., & Read, A.F. 2001. The effect of parasite dose on severity of disease in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasitology. 123: 1-11. PDF
  • Read, A.F., & Taylor, L.H. 2001. The ecology of genetically diverse infections. Science. 292: 1099-1102. PDF
  • West, S.A., Gemmill, A.W., Graham, A., Viney, M.E. & Read, A.F. 2001. Immune stress and facultative sex in a parasitic nematode. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 333-337. PDF
  • Schärer, L., Karlsson, L., Christen, M. & Wedekind, C. 2001. Size dependent sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 55-67. PDF
  • Binz, T., Reusch, T. B. H., Wedekind, C. & Milinski, M. 2001. SSCP analysis of Mhc class IIB genes in the threespine stickleback. Journal of Fish Biology. 58: 887-890. PDF
  • Binz, T., Largiader, C., Müller, R. & Wedekind, C. 2001. Sequence diversity of MHC genes in lake whitefish. Journal of Fish Biology. 58: 359-373. PDF
  • Schärer, L. & Wedekind, C. 2001. Evidence for sperm competition in the simultaneous hermaphrodite parasite, Schistocephalus solidus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 942-953. PDF
  • Wedekind, C., Müller, R. & Spicher, H. 2001. Potential genetic benefits of mate selection in whitefish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 980-986. PDF

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2000

  • Binz, T., Reusch, T. B. H., Wedekind, C., Schärer, L., Sternberg, J. M. & Milinski, M. 2000. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus. Molecular Ecology. 9: 1926-1927. PDF
  • Harvey, S.C., Gemmill, A.W., Read, A.F., & Viney, M.E. 2000. The control of morph development in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 267: 2057-2063. PDF
  • Gemmill, A.W., Viney, M.E., & Read, A.F. 2000. The evolutionary ecology of host-specificity: experimental studies with Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology 120: 429-437. PDF
  • West, S.A., Smith, T.G., & Read, A.F. 2000. Sex allocation and population structure in apicomplexan (Protozoa) parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 267: 257-263. PDF
  • Pickering, J., Read, A.F., Guerrero, S., & West, S.A. 2000. Sex ratio and virulence in two species of lizard malaria parasites. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2: 171-184. PDF


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1999

  • West, S.A., Lively, C.M., & Read, A.F. 1999. A pluralist approach to the evolution of sex and recombination. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 1003-1012. PDF | Commentaries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Response
  • Buckling, A.G.J., Crooks, L., & Read, A.F. 1999. Plasmodium chabaudi: Effect of antimalarial drugs on gametocytogenesis. Experimental Parasitology 93: 45-54. PDF
  • Gemmill, A.W., Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1999. Optimal timing of first reproduction in parasitic nematodes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 1148-1156. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M. J., & Read, A.F. 1999. Genetic relationships between parasite virulence and transmission in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Evolution 53: 689-703. PDF
  • Buckling, A.G.J., & Read, A.F. 1999. The effects of chloroquine on the infectivity of Plasmodium chabaudi gametocytes. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 619-625. PDF
  • Buckling, A.G.J., Ranford-Cartwright, L., Miles, A., & Read, A.F. 1999. Chloroquine increases Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis in vitro. Parasitology 118: 339-346. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M. J., & Read, A.F. 1999. Selection for high and low virulence in the malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 266: 741-748. PDF
  • Taylor, L.H. 1999. Infection rates in, and the number of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes carried by Anopheles mosquitoes in Tanzania. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 93 (6):659-662.

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1998

  • Gemmill, A. W. & West, S.A. 1998. Influence of rat strain on patterns of larval production by the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti. Journal of Parasitology 84: 1289-1291. PDF
  • Cunningham, J.P., West, S.A. & Wright, D.J. 1998. Learning in the nectar foraging behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera. Ecological Entomology. 23: 363-369. PDF
  • Flanagan, K.E., West, S.A. & Godfray, H.C.J. 1998. Local mate competition, variable fecundity, and information utilisation in a parasitoid. Animal Behaviour 56, 191-198. PDF
  • Lachlan, R.F., Crooks, L., Laland, K.N. 1998. Who follows whom? Shoaling preferences and social learning of foraging information in guppies. Animal Behaviour 56: 181-190. PDF
  • Timms, R. 1998. Size-independent effects of larval host on adult fitness in Callosobruchus maculatus. Ecological Entomology 23: 480-483. PDF
  • West, S.A. & Herre, E.A. 1998. Partial local mate competition and the sex ratio: a study on non-pollinating fig wasps. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 11: 531-548.
  • West, S.A. & Herre, E.A. 1998. Stabilizing selection and variance in fig wasp sex ratios. Evolution. 52: 475-485. PDF
  • West, S.A., Compton, S.G., Vincent, S.L., Herre, E.A. & Cook, J.M. 1998. Virginity in haplodiploid populations: a comparison of estimation methods. Ecological Entomology.23: 207-210. PDF
  • West, S.A., Cook, J.M., Werren, J.H. & Godfray, H.C.J. 1998. Wolbachia in two insect host-parasitoid communities. Molecular Ecology. 7: 1457-1465. PDF
  • Arneberg, P., Skorping, A., Grenfell, B. & Read, A.F. 1998. Host densities as determinants of abundance in parasite communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265: 1283-1289. PDF
  • Arneberg, P., Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1998. Parasite abundance, body size, life histories and the energetic equivalence rule. American Naturalist.151: 497- 513. PDF
  • Braithwaite, V.A., Salkeld, D.J., MacAdam, H. M., Hockings, C.G., Ludlow, A.M. & Read, A.F. 1998. Spatial and discrimination learning in rodents infected with the nematode Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology 117: 145-154. PDF
  • Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1998. Drugs and parasites: global experiments in life history evolution? Ecology Letters 1: 10-12. PDF
  • Shutler, D., & Read, A.F. 1998. Local mate competition, and extraordinary and ordinary blood parasite sex ratios. Oikos 82: 417-424. PDF
  • Taylor, L.H., & Read, A.F. 1998. Determinants of transmission success of individual clones from mixed-clone infections of the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. International Journal for Parasitology 28: 719-725. PDF
  • Taylor, L.H., Mackinnon, M.J., & Read, A.F. 1998. Virulence of mixed-clone and single-clone infections of the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Evolution 52: 489-497. PDF
  • West, S.A., Peters, A. & Barton, N.H. 1998. Testing for epistasis between deleterious mutations. Genetics. 149: 435-444. PDF

