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Overview

Michael Begon is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with an emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers several interconnected topics including:

  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites research
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Gut microbiota and health

Frequent collaborators in their research include Federico Costa, Hussein Khalil, Albert I. Ko, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, and Fábio N. Souza.

Michael Begon has published extensively in a range of venues. The most frequent publication sources are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers include:

  • "Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slums", 2021, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Socio-ecological drivers of vertebrate biodiversity and human-animal interfaces across an urban landscape", 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • "Epidemiological connectivity between humans and animals across an urban landscape", 2023, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Genetic Evidence for a Potential Environmental Pathway to Spillover Infection of Rat-Borne Leptospirosis", 2021, published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Population dynamics of synanthropic rodents after a chemical and infrastructural intervention in an urban low-income community", 2022, published in Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Ecology: Individuals Populations and Communities

    Michael Begon;John L. Harper;Colin R. Townsend

  • Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems

    Michael Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.

    Aulay MacKenzie;M. Begon;J. L. Harper;C. R. Townsend

  • Population Ecology: A Unified Study of Animals and Plants

    Michael E Begon;Martin Mortimer;David J Thompson

  • Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface

    James M. Hassell;Michael Begon;Melissa J. Ward;Eric M. Fèvre;Eric M. Fèvre

  • Investigating animal abundance : capture-recapture for biologists

    Michael Begon

  • Essentials of Ecology

    Colin R. Townsend;Michael Begon;John L. Harper

  • Species interactions in a parasite community drive infection risk in a wildlife population

    Sandra Telfer;Xavier Lambin;Richard Birtles;Pablo Martín Beldomenico

  • OPTIMAL EGG SIZE AND CLUTCH SIZE: EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT AND MATERNAL PHENOTYPE

    Geoffrey A. Parker;Michael Begon

  • Ecología: individuos, poblaciones y comunidades

    Michael Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • A clarification of transmission terms in host-microparasite models: numbers, densities and areas.

    M. Begon;M. Bennett;R. G. Bowers;N. P. French

  • Plague: past, present, and future.

    Nils Chr-H.-R. Stenseth;Bakyt B. Atshabar;Mike Begon;Steven R. Belmain

  • Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems. 4th edition

    Michael. Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities

    Eldon H. Franz;Michael Begon;John L. Harper;Colin R. Townsend

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities, 3rd edn.

    A. J. Willis;M. Begon;J. L. Harper;C. R. Townsend

  • Disease spread, susceptibility and infection intensity: vicious circles?

    Pablo M. Beldomenico;Michael Begon

  • Antibiotic resistance found in wild rodents

    M A Gilliver;M Bennett;M Begon;S M Hazel

  • Plague dynamics are driven by climate variation

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Noelle I. Samia;Hildegunn Viljugrein;Kyrre Linné Kausrud

  • Parasites Can Regulate Wildlife Populations

    D.M. Tompkins;M. Begon

  • Ecology from individuals to ecosystems 4th ed.

    Michael Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • Ecology; Individuals, Populations and Communities

    Eli Groner;M. Begon;J.L. Harper;C.R. Townsend

  • Population Ecology: A Unified Study of Animals and Plants.

    J. Gordon Blower;M. Begon;M. Mortimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin R. Townsend
Colin R. Townsend University of Otago
Malcolm J. Bennett
Malcolm J. Bennett University of Nottingham
Albert I. Ko
Albert I. Ko Yale University
John L. Harper
John L. Harper University of Oxford
Mitermayer G. Reis
Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Xavier Lambin
Xavier Lambin University of Aberdeen
David J. Thompson
David J. Thompson University of Liverpool
K. J. Bown
K. J. Bown University of Salford
Pablo M. Beldomenico
Pablo M. Beldomenico National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Richard J. Birtles
Richard J. Birtles University of Salford

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