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The Smiley Lab

Publications

Our publications examine the ecological and social drivers of emerging infectious diseases, with a focus on forest change, wildlife reservoirs, and human–animal interactions. This work supports data-driven approaches to conservation, spillover prevention, and global health policy.

Publications Continued

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  1. Paoli J, Aung O, Lilak A, Maw M, Cleary N, Watto E, Hassell J, Win Y, Thein W, Smiley Evans T, Valitutto M, Goldstein T, Johnson C, Mazet J, Fleishcer R, VanTassel N, Subramamaniam K, Anderson D, vonFricken M, Mavian C, Murray S. 2026. Novel wencheng shrew virus and cardiovirus from small mammals in Myanmar. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-38406-w

  2. Bukamba N, Sambucci K, Noskova E, Balaz V, Okello R, Muhumuza D, Nizeyimana F, Sargison N, Kelly R, Ssebide B, Smiley Evans T, Gilardi K, Petrzelkova K, Pafco B, Cervena B. 2026. The potential threat of Strongyloides spp. to mountain gorillas and public health in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Parasitology Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-026-08643-z

  3. Gilardi K, Genovese B, Harris L, Cranfield M, Noheri J, Kinani J, Zimmerman D, Bahizi M, Smiley Evans T, Mudakikwa A, Goldstein T, Mazet J. 2026. Environmental and demographic risk factors for respiratory illness in endangered wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Rwanda. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 6:1685438. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2025.1685438

  4. Aung M, Htike T, Phwe N, Aung O, Aung P, Yae W, Zaw S, Oo K, Wai T, Aung H, Wang Y, Cords O, Kading R, Boots M, Ehrlich H, Gardner N, Johnson C, Smiley Evans T. 2026. Limestone karst ecology and anthropogenic activities associated with cave-dwelling bats of Southern Shan State, Myanmar. Global Ecology and Conservation. E04071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04071

  5. Haven N, Mutahunga B, Kellermann S, Johner J, Lippert J, Rusoja E, Wilkes M, Mateeka G, Ssebide B, Aguti C, Isaac A, Charles M, Felista N, Prossy K, Gardner N, Johnson C, Smiley Evans, T. Assessment of exposure to zoonoses and perceptions of zoonotic transmission surrounding the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. 2025. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 19(11): e0013701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013701

  6. Iyer M, Gilardi K, Cranfield M, Corner S, Syaluha E, Noheri J, Ssebide B, Kinani J, Nizeyimana F, Okello R, Nziza J, Kabuyaya M, Bahizi M, Muvunyi R, Nyirakaragire E, Smiley Evans T, Lowenstine L. 2025. Neoplasia and proliferative lesions in free-ranging mountain and Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla Beringei). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56(2):208-216. http://doi.org/10.1638/2024-0080. PMID: 40638161

  7. Lasso G, Grodus M, Valencia E, DeJesus V, Liang L, Delwel I, Bortz R, Lupyan D, Ehrlich H, Castellanos A, Gazzo A, Wells H, Wacharapluesadee S, Tremeau-Bravard A, Seetahal J, Hughes T, Lee J, Lee M, Siodin A, Geldenhuys M, Mortlock M, Navarrete-Marcias I, Gilardi K, Willig M, Nava A, Loh E, Asrat M, Smiley Evans T, Magesa W, Sijali Z, Wolking D, Suzan G, Ojeda-Flores R, Carington C, Islam A, Epstein J, Markotter W, Johnson C, Goldstein T, Han B, Mazet J, Jangra R, Chandran K, Anthony S. 2025. Decoding the blueprint of receptor binding in filoviruses through large-scale binding assays and machine learning. Cell Host & Microbe 12;33(2):294-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.12.016

