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Abstract

Urban expansion can fundamentally alter wildlife movement and gene flow, but how urbanization alters pathogen spread is poorly understood. Here, we combine high resolution host and viral genomic data with landscape variables to examine the context of viral spread in puma (Puma concolor) from two contrasting regions: one bounded by the wildland urban interface (WUI) and one unbounded with minimal anthropogenic development (UB). We found landscape variables and host gene flow explained significant amounts of variation of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) spread in the WUI, but not in the unbounded region. The most important predictors of viral spread also differed; host spatial proximity, host relatedness, and mountain ranges played a role in FIV spread in the WUI, whereas roads might have facilitated viral spread in the unbounded region. Our research demonstrates how anthropogenic landscapes can alter pathogen spread, providing a more nuanced understanding of host-pathogen relationships to inform disease ecology in free-ranging species.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Fountain-Jones, NM and Kraberger, S and Gagne, RB and Trumbo, DR and Salerno, PE and Funk, WC and Crooks, K and Biek, R and Alldredge, M and Logan, K and Baele, G and Dellicour, S and Ernest, HB and VandeWoude, S and Carver, S and Craft, ME
Keywords:	Epidemiology
Journal or Publication Title:	Communications Biology
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	2399-3642
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01548-2
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2021 The AuthorsLicensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Carver, S UTAS Profile: Carver, S
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