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Overview

Michael Kosoy is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to medicine. Within these fields, their work spans various subfields including parasitology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research topics cover a range of infectious agents and related subjects, including Bartonella species infections, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne infectious diseases, Yersinia bacterium including plague and ectoparasites, zoonotic diseases and public health, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, and studies on leishmaniasis.

Some of Michael Kosoy's recent papers are:

  • Bats are key hosts in the radiation of mammal-associated Bartonella bacteria, 2021, Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • Pentaplex real-time PCR for differential detection of Yersinia pestis and Y. pseudotuberculosis and application for testing fleas collected during plague epizootics, 2020, MicrobiologyOpen
  • Longitudinal Study of Bacterial Infectious Agents in a Community of Small Mammals in New Mexico, 2020, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Identification of a Novel Yersinia enterocolitica Strain from Bats in Association with a Bat Die-Off That Occurred in Georgia (Caucasus), 2020, Microorganisms
  • Bartonella species in medically important mosquitoes, Central Europe, 2020, Parasitology Research

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Michael Kosoy include:

  • Clifton McKee
  • Ying Bai
  • Lynn M. Osikowicz
  • Irina Goodrich
  • Lile Malania

Regular publication venues for their work include:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Pathogens
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infection Genetics and Evolution

Best Publications

  • NATURAL HISTORY OF PLAGUE: Perspectives from More than a Century of Research ∗

    Kenneth L. Gage;Michael Y. Kosoy

  • Distribution, diversity, and host specificity of Bartonella in rodents from the Southeastern United States.

    M Y Kosoy;R L Regnery;T Tzianabos;E L Marston

  • Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis E Virus among Rodents in the United States

    Michael O. Favorov;Michael Y. Kosoy;Sergei A. Tsarev;James E. Childs

  • Bartonella strains from ground squirrels are identical to Bartonella washoensis isolated from a human patient.

    Michael Kosoy;Mike Murray;Robert D. Gilmore;Ying Bai

  • A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by Norway rats in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

    Jeaster D. Easterbrook;J. B. Kaplan;N. B. Vanasco;W. K. Reeves

  • Development of a Novel Genus-specific Real-time PCR Assay for Detection and Differentiation of Bartonella Species and Genotypes

    Maureen H. Diaz;Ying Bai;Lile Malania;Jonas M. Winchell

  • Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a Newly Recognized Pathogen Isolated from Three Human Patients from Thailand

    Michael Kosoy;Christina Morway;Kelly W. Sheff;Ying Bai

  • Bartonella quintana in body lice and head lice from homeless persons, San Francisco, California, USA.

    Denise L. Bonilla;Hidenori Kabeya;Jennifer Henn;Vicki L. Kramer

  • INFLUENCES OF INTRODUCED PLAGUE ON NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS: IMPLICATIONS FROM ECOLOGY OF PLAGUE IN ASIA

    Dean E. Biggins;Michael Y. Kosoy

  • Genetic and ecologic characteristics of Bartonella communities in rodents in southern China.

    Bai Ying;Michael Y Kosoy;Gary O Maupin;Kiyotaka R Tsuchiya

  • HGTector: an automated method facilitating genome-wide discovery of putative horizontal gene transfers

    Qiyun Zhu;Michael Kosoy;Katharina Dittmar

  • Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa

    Hillary S. Young;Rodolfo Dirzo;Kristofer M. Helgen;Douglas J. McCauley

  • Landscape structure and plague occurrence in black-tailed prairie dogs on grasslands of the western USA

    Sharon K. Collinge;Whitney C. Johnson;Chris Ray;Randy Matchett

  • Infections by Leptospira interrogans, Seoul Virus, and Bartonella spp. Among Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from the Urban Slum Environment in Brazil

    Federico Costa;Fleur Helena Porter;Gorete Rodrigues;Helena Farias

  • Identification of Bartonella infections in febrile human patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirs.

    Michael Kosoy;Ying Bai;Kelly Sheff;Christina Morway

  • Global distribution and genetic diversity of Bartonella in bat flies (Hippoboscoidea, Streblidae, Nycteribiidae)

    Solon F. Morse;Kevin J. Olival;Michael Kosoy;Sarah Billeter

  • Detection of Novel Bartonella Strains and Yersinia pestis in Prairie Dogs and Their Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae and Pulicidae) Using Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Heather L. Stevenson;Ying Bai;Michael Y. Kosoy;John A. Montenieri

  • Bartonella bacteria in nature: where does population variability end and a species start?

    Michael Kosoy;David T.S. Hayman;Kung-Sik Chan

  • Bartonella spp. in bats, Kenya.

    Michael Kosoy;Ying Bai;Tarah Lynch;Ivan V. Kuzmin

  • Isolation of Candidatus Bartonella melophagi from Human Blood

    Ricardo G. Maggi;Michael Kosoy;Melanie Mintzer;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OF BARTONELLA IN RODENTS OF NORTHERN THAILAND: A COMPARISON WITH BARTONELLA IN RODENTS FROM SOUTHERN CHINA

    Kevin T. Castle;Michael Kosoy;Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee;Lori Phelan

  • Aboriginal and invasive rats of genus Rattus as hosts of infectious agents.

    Michael Kosoy;Lyudmila Khlyap;Jean François Cosson;Serge Morand

  • Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala.

    Ying Bai;Michael Kosoy;Sergio Recuenco;Danilo Alvarez

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth L. Gage
Kenneth L. Gage Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
James E. Childs
James E. Childs Yale University
Soichi Maruyama
Soichi Maruyama Nihon University
John A. Montenieri
John A. Montenieri Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sharon K. Collinge
Sharon K. Collinge University of Colorado Boulder
Bruno B Chomel
Bruno B Chomel University of California, Davis
David T. S. Hayman
David T. S. Hayman Massey University
Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Shimon Harrus
Shimon Harrus Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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