  8. Aung P, Lwin N, Aung T, Htike T, Thompson C, Roos C, Zaw S, Lum L, Oo W, Sau Z, Turvey S, Thein W, Maw M, Win Y, Oo Z, Rompay K, Gilardi K, Tremeu-Bravard A, Momberg F, Fan P, Cheyne S, Smiley Evans T. 2024. Confirmation of skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in Myanmar extends known geographic range of an endangered primate. International Journal of Primatology. International Journal of Primatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00418-6

  9. Smiley Evans T, Tan C, Aung O, Phyu S, Lin H, Coffey L, Toe A, Aung P, Aung T, Aung N, Weiss C, Thant K, Htun Z, Murray S, Wang L, Johnson C, Myat Thu H. 2023. Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses indicates frequent zoonotic spillover in human communities interacting with wildlife. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 131: 57-64. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.02.015

  10. Smiley Evans T, Lowenstine L, Ssebide B, Barry P, Kinani J, Nizeyimana F, Noheli J, Mudakikwa A, Cranfield M, Mazet J, Johnson C, Gilardi K. 2023. Simian homologues of human herpesviruses and implications for novel viral introduction to free-living mountain gorillas. American Journal of Primatology 85(1):e23439. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23439

  11. Thompson C, Lwin N, Aung P, Aung T, Htike T, San A, Thant N, Roos C, Fan P, Rompay K, Grindley MM, Momberg F, Tin P, Wai N, Lwin H, Gilardi K, Cheyne S, Smiley Evans T. 2023. The status of primates and primatology in Myanmar. Global Ecology and Conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation 47: e02662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02662

  12. Latinne A, Nga N, Long N, Ngoc P, Thuy H, PREDICT Consortium, Long N, Long P, Phuong N, Quang L, Tung N, Nam V, Duoc V, Thinh N, Schoepp R, Ricks K, Inui K, Padungtod P, Johnson C, Mazet J, Walzer C, Olson S, Fine A. One Health surveillance highlights circulation of viruses with zoonotic potential in bats, pigs, and humans in Vietnam. 2023. Viruses 15(3), 790. http://doi.org/10.3390/v15030790

  13. Smiley Evans T, Aung O, Cords O, Coffey L, Wong T, Weiss CM, Maw MT, Yee J, Venkateswaran K, Venkateswaran N, Nham P, Van Rompay KKA, Morris MK, Oceguera L, Werthimer W, Hanson C, Valitutto M, Naing Tun KY, Win YT, Thein WZ, Murray S, Thu HM, Johnson CK. 2022. Sylvatic transmission of chikungunya virus among nonhuman primates in Myanmar. Emerging Infectious Diseases 28(12):2548-2551. http://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220893

  14. Lane JK, Negash Y, Randhawa N, Kebede N, Wells H, Ayalew G, Anthony SJ, Smith B, Goldstein T, Kassa T, Mazet JAK, PREDICT Consortium, Smith WA. 2022. Coronavirus and Paramyxovirus Shedding by Bats in a Cave and Buildings in Ethiopia. EcoHealth. 19(2): 216-232. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-022-01590-y

  15. Pandit PS, Anthony SJ, Goldstein T, Olival KJ, Doyle MM, Gardner NR, Bird B, Smith WA, Wolking D, Gilardi K, … PREDICT Consortium, Johnson CK. 2022. Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses. Communications Biology. 5:844. http://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03797-9

  16. Iyer M, Molter C, Flanagan J, Bauer K, Marrow J, Bernardy R, Hoffman D, Parkinson L, Brainard B, Smiley Evans T, Ling P. Novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 1A hemorrhagic disease in a captive juvenile Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). 2022. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 53(1):232-240. http://doi.org/10.1638/2021-0096

  17. Martinez S, Sullivan A, Hagan E, Galey J, Epstein J, Olival K, Saylors K, Euren J, Bangura J, Zikankuba S, Mouiche M, Camara A, Desmond J, Islam A, Hughes T, Wacharplusadee S, Duong V, Nga N, Bird B, Goldstein T, Wolking D, Johnson C, Mazet J, Olson S, Fine A, Valitutto M, Karesh W, Daszak P, Francisco L, PREDICT Consortium. 2022. Living safely with bats: lessons in developing and sharing a global One Health educational resource. Global Health: Science and Practice 10(6):6. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00106

