Amy B Pedersen
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 650 8674
- Email: Amy.Pedersen@ed.ac.uk
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Rm. 407, Ashworth Building
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Background
1995 - 1999 BS, The George Washington University, USA
2000 - 2005 PhD, University of Virginia, USA
2005 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia (with Dr. Sonia Altizer)
2006 - 2009 Royal Society International Incoming Research Fellowship, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
2009 - Present Advanced Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Infection, Immunity and Evolution, University of Edinburgh
Undergraduate teaching
Population and Community Ecology, Evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions
Research summary
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/apedersen/
Current research interests
Much of the research in disease ecology and evolution has traditionally focused on a one host one parasite framework. And yet, in natural systems, hosts are usually co-infected by multiple parasites, and many parasites can infect several host species. My research aims to understand how these real-world complexities drive the ecology and evolution of parasites and their hosts. My current and future work focuses on two major themes: 1. The interactions between co-infecting parasites and implications for host health and disease transmission. Stability and resilience of parasite communities in a wild mouse population Understanding the role of co-infection in the success of treatment strategies and global health policies 2. How parasites able to persist on multiple hosts (i.e. multi-host parasites) contribute to host shifts and disease emergence. Experimental disease emergence: bacoluviruses as a model system Historical and future disease emergence in humans and wild primates To address these inter-related themes, I use a variety of host-pathogen systems and approaches including field-based manipulations, laboratory experiments, theory and comparative analyses.-
Genomic epidemiology of Escherichia coli: Antimicrobial resistance through a One Health lens in sympatric humans, livestock and peri-domestic wildlife in Nairobi, Kenya
In:
BMC Medicine, vol. 20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02677-7
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Long-term temporal trends in gastrointestinal parasite infection in wild Soay sheep
(11 pages)
In:
Parasitology, vol. 149, pp. 1749-1759
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022001263
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The predicted impact of resource provisioning on the epidemiological responses of different parasites
(12 pages)
In:
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 91, pp. 1719-1730
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13751
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Synchronous seasonality in the gut microbiota of wild mouse populations
(13 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.809735
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Who acquires infection from whom? Estimating herpesvirus transmission rates between wild rodent host groups
(9 pages)
In:
Epidemics, vol. 35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2021.100451
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Spatiotemporal variation in drivers of parasitism in a wild wood mouse population
(25 pages)
In:
Functional Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13786
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A 16S rRNA gene and draft genome database for the murine oral bacterial community
(15 pages)
In:
mSystems, vol. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01222-20
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Supplemented nutrition decreases helminth burden and increases drug efficacy in a natural host–helminth system
(10 pages)
In:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2722
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Experimental parasite community perturbation reveals associations between Sin Nombre virus and gastrointestinal nematodes in a rodent reservoir host
(7 pages)
In:
Biology letters, vol. 16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0604
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Fine-scale variation within urban landscapes affects marking patterns and gastrointestinal parasite diversity in red foxes
In:
Ecology and Evolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6970
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Linking community assembly and structure across scales in a wild mouse parasite community
In:
Ecology and Evolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5785
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A cross-sectional survey of practices and knowledge among antibiotic retailers in Nairobi, Kenya
In:
Journal of Global Health, vol. 9, pp. 010412
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.020412
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Tissue tropism and transmission ecology predict virulence of human RNA viruses
(18 pages)
In:
PLoS Biology, vol. 17, pp. 1-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000206
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Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli carriage in sympatric humans and livestock in a rapidly urbanising city
In:
International journal of antimicrobial agents, vol. 54, pp. 531-537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.08.014
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Variation in local and systemic pro-inflammatory immune markers of wild wood mice after anthelminthic treatment
In:
Integrative & Comparative Biology, vol. 59
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz136
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Age affects antibody levels and anthelmintic treatment efficacy in a wild rodent
In:
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, vol. 8, pp. 240-247
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.03.004
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Parasitic nematodes simultaneously suppress and benefit from coccidian coinfection in their natural mouse host
(11 pages)
In:
Parasitology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182019000192
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Antibodies and coinfection drive variation in nematode burdens in wild mice
(8 pages)
In:
International Journal For Parasitology, vol. 48, pp. 785-792
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.04.003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Are Food Animals Responsible for Transfer of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli or Their Resistance Determinants to Human Populations?: A Systematic Review
In:
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2017.2411
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The Immune and Non-Immune Pathways That Drive Chronic Gastrointestinal Helminth Burdens in the Wild
(12 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00056
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)