ArticleThe Journal of applied ecology2020
When to vaccinate a fluctuating wildlife population: Is timing everything?
Article in The Journal of applied ecology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Longitudinal study of a rodent invasion reveals shifts in host pathogen interactions.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Optimizing the delivery of self-disseminating vaccines in fluctuating wildlife populations.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- The Invasive Bank Vole (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Bridging the gap: Using reservoir ecology and human serosurveys to estimate Lassa virus spillover in West Africa.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Designing transmissible viral vaccines for evolutionary robustness and maximum efficiency.Virus evolution · 2021Article
- Active responses to outbreaks of infectious wildlife diseases: objectives, strategies and constraints determine feasibility and success.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Bayesian estimation of Lassa virus epidemiological parameters: Implications for spillover prevention using wildlife vaccination.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Self-disseminating vaccines to suppress zoonoses.Nature ecology & evolution · 2020Review
- When to vaccinate a fluctuating wildlife population: Is timing everything?The Journal of applied ecology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Wildlife vaccination is an important tool for managing the burden of infectious disease in human populations, domesticated livestock and various iconic wildlife. Although substantial progress has been made in the field of vaccine designs for wildlife, there is a gap in our understanding of how to time wildlife vaccination, relative to host demography, to best protect a population.We use a mathematical model and computer simulations to assess the outcomes of vaccination campaigns that deploy vaccines once per annual population cycle.Optimal timing of vaccination is an important consideration in animals with short to intermediate life spans and a short birthing season. Vaccines that are deployed shortly after the birthing season best protect the host population.The importance of timing is greater in wildlife pathogens that have a high rate of transmission and a short recovery period. Vaccinating at the end of the birthing season best reduces the mean abundance of pathogen-infected hosts. Delaying vaccination until later in the year can facilitate pathogen elimination.
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