  18. Smiley Evans T, Win Myat T, Hom N, Ricks K, Maw M, Oo Z, Toe A, Aung N, Aung P, Aung T, Kuehnert P, Thant K, Win Y, Thein W, Gardner N, Schoepp R, Johnson C. Seroepidemiologic survey of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in logging communities, Myanmar. 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases 27(6):1709-1713. http://doi.org/10.3201/eid2706.203223

  19. Saylors K, Wolking D, Hagan E, Martinez S, Francisco L, Euren, Olson S, Miller M, Fine A, Thanh N, Minh P, Kalengkongan J, PREDICT Consortium, Kusumaningrum T, Latinne A, Pamungkas J, Safari D, SaputroS, Bamba D, Coulibaly K, Dosso M, Laudisoit A, Jean K, Dutta S, Islam A, Shano S, Mwanzalila M, Trupin I, Gbakima A, Bangura J, Yondah S, Karmacharya D, Shrestha R, Kamta M, Mouiche M, Ndolo H, Niama F, Onikrotin D, Daszak P, Johnson C,  Mazet J. Socializing One Health: an innovative strategy to investigate social and behavioral risks of emerging viral threats. 2021. One Health Outlook. 3(11). http://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-021-00036-9

  20. Grange Z, Goldstein T, Johnson C, Anthony S, Gilardi K, Daszak P, Olival K, O’Rourke T, Murray S, Olson S, Togami E, Vidal G, Expert Panel, PREDICT Consortium, Mazet J. Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses. 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(15):e2002324118. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002324118

  21. Smiley Evans T, Lane J, Grange Z, Genovese B, Belkhiria J, Togami E, Mazet J. Beyond COVID-19: Preventing the next pandemic by protecting nature. 2021. Park Stewardship Forum 37(1). http://doi.org/10.5070/P537151713

  22. Smiley Evans T, Win Myat T, Aung P, Min Oo Z, Thein Maw M, Than Toe A, Htun Aung T, Sarm Hom N, Thawda Shein K, Zin Thant K, Tun Win Y, Zin Thein W, Gilardi K, Myat Thu H, Johnson C. Bushmeat hunting in Myanmar’s central teak forests: threats to biodiversity and human livelihoods. 2020. Global Ecology and Conservation 22:e00889. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00889

  23. Johnson C, Hitchens P, Pandit P, Rushmore J, Smiley Evans T, Young C, Doyle M. Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk. 2020. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20192736. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2736

  24. Smiley Evans T, Zhengli S, Boots M, Liu W, Olival K, Xiao X, Vandewoude S, Brown H, Chen J, Civitello D, Escobar L, Grohn Y, Li H, Lips K, Liu Q, Lu J, Martinez-Lopez B, Shi J, Shi X, Xu B, Yuan L, Zhu G, Getz W.  Synergistic China-US Ecological Research is Essential for Global Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedness. 2020. Ecohealth 17,160-173. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01471-2

  25. Jeffery A, Smiley Evans T, C Molter, Howard L, Ling P, Goldstein T, Gilardi K. Non-invasive sampling for detection of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus and genomic DNA in Asian (Elephas maximus) and African (Loxodonta Africana) elephants. 2020. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 51(2):433-437. http://doi.org/10.1638/2019-0112

  26. McDermott D, Mendoza A, Smiley Evans T, Zavaleta M, Da’Darah A, Alarcon J, Bello R, Rosenbaum M. Optimizing a noninvasive oral sampling technique for semi-captive Neotropical primates in Peru. 2020. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56(1), 192-196. http://doi.org/10.7589/2018-10-248