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1997

  • Arneberg, P., Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1997. Is population density a species character? Comparative analyses of the nematode parasites of mammals. Oikos 80: 289-300. PDF
  • Buckling, A.G.J., Taylor, L.H., Carlton, J.M.-R., & Read, A.F. 1997. Adaptive changes in Plasmodium transmission strategies following chloroquine chemotherapy. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 264: 553-559. PDF
  • Gemmill, A.W., Viney, M.E., & Read, A.F. 1997. Host immune status determines sexuality in a parasitic nematode. Evolution 51: 393-401. PDF
  • Ranford-Cartwright L.C., Taylor, J., Umasunthar T, Taylor,L.H., Babiker H.A., Lell, B et al.1997. Molecular analysis of recrudescent parasites in a Plasmodium falciparum drug efficacy trial in Gabon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91:719-724. PDF
  • Taylor, L.H., & Read, A.F. 1997. Why so few transmission stages? Reproductive restraint by malaria parasites. Parasitology Today 13: 135-140. PDF
  • Herre, E.A. & West, S.A. 1997. Conflict of interest in a mutualism: documenting the elusive fig wasp/seed trade-off. Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series B. 264: 1501-1507. PDF
  • Taylor, L.H., Walliker, D., & Read, A.F. 1997. Mixed-genotype infections of malaria parasites: within-host dynamics and transmission success of competing clones. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 264: 927-935. PDF
  • Taylor, L.H., Walliker, D., & Read, A.F. 1997. Mixed-genotype infections of the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi are more infectious to mosquitoes than single-genotype infections. Parasitology 115: 121-132. PDF

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1996

  • Read, A.F., & Viney, M.E. 1996. Helminth immunogenetics: why bother? Parasitology Today 12: 337-343. PDF
  • Robert, V., Read, A.F., Essong, J., Tchuinkam, T., Mulder, B., Verhave, J.-P., & Carnevale, P. 1996. Effect of gametocyte sex ratio on infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum to Anopheles gambiae. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 90: 621-624. PDF
  • Schrag, S.J., & Read, A.F. 1996. Loss of male outcrossing ability in simultaneous hermaphrodites: phylogenetic analyses of pulmonate snails. Journal of Zoology 238: 287-299. PDF

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1995

  • Read, A.F., & Skorping, A. 1995. The evolution of tissue migration by parasitic nematode larvae. Parasitology 111: 359-371. PDF
  • Read, A.F., Anwar, M., Shutler, D., & Nee, S. 1995. Sex allocation and population structure in malaria and related parasitic protozoa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 260: 359-363. PDF
  • Read, A.F., & Nee, S. 1995. Inference from binary comparative data. Journal of Theoretical Biology 173: 99-108. PDF

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1994

  • Read, A.F. 1994. The evolution of virulence. Trends in Microbiology 2: 73-76. PDF
  • Norris, K., Anwar, M., & Read, A.F. 1994. Reproductive effort influences the prevalence of haematozoan parasites in great tits. Journal of Animal Ecology 63: 601-610. PDF
  • Schrag, S.J., Nidifon, G.T., & Read, A.F. 1994. Temperature determined outcrossing in wild populations of a simultaneous hermaphrodite snail. Ecology 75: 2066-2077. PDF
  • Schrag, S.J., Mooers, A. Ø., Nidifon, G.T., & Read, A.F. 1994. Ecological correlates of male outcrossing ability in a simultaneous hermaphrodite snail. American Naturalist 143: 636-655. PDF

The Read Group began in Edinburgh in 1993. If you really are looking for Andrew’s earlier publications, email him.