Dr Sarah Perkins
For all publications please see http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-1817-2010]
Selected publications:
Lacharme-Lora, L., Perkins, S.E., Humphrey, T.J., Hudson, P.J. & Salisbury, V. (2009). Use of bioluminescent bacterial biosensors to investigate the role of free-living helminths as reservoirs and vectors of Salmonella. Environmental Microbiology Reports.3: 198-220.
Perkins S.E., Cagnacci F., Stradiotto A., Arnoldi D. & Hudson, P.J. (2009). A comparison of social networks derived from ecological data: implications for inferring infectious disease dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology. 78: 1015–1022.
Lacharme-Lora, L., Salisbury, V. & Perkins S.E. (2009). Bacterial pathogens associated with parasitic helminths in the environment. Environmental Health. S1: 1-15.
Grear, D., Perkins, S.E. Hudson, P.J. (2009). The effect of elevated testosterone on social networks. Ecology Letters. 12: 528-37.
Perkins, S.E. Ferrari, M.J. & Hudson P.J. (2008). The effects of social structure and sex-biased transmission on macroparasite infection. Parasitology. 135: 1561-1569.
Perkins, S.E., Cattadori, I.M., Tagliapietra, V., Rizzoli, A.P. & Hudson, P.J. (2006) Localised deer absence leads to loss of the dilution effect and tick amplification. Ecology 87: 1981-1986.
Perkins, S.E., & Fenton, A. (2006). ‘Worms and Germs’: Helminths as vectors of pathogens in vertebrate hosts: A theoretical approach. International Journal for Parasitology, 36: 887-894.
Perkins, S.E., Cattadori, I.M., Tagliapietra, V., Rizzoli, A.P. & Hudson, P.J. (2003). Empirical evidence for key hosts in persistence of a tick-borne disease. International Journal for Parasitology. 33: 909-917.