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Overview

Matthew Baylis is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. This work encompasses several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's main research topics focus on Viral Infections and Vectors, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • One Health
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Matthew Baylis has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Marcus S. C. Blagrove
  • Jack Pilgrim
  • Maya Wardeh
  • Jolyon M. Medlock
  • Stefanos Siozios

Selected recent publications include:

  • Predicting mammalian hosts in which novel coronaviruses can be generated, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals, 2024, Cell
  • Torix Rickettsia are widespread in arthropods and reflect a neglected symbiosis, 2021, GigaScience
  • Integration of shared-pathogen networks and machine learning reveals the key aspects of zoonoses and predicts mammalian reservoirs, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Impact of climatic, demographic and disease control factors on the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in large cities worldwide, 2021, One Health

Best Publications

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Culicoides biting midges: their role as arbovirus vectors.

    P. S. Mellor;J. Boorman;M. Baylis

  • Climate change and the recent emergence of bluetongue in Europe.

    Bethan V. Purse;Phillip S. Mellor;David J. Rogers;Alan R. Samuel

  • Suitability of European climate for the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: recent trends and future scenarios.

    Cyril Caminade;Jolyon M. Medlock;Els Ducheyne;K. Marie McIntyre

  • The genetics of scrapie in sheep and goats.

    M Baylis;Wilfred Goldmann

  • The epidemiology of scrapie.

    L A Detwiler;M Baylis

  • Assessing the risk of bluetongue to UK livestock: uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of a temperature-dependent model for the basic reproduction number

    Simon Gubbins;Simon Carpenter;Matthew Baylis;James L.N Wood

  • Climate Change: Effects on Culicoides -Transmitted Viruses and Implications for the UK

    E.J. Wittmann;M. Baylis

  • Bluetongue in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: history of occurrence prior to 2006.

    Philip S. Mellor;Simon Carpenter;Lara Harrup;Matthew Baylis

  • Modelling the effects of past and future climate on the risk of bluetongue emergence in Europe

    Helene Guis;Cyril Caminade;Carlos Calvete;Andrew P. Morse

  • Global risk model for vector-borne transmission of Zika virus reveals the role of El Niño 2015

    Cyril Caminade;Joanne Turner;Soeren Metelmann;Jenny C. Hesson;Jenny C. Hesson

  • Effect of temperature on the transmission of orbiviruses by the biting midge, Culicoides sonorensis.

    E. J. Wittmann;P. S. Mellor;M. Baylis

  • Fasciola hepatica is associated with the failure to detect bovine tuberculosis in dairy cattle

    Jen Claridge;Peter Diggle;Peter Diggle;Catherine M. McCann;Catherine M. McCann;Grace Mulcahy

  • Using climate data to map the potential distribution of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Europe.

    Wittmann Ej;Mellor Ps;Baylis M

  • Risk of scrapie in British sheep of different prion protein genotype

    M. Baylis;C Chihota;E. Stevenson;Wilfred Goldmann

  • Prediction of areas around the Mediterranean at risk of bluetongue by modelling the distribution of its vector using satellite imaging.

    M. Baylis;P. S. Mellor;E. J. Wittmann;D. J. Rogers

  • Epidemiology and impact of Fasciola hepatica exposure in high-yielding dairy herds.

    Alison Howell;Matthew Baylis;Rob Smith;Gina Pinchbeck

  • Prediction of bluetongue vector distribution in Europe and north Africa using satellite imagery.

    A.J Tatem;M Baylis;P.S Mellor;B.V Purse

  • Modelling the distributions of Culicoides bluetongue virus vectors in Sicily in relation to satellite-derived climate variables

    B. V. Purse;A. J. Tatem;S. Caracappa;D. J. Rogers

  • Erratum: Climate change and the recent emergence of bluetongue in Europe

    Bethan V. Purse;Phillip S. Mellor;David J. Rogers;Alan R. Samuel

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Morse
Andrew P. Morse University of Liverpool
Philip S. Mellor
Philip S. Mellor The Pirbright Institute
Tom Solomon
Tom Solomon University of Liverpool
Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Diana L. Williams
Diana L. Williams University of Liverpool
Peter J. Diggle
Peter J. Diggle Lancaster University
Gregory D. D. Hurst
Gregory D. D. Hurst University of Liverpool
Simon Gubbins
Simon Gubbins The Pirbright Institute
Bethan V. Purse
Bethan V. Purse University of Glasgow
Wilfred Goldmann
Wilfred Goldmann University of Edinburgh

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