Researchers will determine if co-infection with a recently discovered virus compounds clinical disease in koalas when they also have chlamydia infections – a common sexually transmitted disease that is endemic and leads to infertility in females and blindness in both sexes.
Researchers will investigate potential drivers of survival and mortality of cavedwelling bats affected by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease devastating bat populations in the United States.
Researchers will investigate genetic changes that occur in the feline enteric coronavirus that contribute to the development of feline infectious peritonitis, an incurable and fatal disease in cats.
Researchers will conduct a clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of a novel antiviral drug in client-owned cats with naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis as well as drug resistance that may occur during treatment.
Researchers will investigate if amoeba (single-celled animals) living in soils in endemic plague areas can serve as reservoir hosts for Yersinia pestis (the causative agent for bubonic plague) and if amoeba are involved in plague disease cycles.
Researchers will identify parasitic fungi preying on Madagascar's amphibian populations, including where the fungi occur on the island and which amphibian species are more susceptible to fungal disease outbreaks.
Researchers will investigate whether viral mutations associated with feline infectious peritonitis are valuable and effective diagnostic targets.
