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Multiscale Modeling of the Life Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii


Publications

Bintz J, Lenhart S, Lanzas C. 2017. Antimicrobial stewardship and environmental decontamination for the control of Clostridium difficile transmission in healthcare settings. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 79(1): 36. [Online]

​Langlais M. 2015. Remarks on the number of persistent states to a fragmented predator-prey model system. Ecological Complexity 21: 246-259. [Online]

Feng ZL, Velasco-Hernandez J, Tapia-Santos B. 2013. A mathematical model for coupling within-host and between-host dynamics in an environmentally-driven infectious disease. Mathematical Biosciences, 241(1): 49-55. [Online]

Lelu M, Langlais M, Poulle ML, Gilot-Fromont E, Gandon S. 2013. When should a trophically and vertically transmitted parasite manipulate its intermediate host? The case of Toxoplasma gondii. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 208(1765): 20131143. [Online]

Sullivan AM. 2013. Dissertation: Multiscale Modeling of Toxoplasma gondii. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. [Online]

Sullivan AM, Zhao X, Suzuki Y, Ochiai E, Crutcher S, Gilchrist MA. 2013. Evidence of finely-regulated asynchronous growth of Toxoplasma gondii cysts based on data-driven model selection. PLoS Computational Biology, 9(11): e1003283. [Online]

Turner M, Lenhart S, Rosenthal B, Zhao X. 2013. Modeling effective transmission pathways and control of the world's most successful parasite. Journal of Theoretical Population Biology, 86: 50-61. [Online]

Feng Z, Velasco-Hernandez J, Tapia-Santos B, Leite MCA. 2012. A model for coupling within-host and between-host dynamics in an infectious disease. Nonlinear Dynamics, 68(3): 401-411. [Online]

Gilot-Fromont E, Lelu M, Darde ML, Richomme C, Aubert D, Afonso E, Mercier A, Gotteland C, Villena I. 2012. The life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii in the natural environment. In: Olgica Djurkovic Djakovic (ed.), Toxoplasmosis - Recent Advances. ISBN 978-953-51-0746-0. [Online]

Langlais M, Lelu M, Avenet C, Gilot-Fromont E. 2012. A simplified model system for Toxoplasma gondii spread within a heterogeneous environment. Nonlinear Dynamics, 68(3): 381-399. [Online]

Lelu M, Villena I, Aubert D, Darde ML, Geers R, Dupuis E, Gotteland C, Poulle ML, Thulliez P, Gilot-Fromont E. 2012. Quantitative estimation of the viability of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78: 5127-5132. [Online]

Presentations

Feng Z. 2013. A mathematical model for coupling within-host and between-host dynamics in an environmentally-driven infectious disease. MBI Workshop: From Within Host Dynamics to the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Ohio State University.

Feng Z. 2013. A mathematical model for coupling within-host and between-host dynamics in an environmentally-driven infectious disease. 2013 SMB Annual Meeting, Tempe, AZ.

​Langlais M. August 2013. Spatial spread of a multi-stage parasite through a fragmented landscape. Models in Population Dynamics and Ecology, International Conference, Osnabrueck University, Germany.

Langlais M. 4 June 2013. Predator-prey system within a spatially fragmented environment. North University of China, Taiyuan Shanxi PRC.

Gilot-Fromont E, Langlais M, Lelu M. December 2012. A multi-stages and multi-hosts parasite / predator-prey system within a spatially fragmented environment. Gaston Berger University, Saint Louis, Senegal.

Gilot-Fromont E, Langlais M, Lelu M. May 2012. A multi-stages and multi-hosts parasite / predator-prey system within a spatially fragmented environment. Bio-Dynamics Day 2012, Universite du Havre, Le Havre, France.

Gilot-Fromont E, Langlais M, Lelu M. April 2012. Prey abundance, fragmented spatial structure and T. gondii persistence. ReaDiLab, Universite du Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.

Lelu M, Langlais M, Poulle ML, Gilot-Fromont E, Gandon S. July 2012. When should a trophically and vertically transmitted parasite manipulate its intermediate host? Annual Meeting of The Society for Mathematical Biology, Knoxville, TN.

Lelu M, Langlais M, Poulle ML, Gilot-Fromont E, Gandon S. July 2012. Poster: When should a trophically and vertically transmitted parasite manipulate its intermediate host? First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Otawa, Canada.

Turner M, Lenhart S, Rosenthal B, Sullivan A, Zhao X. 2011. Modeling effective transmission strategies and control of the world's most successful parasite. Southeastern Atlantic Reional Conference on Differential Equations 2011.

Student Education

Langlais M. 24 August 2014. Spatial spread of epidemic diseases. Summer school: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases. [Online]


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From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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