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Cara E. Brook

University of Chicago · US
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Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Viral Infections and Vectors, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.
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24
citations
2,873
works
100
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Climate, demography, immunology, and virology combine to drive two decades of dengue virus dynamics in Cambodia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 11position: firstdoi
Reservoir host immunology and life history shape virulence evolution in zoonotic viruses
PLoS Biology 2023cited by 20position: firstdoi
National dengue surveillance, Cambodia 2002–2020
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance
Science 2022cited by 174position: middledoi
Discovery and Genomic Characterization of a Novel Henipavirus, Angavokely Virus, from Fruit Bats in Madagascar
Journal of Virology 2022cited by 71position: lastdoi
Bats host the most virulent—but not the most dangerous—zoonotic viruses
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 60position: lastdoi
Do gastrointestinal microbiomes play a role in bats’ unique viral hosting capacity?
Trends in Microbiology 2022cited by 28position: lastdoi
Full Genome Nobecovirus Sequences From Malagasy Fruit Bats Define a Unique Evolutionary History for This Coronavirus Clade
Frontiers in Public Health 2022cited by 26position: lastdoi
Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats
Nature Reviews Microbiology 2021cited by 292position: middledoi
A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa
Science 2021cited by 234position: middledoi
The science of the host–virus network
Nature Microbiology 2021cited by 105position: middledoi
Optimizing COVID-19 control with asymptomatic surveillance testing in a university environment
Epidemics 2021cited by 31position: firstdoi
Launching a saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing program on a university campus
PLoS ONE 2021cited by 24position: middledoi
Reservoir host immunology and life history shape virulence evolution in zoonotic viruses
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2021cited by 0position: firstdoi
Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats
PLoS Pathogens 2020cited by 203position: middledoi
Accelerated viral dynamics in bat cell lines, with implications for zoonotic emergence
eLife 2020cited by 131position: firstdoi
Blueprint for a pop-up SARS-CoV-2 testing lab
Nature Biotechnology 2020cited by 55position: middledoi

Grants

Conference: International Symposium on the Infectious Diseases of Bats:Fourth International Symposium on the Infectious Diseases of Bats (BatID 2025), Chicago, IL
NSF2525962$14,8682025–2026PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Mike Boots · University of California, Berkeley5 papers (2020–2023)Sarah Guth · University of California, Berkeley4 papers (2021–2023)Joseph L. DeRisi · California Southern University3 papers (2022–2024)Carly Rozins · University of California, Berkeley3 papers (2021–2024) · 3 papers (2022–2022)Vida Ahyong · University of California, San Francisco3 papers (2022–2024)Philippe Dussart · Institut Pasteur3 papers (2022–2023)Cristina M. Tato · California University of Pennsylvania3 papers (2022–2024)Chanthap Lon · Centre for Human Genetics2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2023–2024)Tsiry Hasina Randriambolamanantsoa · Institut Pasteur2 papers (2022–2022)Jessica E. Manning · Virginia Commonwealth University2 papers (2023–2024)Somnang Man · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases2 papers (2023–2024)Amy Kistler · Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco2 papers (2022–2022)Andrea R. Pacheco · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases2 papers (2023–2024)Vololoniaina Raharinosy · Institut Pasteur2 papers (2022–2022) · 2 papers (2022–2022)Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson · University of Antananarivo2 papers (2022–2022) · 2 papers (2022–2022)Rekol Huy · Cambodia National Malaria Center2 papers (2023–2024)
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