Richard Ostfeld

Ticks as novel sentinels to monitor environmental levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Aristizabal-Henao, Juan J., Hannah Brown, Emily K. Griffin, Richard S. Ostfeld, Kelly M. Oggenfuss, Brandon M. Parker, Samantha M. Wisely, and John A. Bowden. 2021. “Ticks As Novel Sentinels to Monitor Environmental Levels of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)”. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). doi:10.1039/d1em00209k.
Relations of peri-residential temperature and humidity in tick-life-cycle-relevant time periods with human Lyme disease risk in Pennsylvania, USA
Heaney, Christopher D., Katherine A. Moon, Richard S. Ostfeld, Jonathan Pollak, Melissa N. Poulsen, Annemarie G. Hirsch, Joseph DeWalle, John N. Aucott, and Brian S. Schwartz. 2021. “Relations of Peri-Residential Temperature and Humidity in Tick-Life-Cycle-Relevant Time Periods With Human Lyme Disease Risk in Pennsylvania, USA”. Science of The Total Environment 795. Elsevier BV: 148697. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148697.
Viewing Emerging Human Infectious Epidemics through the Lens of Invasion Biology
Vila, Montserrat, Alison M Dunn, Franz Essl, Elena Gomez-Diaz, Philip E Hulme, Jonathan M Jeschke, MartÍn A Nunez, et al. 2021. “Viewing Emerging Human Infectious Epidemics through the Lens of Invasion Biology”. BioScience. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/biosci/biab047.
Impacts of biodiversity and biodiversity loss on zoonotic diseases
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Impacts of Biodiversity and Biodiversity Loss on Zoonotic Diseases”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (17). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: e2023540118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2023540118.
Spatial and temporal patterns of the emerging tick-borne pathogen Borrelia miyamotoi in blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in New York
Keesing, Felicia, D. J. McHenry, M. H. Hersh, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Spatial and Temporal Patterns of the Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen Borrelia Miyamotoi in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes Scapularis) in New York”. Parasites & Vectors 14 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1186/s13071-020-04569-2.
Presence of Segmented Flavivirus Infections in North America
Vandegrift, Kurt J., Arvind Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Satyapramod Murthy, Laura D. Kramer, Richard S. Ostfeld, Peter J. Hudson, and Amit Kapoor. 2020. “Presence of Segmented Flavivirus Infections in North America”. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26 (8). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). doi:10.3201/eid2608.190986.
Planetary Health and Infectious Disease
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2020. “Planetary Health and Infectious Disease”. In Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves, edited by Samuel Myers and Howard Frumkin, 141-64. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. https://islandpress.org/books/planetary-health.
Effect of spatial scale and latitude on diversity-disease relationships
Magnusson, M., Ilya R. Fischhoff, F. Ecke, B. Hornfeldt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. (2024) 2020. “Effect of Spatial Scale and Latitude on Diversity-Disease Relationships”. Ecology 101 (3).
Species that can make us ill thrive in human habitats
Ostfeld, Richard S., and F. Keesing. (2024) 2020. “Species That Can Make Us Ill Thrive in Human Habitats”. Nature 584 (7821).
Parasite and pathogen effects on ecosystem processes: A quantitative review
Fischhoff, Ilya R., Tao Huang, Stephen K. Hamilton, Barbara A. Han, Shannon L. LaDeau, Richard S. Ostfeld, Emma J. Rosi, and Christopher T. Solomon. 2020. “Parasite and Pathogen Effects on Ecosystem Processes: A Quantitative Review”. Ecosphere 11 (5). Wiley. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3057.