Cara E. Brook

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 960 citations indexed

About

Cara E. Brook is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Cara E. Brook has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 960 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Infectious Diseases, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Cara E. Brook's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (20 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (8 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers). Cara E. Brook is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (20 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (8 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers). Cara E. Brook collaborates with scholars based in United States, Madagascar and United Kingdom. Cara E. Brook's co-authors include Andrew P. Dobson, Mike Boots, Sarah Guth, Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, Elisa Visher, Jean‐Michel Héraud, Ying Bai, Michael Kosoy, Katharina Dittmar and Lin‐Fa Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Cara E. Brook

32 papers receiving 941 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bats as ‘special’ reservoirs for emerging zoonotic pathogens

2015 324 citations Cara E. Brook, Andrew P. Dobson Trends in Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cara E. Brook United States	16	640	260	235	163	141	34	960
Colleen T. Webb United States	12	693 1.1×	308 1.2×	311 1.3×	130 0.8×	152 1.1×	15	1.2k
Anne Lavergne French Guiana	21	436 0.7×	227 0.9×	372 1.6×	152 0.9×	83 0.6×	73	1.2k
Brian R. Amman United States	20	1.2k 1.8×	290 1.1×	264 1.1×	293 1.8×	54 0.4×	56	1.4k
Beza Ramasindrazana Madagascar	16	359 0.6×	235 0.9×	180 0.8×	77 0.5×	232 1.6×	36	678
Eva R. Kallio Finland	21	863 1.3×	321 1.2×	282 1.2×	149 0.9×	242 1.7×	40	1.4k
Erwan Lagadec France	19	459 0.7×	158 0.6×	211 0.9×	109 0.7×	426 3.0×	44	833
Jordi Serra‐Cobo Spain	18	481 0.8×	266 1.0×	226 1.0×	52 0.3×	90 0.6×	48	905
Andrew C. Breed United Kingdom	20	818 1.3×	293 1.1×	333 1.4×	542 3.3×	67 0.5×	60	1.3k
Jolianne M. Rijks Netherlands	21	791 1.2×	294 1.1×	285 1.2×	378 2.3×	499 3.5×	47	1.5k
Peter Vallo Czechia	15	744 1.2×	403 1.6×	125 0.5×	81 0.5×	55 0.4×	40	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cara E. Brook

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Ranaivoson, Hafaliana Christian, Vololoniaina Raharinosy, Tsiry Hasina Randriambolamanantsoa, et al.. (2025). Genomic characterization of novel bat kobuviruses in Madagascar: Implications for viral evolution and zoonotic risk. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0331736–e0331736.

Randriambolamanantsoa, Tsiry Hasina, Norosoa Harline Razanajatovo, Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, et al.. (2024). Identifying climatic drivers of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) seasonality in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2011–2021: a sentinel surveillance study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e001093–e001093. 1 indexed citations

Kistler, Amy, Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, Vololoniaina Raharinosy, et al.. (2024). Detection, characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of novel astroviruses from endemic Malagasy fruit bats. Virology Journal. 21(1). 195–195. 2 indexed citations

Brook, Cara E., Carly Rozins, Sarah Guth, & Mike Boots. (2023). Reservoir host immunology and life history shape virulence evolution in zoonotic viruses. PLoS Biology. 21(9). e3002268–e3002268. 11 indexed citations

Chia, Wan Ni, Randy Foo, Alison J. Peel, et al.. (2023). Applications of VirScan to broad serological profiling of bat reservoirs for emerging zoonoses. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1212018–1212018. 7 indexed citations

Madera, Sharline, Amy Kistler, Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, et al.. (2022). Discovery and Genomic Characterization of a Novel Henipavirus, Angavokely Virus, from Fruit Bats in Madagascar. Journal of Virology. 96(18). e0092122–e0092122. 44 indexed citations

Jones, Devin N., et al.. (2022). Do gastrointestinal microbiomes play a role in bats’ unique viral hosting capacity?. Trends in Microbiology. 30(7). 632–642. 16 indexed citations

Guth, Sarah, Nardus Mollentze, Daniel G. Streicker, et al.. (2022). Bats host the most virulent—but not the most dangerous—zoonotic viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(14). e2113628119–e2113628119. 37 indexed citations

Guth, Sarah, et al.. (2022). Reproduction, seasonal morphology, and juvenile growth in three Malagasy fruit bats. Journal of Mammalogy. 103(6). 1397–1408. 5 indexed citations

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Guth, Sarah, et al.. (2020). A review of mechanistic models of viral dynamics in bat reservoirs for zoonotic disease. Pathogens and Global Health. 114(8). 407–425. 17 indexed citations

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Brook, Cara E., Mike Boots, Kartik Chandran, et al.. (2020). Accelerated viral dynamics in bat cell lines, with implications for zoonotic emergence. eLife. 9. 87 indexed citations

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Guth, Sarah, et al.. (2020). The zoonotic potential of bat-borne coronaviruses. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences. 4(4). 365–381. 7 indexed citations

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Ranaivoson, Hafaliana Christian, et al.. (2019). Babesial infection in the Madagascan flying fox, Pteropus rufus É. Geoffroy, 1803. Parasites & Vectors. 12(1). 51–51. 16 indexed citations

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Brook, Cara E., Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, Christopher C. Broder, et al.. (2019). Disentangling serology to elucidate henipa‐ and filovirus transmission in Madagascar fruit bats. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88(7). 1001–1016. 35 indexed citations

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Guth, Sarah, Elisa Visher, Mike Boots, & Cara E. Brook. (2019). Host phylogenetic distance drives trends in virus virulence and transmissibility across the animal–human interface. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1782). 20190296–20190296. 52 indexed citations

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Brook, Cara E., Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, Daudet Andriafidison, et al.. (2019). Population trends for two Malagasy fruit bats. Biological Conservation. 234. 165–171. 14 indexed citations

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Brook, Cara E., James P. Herrera, Cortni Borgerson, et al.. (2018). Population viability and harvest sustainability for Madagascar lemurs. Conservation Biology. 33(1). 99–111. 22 indexed citations

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Brook, Cara E., Ying Bai, Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, et al.. (2017). Elucidating transmission dynamics and host-parasite-vector relationships for rodent-borne Bartonella spp. in Madagascar. Epidemics. 20. 56–66. 13 indexed citations

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Brook, Cara E., Roxanne Beauclair, Olina Ngwenya, et al.. (2015). Spatial heterogeneity in projected leprosy trends in India. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 542–542. 22 indexed citations

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Young, Hillary S., Douglas J. McCauley, Rodolfo Dirzo, et al.. (2014). Context‐Dependent Effects of Largewildlife Declines on Small‐Mammal Communities in Central Kenya. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 96(1). 157–160. 15 indexed citations

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