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PUBLICATIONS

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SUBMITTED, ACCEPTED & IN PRESS 

Bonnell, T. R., Ghai, R. R., Goldberg, T. L., Sengupta, R., and Chapman, C. A. (In Review). Simulations of environmentally-transmitted parasites under habitat fragmentation suggests that as habitat is lost, its configuration becomes more important. Landscape Ecology.
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Ghai, R. R., Rajeev, M., Mwalwala, A., Chillag, Z., and Ezenwa, V. O. (In Review). Male-biased parasitism is associated with immune reductions and reproductive investment. Journal of Animal Ecology.


​​JOURNAL ARTICLES & REVIEWS
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Salerno, J., Ross, N., Ghai, R. R., Mahero, M., Travis, D. A., Gillespie, T. R., Hartter, J. (2017). Human-wildlife interactions predict febrile illness in park landscapes of western Uganda. Ecohealth 14: 675-690. 

Stephens, P. R., Pappalardo, P., Huang, S., Byers, J. E., Farrell, M. J., Gehman, A., Ghai, R. R., Haas, S. E., Han, B., Park, A. W., Schmidt, J. P., Altizer, S., Ezenwa, V. O., and Nunn, C. L. Global Mammal Parasite Database version 2.0. Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1799

Ezenwa, V.O., Ghai, R. R., Fritzsche McKay A., and Williams, A. E. (2016). Group living and pathogen infection revisited. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 12: 66-72.

​Ghai, R. R., Thurber, M. I., El Bakry, A., Chapman, C. A., and Goldberg, T. L. (2016). Multi-method assessment of patients with febrile illness reveals over-diagnosis of malaria in rural Uganda. Malaria Journal 15: 460. ​​​http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1502-4

Bonnell, T. R, Ghai, R., Goldberg, T., Sengupta, R., and Chapman, C. (2016). Spatial patterns of persistence for environmentally transmitted parasites: effects of regional climate and local landscape. Ecological Modelling 338: 78-89.

Ghai, R. R., Mutinda, M., and Ezenwa, V. O. (2016). Limited sharing of tick-borne hemoparasites between sympatric wild and domestic ungulates. Veterinary Parasitology 226: 167-173. ​http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.07.005

Bailey, A. L., Lauck, M., Ghai, R. R, Nelson, C. W., Heimbruch, K., Hughes, A., Goldberg, T. L., Kuhn, J. H., Jasinka, A. J., Feimer, N. B., Apetrei, C., and O'Connor, D. H. (2016). Arteriviruses, pegiviruses, and lentiviruses are common among wild African monkeys. Journal of Virology 90(15): 6724-6737.​ http://dx.doi.org/
10.1128/JVI.00573-16

Ghai, R. R., Fugere, V. F., Chapman, C. A., Goldberg, T. L. and Davies, T. J. (2015). Sickness behaviour associated with non-lethal infections in wild primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1436 

Gogarten, J. F., Jacob, A. L., Ghai, R. R., Rothman, J. M., Twinomugisha, D., Wasserman, M. D., and Chapman, C. A. (2015) Group size dynamics over 15+ years in an African forest primate community. Biotropica 47(1): 101-112. 
 
Ghai, R. R., Simons, N. D., Chapman, C. A., Omeja, P. A., Davies, T. J., Ting, N., and Goldberg, T. L. (2014) Hidden population structure and cross-species transmission of whipworms (Trichuris sp.) in humans and non-human primates in Uganda. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 8: e3256.
 
Chapman, C. A., van Bavel, B., Boodman, C., Ghai, R. R., Gogarten, J. F., Hartter, J., Mechak, L. E., Omeja, P. A., Poonawala, S., and Goldberg, T. L. (2014) Providing health care to improve community perceptions of protected areas
. Oryx First View DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313001592.
 
Ghai, R. R., Chapman, C. A., Omeja, P., Davies, J. T., Goldberg, T. L. (2014) Nodule worm infection in humans and wild non-human primates of western Uganda: cryptic species and potential zoonotic transmission. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 8: e2641.
 
Ghai, R. R., Sibley, S. D., Lauck, M., Dinis, J. M., Bailey, A., Chapman, C. A., et al. (2013) Deep sequencing identifies two genotypes and high viral genetic diversity of human Pegivirus (GB Virus C) in rural Uganda patients. Journal of General Virology 94: 2670-2678.


