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. EMPH. PDF
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 data | bioRxiv
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. PDF | Live 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 Information | bioRxiv | 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. PDF | Supplementary information and figures | Live journal article | Press release | bioRxiv
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 article | Supporting information | medRxiv
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. PDF | Live journal article | Supplementary information | bioRxiv
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 information | Live journal article | bioRxiv
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. PDF | Live 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 materials | Live 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 faecium. Antimicrobial 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 information | Live 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 article | Supplementary 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 7:43652. PDF | 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 article | Supporting 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: e1004718. PDF | 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 information | Original 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 article | Supporting 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 chabaudi. American 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 chabaudi. Infection, 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 1, 2 | 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 chabaudi. Proceedings 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 chabaudi. PLoS Biology 10: e1001368. PDF | Live journal article | Supporting information | Lay 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 article | Media | 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. PDF | Supporting information | Commentary | Commentary | 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.