  27. Montecino-Latorre D, Goldstein T, Gilardi K, Wolking D, Van wormer E, Kazwala R, Ssebide B, Nziza J, Sijali Z, Cranfield M, PREDICT Consortium, Mazet J. Reproduction of East-African bats may guide risk mitigation for coronavirus spillover. 2020. One Health Outlook. 2(2). http://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-019-0008-8

  28. Smiley Evans T, Tutaryebwa T, Gilardi K, Barry P, Marzi A, Berhart M, Ssebide B, Cranfield M, Mugisha O, Mugisha E, Kellermann S, Mazet J, Johnson C. 2018. Suspected exposure to filoviruses among people contacting wildlife in Southwestern Uganda. Journal of Infectious Diseases 218(S5):S277-86. http://doi.org/10.1093/ifdis/jiy251

  29. Kelly T, Karesh W, Johnson C, Gilardi K, Anthony S, Goldstein T, Olson S, Machalaba C, PREDICT Consortium, Mazet J. 2017. One Health proof of concept: Bringing a transdisciplinary approach to surveillance for zoonotic viruses at the human-wild animal interface. Preventive Veterinary Medicine (137):112-118. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.11.023

  30. Smiley Evans T, Lowenstine L, Gilardi K, Barry P, Ssebide B, Kinani JF, Nizeyimana F, Noheri JB, Cranfield M, Mudakikwa A, Goldstein T, Mazet J, Johnson C. 2017. Mountain gorilla lymphocryptovirus has Epstein-Barr virus-like epidemiology and pathology in infants. Scientific Reports (7):5352. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04877-1

  31. Anthony S, Johnson C, Greig D, Kramer S, Che X, Wells H, Hicks A, Joly D, Wolfe N, Daszak P, Karesh W, Lipkin I, Morse S, PREDICT Consortium, Mazet J, Goldstein T. 2017. Global patterns in coronavirus diversity. Virus Evolution 3(1). http://doi.org/10.1093/ve/vex012

  32. Willoughby A, Phelps K, PREDICT Consortium, Olival K. 2017. A comparative analysis of viral richness and viral sharing in cave-roosting bats. Diversity 9(3), 35. http://doi.org/10.3390/d9030035

  33. Smiley Evans T, Gilardi K, Barry P, Ssebide B, Kinani J, Nizeyimana F, Noheri J, Byarugaba D, Mudakikwa A, Cranfield M, Mazet J, Johnson C. 2016. Detection of viruses using discarded plants from wild mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 78:1222-1234. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22576

  34. Smiley Evans T, Barry P, Gilardi K, Goldstein T, Deere J, Fike J, Yee J, Ssebede B, Karmacharya D, Cranfield M, Wolking D, Smith B, Mazet J, Johnson C. 2015. Optimization of a novel non-invasive oral sampling technique for zoonotic pathogen surveillance in nonhuman primates. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9(6): e0003813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003813

  35. Johnson CK, Hitchens PL, Smiley Evans T, Goldstein T, Thomas K, Clements A, Joly D, Wolfe N, Daszak P, Karesh W, Mazet J. 2015. Spillover and pandemic properties of zoonotic viruses with high host plasticity. Scientific Reports (5):14830. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14830

  36. Schwind J, Wolking D, Brownstein J, PREDICT Consortium, Mazet J, Smith W. 2014. Evaluation of local media surveillance for improved disease recognition and monitoring in global hotspot regions. PLOS One 9(10), e110236. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110236

  37. Schwind J, Goldstein T, Thomas K, PREDICT Consortium, Mazet J, Smith W. 2014. Capacity building efforts and perceptions for wildlife surveillance to detect zoonotic pathogens: Comparing stakeholder perspectives. BMC Public Health 14(684). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-684

  38. Smiley T, Spelman L, Lukasik-Braum M, Mukherjee J, Kaufman G, Akiyoshi D, Cranfield M. 2010. Non-invasive saliva collection techniques for free-ranging mountain gorillas and captive eastern gorillas. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 41(2): 201-209. https://doi.org/jstor.org/stable/40665128

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