Thurber, M. I., Ghai, R. R., Hyeroba, D., Weny, G., Tumukunde, A., Chapman, C. A., et al. (2013) Co-infection and cross-species transmission of divergent Hepatocystis lineages in a wild African primate community. International Journal of Parasitology 43(8): 613-619
 
Chapman, C.A., Bowman, D.W., Ghai, R.R., Goldberg, T.L., Gogarten, J.F., Rothman, J., Twinomugisha, D., and Walsh, C. (2012) Protozoan parasites in group-living primates: testing the biological island hypothesis. American Journal of Primatology 74: 510-517.

​Ghai, R.R. and Chapman, C.A. 2012. Meet the parasites: genetic approaches uncover new insights in parasitology. Taprobanica 4: 60-64. [PDF]

Ghai, R., Insley, S.J. (2010) Probable effects of resident and transient killer whales (Orcinus orca) on the activity levels of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Carmanah Point, British Columbia. Marine Mammal Science 27: E227-E233.
 
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PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS

Chapman, C. A., Marsh, L., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Boonratana R., Cancela, A., Gabriel, D., Ghai, R. R., et al. 2013. Primates in fragments 10 years later: Once and Future Goals In: L. K. Marsh and C. A. Chapman eds. Primates in Fragments: Complexity and Resilience. Springer Press, pp. 503-523. [PDF]  

Chapman, C.A., Ghai, R., Reyna-Hurtado, R., Jacob, A., Koojo, S.M., Rothman, J.M., Twinomugisha, D., and Goldberg, T.L. 2012. Going, going, gone: A 15-year history of the decline in abundance of primates in forest fragments.  In: L.K. Marsh. Primates in Fragments II.  Springer Press. [PDF]

Chapman, C.A., Chapman, L.J., Ghai, R.R., Hartter, J., Jacob, A.J., Lwanga, J.S., Omeja, P., Rothman, J.M., and Twinomugisha, D. 2010. Complex responses to climate and anthropogenic changes: an evaluation based on long-term data from Kibale National Park, Uganda. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York pp. 70-87. [PDF]


CONFERENCES

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Ghai, R.R. Disease sharing between people and primates. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists. August 21-27, 2016. Chicago, IL, United States

Ghai, R.R. and Ezenwa, V.O. Male-biased parasitism in Grant's gazelle is associated with reproductive investment. 53rd Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. July 30-Aug. 3, 2016. Columbia, MI, United States

​Ghai, R.R., Ezenwa, V.O. Limited sharing of tick-borne pathogens between wild and domestic ungulates (Poster). 14th Annual Conference on Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases. June 9-12, 2016, Ithaca, NY, United States
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Ghai, R.R., Fugere, V., Chapman, C.A., Goldberg, T.L and Davies, T.J. WIld primates demonstrate sickness behavior during non-lethal helminth infection. 13th Annual Conference on Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases,
May  27-29, 2015, Athens, GA, United States.

Ghai, R.R., Fugere, V., Chapman, C.A., Goldberg, T.L and Davies, T.J. Consequences of sub-lethal parasite infection on red colobus monkey behavior. 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society, August 11-16, 2014, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Ghai, R.R., Davies, T.J., Chapman, C.A., and Goldberg, T.L. Consequences of sub-lethal parasite infection on red colobus monkey behavior. 4th Annual Symposium of the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science, December 11-13, 2013. Montreal, QC, Canada.

Ghai, R.R., Davies, T.J., Chapman, C.A., and Goldberg, T.L. Transmission dynamics of parasites co-infecting wild primate hosts in Kibale National Park, Uganda. 36th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, June 19-22, 2013, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Ghai, R.R., Bleecker, J.C., Chapman, C.A., and Goldberg, T.L. Transmission dynamics of parasites co-infecting wild primate hosts in Kibale National Park, Uganda. 3rd Annual Symposium of the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science, December 12-14, 2012, Montreal, QC, Canada. 

Ghai, R.R., Thurber, M.I., Chapman, C.A., and Goldberg, T.L. Parasite transmission in a complex community of primates. 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society, August 12-17, 2012, Cancun, Mexico.

Ghai, R.R., Goldberg, T.L., and Chapman, C.A. Consequences of helminth infection on red colobus behavior and fitness. 21st Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, June 6-11, 2011, Arusha, Tanzania.

Chapman, C.A., Bowman, D.W., Ghai, R.R., and Walsh, C. Long-term changes in primate protozoan parasites: evaluating the biological island hypothesis. 5th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, May 9-12, 2010, Quebec City, QC, Canada.


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CONTACT

Ria Ghai
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ria.r.ghai@gmail.com
Twitter: @RiaRGhai



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