ArticleRoyal Society open science2017
Predictors and immunological correlates of sublethal mercury exposure in vampire bats.
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- A paired analysis of mercury among non-invasive tissues to inform bat conservation monitoring.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Snap-freezing in the Field: Effect of Sample Holding Time on Performance of Bactericidal Assays.Integrative and comparative biology · 2022Article
- Avian influenza antibody prevalence increases with mercury contamination in wild waterfowl.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity and infection in a Neotropical bat community.The Journal of applied ecology · 2021Article
- Land use-induced spillover: a call to action to safeguard environmental, animal, and human health.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2021Article
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- Landscape-level toxicant exposure mediates infection impacts on wildlife populations.Biology letters · 2020Article
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Abstract
Mercury (Hg) is a pervasive heavy metal that often enters the environment from anthropogenic sources such as gold mining and agriculture. Chronic exposure to Hg can impair immune function, reducing the ability of animals to resist or recover from infections. How Hg influences immunity and susceptibility remains unknown for bats, which appear immunologically distinct from other mammals and are reservoir hosts of many pathogens of importance to human and animal health. We here quantify total Hg (THg) in hair collected from common vampire bats (
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