Vanessa O. Ezenwa

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Vanessa O. Ezenwa is a scholar working on Ecology, Infectious Diseases and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa O. Ezenwa has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, 31 papers in Infectious Diseases and 31 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Vanessa O. Ezenwa's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (37 papers), Helminth infection and control (26 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (25 papers). Vanessa O. Ezenwa is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (37 papers), Helminth infection and control (26 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (25 papers). Vanessa O. Ezenwa collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Kenya. Vanessa O. Ezenwa's co-authors include Anna E. Jolles, Gordon Luikart, Elizabeth A. Archie, Rampal S. Etienne, Kimberly VanderWaal, Sonia Altizer, Nicole M. Gerardo, João B. Xavier, David W. Inouye and Mónica Medina and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa O. Ezenwa

111 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Social Organization and Parasite Risk in Mammals: Integra... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Social Organization and Parasite Risk in Mammals: Integrating Theory and Empirical Studies
    2003 577 citations Vanessa O. Ezenwa et al. profile →

Peers

Vanessa O. Ezenwa
Amy B. Pedersen United Kingdom
Andrea L. Graham United States
Lee F. Skerratt Australia
Lynn B. Martin United States
Anna E. Jolles United States
Tony L. Goldberg United States
Dominique Pontier France
Lisa K. Belden United States
Sharon L. Deem United States
Daniel M. Tompkins New Zealand
Amy B. Pedersen United Kingdom
Vanessa O. Ezenwa
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vanessa O. Ezenwa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McIntyre, Jennifer, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Ricardo M. Holdø, et al.. (2025). Disentangling transport and trophic effects of animal movement on environmental parasite abundance. International Journal for Parasitology. 55(13). 673–682.
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McDonough, Molly M., Adam W. Ferguson, Thomas R. Gawriluk, et al.. (2024). Complex tissue regeneration in Lophuromys reveals a phylogenetic signal for enhanced regenerative ability in deomyine rodents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2420726122–e2420726122. 3 indexed citations
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Brown, Bianca R. P., et al.. (2024). Social behaviour mediates the microbiome response to antibiotic treatment in a wild mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2032). 20241756–20241756. 3 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Jason E., Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Thomas A. Morrison, & Ricardo M. Holdø. (2024). Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(7). 625–633. 3 indexed citations
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Seguel, Mauricio, Sarah A. Budischak, Anna E. Jolles, & Vanessa O. Ezenwa. (2022). Helminth‐associated changes in host immune phenotype connect top‐down and bottom‐up interactions during co‐infection. Functional Ecology. 37(4). 860–872. 6 indexed citations
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Budischak, Sarah A., et al.. (2022). Within‐host and external environments differentially shape β‐diversity across parasite life stages. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(3). 665–676. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, Robert, John M. Drake, & Vanessa O. Ezenwa. (2021). Do predators keep prey healthy or make them sicker? A meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters. 25(2). 278–294. 5 indexed citations
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Ezenwa, Vanessa O., Sarah A. Budischak, Peter Buss, et al.. (2021). Natural resistance to worms exacerbates bovine tuberculosis severity independently of worm coinfection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(3). 12 indexed citations
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Gawriluk, Thomas R., et al.. (2020). Complex Tissue Regeneration in Mammals Is Associated With Reduced Inflammatory Cytokines and an Influx of T Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1695–1695. 26 indexed citations
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Seguel, Mauricio, et al.. (2019). Immune stability predicts tuberculosis infection risk in a wild mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1912). 20191401–20191401. 5 indexed citations
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Beechler, Brianna R., Anna E. Jolles, Sarah A. Budischak, et al.. (2017). Host immunity, nutrition and coinfection alter longitudinal infection patterns of schistosomes in a free ranging African buffalo population. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(12). e0006122–e0006122. 24 indexed citations
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Budischak, Sarah A., et al.. (2017). Differential host responses to parasitism shape divergent fitness costs of infection. Functional Ecology. 32(2). 324–333. 47 indexed citations
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Ezenwa, Vanessa O., et al.. (2016). Reciprocal relationships between behaviour and parasites suggest that negative feedback may drive flexibility in male reproductive behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1831). 20160423–20160423. 13 indexed citations
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Ezenwa, Vanessa O. & Anna E. Jolles. (2015). Opposite effects of anthelmintic treatment on microbial infection at individual versus population scales. Science. 347(6218). 175–177. 124 indexed citations
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Worsley‐Tonks, Katherine E. L. & Vanessa O. Ezenwa. (2015). Anthelmintic treatment affects behavioural time allocation in a free-ranging ungulate. Animal Behaviour. 108. 47–54. 13 indexed citations
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Howe, Laryssa, et al.. (2015). Identification of novel Theileria genotypes from Grant's gazelle. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 4(2). 239–243. 8 indexed citations
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Budischak, Sarah A., Anna E. Jolles, & Vanessa O. Ezenwa. (2012). Direct and indirect costs of co-infection in the wild: Linking gastrointestinal parasite communities, host hematology, and immune function. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 1. 2–12. 39 indexed citations
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Luikart, Gordon, et al.. (2008). Candidate gene microsatellite variation is associated with parasitism in wild bighorn sheep. Biology Letters. 4(2). 228–231. 77 indexed citations
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Ezenwa, Vanessa O., et al.. (2007). Land Cover Variation and West Nile Virus Prevalence: Patterns, Processes, and Implications for Disease Control. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 7(2). 173–180. 73 indexed citations
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Ezenwa, Vanessa O.. (2004). Selective Defecation and Selective Foraging: Antiparasite Behavior in Wild Ungulates?. Ethology. 110(11). 851–862. 75 indexed citations

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