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61
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14904
World Ranking
304
National Ranking
107

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Jonna A. K. Mazet is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Agronomy and Crop Science, Modeling and Simulation, and Epidemiology.

Their study topics include zoonotic diseases and public health, viral infections and vectors, animal disease management and epidemiology, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, viral infections and outbreaks research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include One Health Outlook, PLoS ONE, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Research Square (Research Square), and EcoHealth.

Notable recent papers authored by or closely related to their area of research are:

  • "The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Plant health and its effects on food safety and security in a One Health framework: four case studies," 2021, One Health Outlook
  • "A novel SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus in bats from Cambodia," 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include Tracey Goldstein, Christine K. Johnson, David J. Wolking, Kirsten Gilardi, and Sarah H. Olson.

Jonna A. K. Mazet has been recognized with awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor

    Xing Yi Ge;Jia Lu Li;Xing Lou Yang;Aleksei A. Chmura

  • Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis

    Stephen S Morse;Stephen S Morse;Jonna A K Mazet;Mark Woolhouse;Colin R Parrish

  • The Global Virome Project

    Dennis Carroll;Peter Daszak;Nathan D. Wolfe;George F. Gao

  • Transmission of Toxoplasma: Clues from the study of sea otters as sentinels of Toxoplasma gondii flow into the marine environment *

    P.A. Conrad;M.A. Miller;C. Kreuder;E.R. James

  • The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses

    Tracey Goldstein;Simon J. Anthony;Simon J. Anthony;Aiah Gbakima;Brian H. Bird

  • A Strategy To Estimate Unknown Viral Diversity in Mammals

    Simon John Anthony;Simon John Anthony;Jonathan H. Epstein;Kris A. Murray;Isamara Navarrete-Macias

  • PATTERNS OF MORTALITY IN SOUTHERN SEA OTTERS (ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS) FROM 1998-2001

    C. Kreuder;M. A. Miller;M. A. Miller;D. A. Jessup;D. A. Jessup;L. J. Lowenstine

  • Further Evidence for Bats as the Evolutionary Source of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.

    S. J. Anthony;S. J. Anthony;Kirsten Vk Gilardi;V. D. Menachery;Tracey Goldstein

  • Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses.

    Zoë L Grange;Tracey Goldstein;Christine K Johnson;Simon Anthony;Simon Anthony

  • A novel rhabdovirus associated with acute hemorrhagic fever in central Africa.

    Gilda Grard;Joseph N. Fair;Deanna Lee;Elizabeth Slikas

  • Novel symptomatology and changing epidemiology of domoic acid toxicosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): an increasing risk to marine mammal health

    Tracey Goldstein;Tracey Goldstein;Jonna A Mazet;T. S. Zabka;T. S. Zabka;G. Langlois

  • Plant health and its effects on food safety and security in a One Health framework: four case studies.

    David M. Rizzo;Maureen Lichtveld;Jonna A. K. Mazet;Eri Togami

  • Targeting Transmission Pathways for Emerging Zoonotic Disease Surveillance and Control

    Elizabeth H. Loh;Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio;Kevin J. Olival;Tiffany L. Bogich

  • Evidence for henipavirus spillover into human populations in Africa.

    Olivier Pernet;Bradley S. Schneider;Shannon M. Beaty;Matthew Lebreton

  • One Health proof of concept: Bringing a transdisciplinary approach to surveillance for zoonotic viruses at the human-wild animal interface.

    Terra R. Kelly;William B. Karesh;Christine Kreuder Johnson;Kirsten V.K. Gilardi

  • Bartonella endocarditis: a pathology shared by animal reservoirs and patients.

    Bruno B Chomel;R. W. Kasten;C. Williams;A. C. Wey

  • Implementing One Health approaches to confront emerging and re-emerging zoonotic disease threats: lessons from PREDICT

    Terra R Kelly;Catherine Machalaba;William B Karesh;Paulina Zielinska Crook

  • Detection of Emerging Zoonotic Pathogens: An Integrated One Health Approach

    Brian H Bird;Jonna A K Mazet

  • Contact with Domestic Dogs Increases Pathogen Exposure in Endangered African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)

    Rosie Woodroffe;Katherine C. Prager;Linda Munson;Patricia A. Conrad

  • Wildlife Trade and Human Health in Lao PDR: An Assessment of the Zoonotic Disease Risk in Markets

    Zoe F. Greatorex;Sarah H. Olson;Sarah H. Olson;Sinpakone Singhalath;Soubanh Silithammavong

  • Association of an unusual marine mammal mortality event with Pseudo-nitzschia spp. Blooms along the southern California coastline.

    Gretel Torres de la Riva;Christine Kreuder Johnson;Frances M. D. Gulland;Gregg W. Langlois

  • Southern Sea Otter as a Sentinel of Marine Ecosystem Health

    David A. Jessup;Melissa Miller;Jack Ames;Mike Harris

  • Diagnosis and seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions from coastal California.

    Angela M. Colagross-Schouten;Jonna A. K. Mazet;Frances M. D. Gulland;Melissa A. Miller

  • Evaluation of cardiac lesions and risk factors associated with myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

    Christine Kreuder;Melissa A. Miller;Melissa A. Miller;Linda J. Lowenstine;Patricia A. Conrad

  • Dead or alive: animal sampling during Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in humans

    Sarah H. Olson;Patricia Reed;Kenneth N. Cameron;Benard J. Ssebide

  • Evolution of a transdisciplinary "One Medicine-One Health" approach to global health education at the University of California, Davis.

    Patricia A Conrad;Jonna A Mazet;Deana Clifford;Cheryl Scott

  • Health risks for marine mammal workers.

    Tania D Hunt;Michael H Ziccardi;Frances M D Gulland;Pamela K Yochem

  • CLINICOPATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF SUSPECTED BREVETOXICOSIS IN DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORAX AURITUS) ALONG THE FLORIDA GULF COAST

    Christine Kreuder;Jonna A. K. Mazet;Gregory D. Bossart;Tim E. Carpenter

  • Educating pastoralists and extension officers on diverse livestock diseases in a changing environment in Tanzania

    Christopher R. Gustafson;Christopher R. Gustafson;Elizabeth VanWormer;Rudovick Kazwala;Asha Makweta

  • Flow Cytometric Determination of Genotoxic Effects of Exposure to Petroleum in Mink and Sea Otters

    John W. Bickham;Jonna A Mazet;John Blake;Michael J. Smolen

  • Global avian influenza surveillance in wild birds: a strategy to capture viral diversity.

    Catherine C. Machalaba;Sarah E. Elwood;Simona Forcella;Kristine M. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia A. Conrad
Patricia A. Conrad University of California, Davis
Peter Daszak
Peter Daszak Columbia University
Melissa A. Miller
Melissa A. Miller California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Frances M. D. Gulland
Frances M. D. Gulland University of California, Davis
Rudovick R. Kazwala
Rudovick R. Kazwala Sokoine University of Agriculture
William B. Karesh
William B. Karesh EcoHealth Alliance
Michael R. Cranfield
Michael R. Cranfield University of California, Davis
Ian A. Gardner
Ian A. Gardner University of Prince Edward Island
Nathan D. Wolfe
Nathan D. Wolfe Global Viral
Brian H. Bird
Brian H. Bird University of California, Davis

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