Gillespie Lab|Publications

Adding New publications Oct. 25, 2012

50. Zommers Z, Macdonald DW, Johnson PJ, Gillespie TR* 2012. Impact of human activities on chimpanzee ground use and parasitism (Pan troglodytes). Conservation Letters. In Press. pdf coming soon

49. Salzer JS, DS Carroll, IB Rwego, E Falendysz, JL Shisler, K Karem, IK Damon, TR Gillespie. 2012. Serologic Evidence for Multiple Genera of Poxviruses Circulating in the Peridomestic Rodent Population in Western Uganda. Journal of Wildlife Disease. In Press. pdf coming soon

48. Schaumburg F, Mugisha L, Peck B, Becker K, Gillespie TR, Peters G, Leendertz FH. 2012. Drug-resistant human Staphylococcus aureus in sanctuary apes pose a threat to endangered wild ape populations. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22067. view pdf

47. Salyer SJ, Gillespie TR, Rwego IB, Chapman CA, Goldberg TL 2012. Epidemiology and molecular ecology of Cryptosporidium spp. in people, primates, and livestock from western Uganda. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 6(4):e1597. view pdf

46. Calvignac-Spencer S, Leendertz SA, Gillespie TR, Leendertz FH. 2012. Wild great apes as sentinels and sources of infectious disease. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 18(6):521-7. view pdf

45. Gillespie, T.R. 2011. Habitat Fragmentation and Species Barriers. In Lief Norrgren and Jeffrey M Levengood (Ed.), Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture. Baltic University Press, Upsala. pdf coming soon

44. De Angelo, T.R. Gillespie, P. Wright, A. Rakotonavalon. 2011. El impacto de los factores de estres en tiempo real sobre la resiliencia en el largo plazo en ambientes de bosques lluviosos tropicales: conclusiones de un simposio. Ecosistemas, 20:138-139. pdf coming soon

43. Gillespie T.R. (In Press) Parasitic Threats to the Great Apes. In: Health Guidelines for the Great Apes.  Leendertz FH (ed).  IUCN. Switzerland.  pdf coming soon

42. Kaiser M, Löwa A, Ulrich M, Ellerbrok H, Goffe AS, Blasse A, Zommers Z, Couacy-Hymann E, Babweteera F, Metzger S, Gillespie TR, Leendertz  FH. (2010). Wild chimpanzees are infected with 5 plasmodium species. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 6:1956-1969. view pdf

41. Howells ME, Pruetz J, Gillespie TR (2011). Patterns of gastro-intestinal commensals and parasites as an index of population and ecosystem health: the case of sympatric western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) and guinea baboons (Papio hamadryas papio) at Fongoli, Senegal.  American Journal of Primatology. 73:173-179. view pdf

40. Kowalewski, M., J.S. Salzer, J.C. Deutsch, M. Rano, M.S. Kuhlenschmidt, and T.R. Gillespie. (2011) Black and Gold Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya) as Sentinels of Ecosystem Health: Patterns of Zoonotic Protozoa Infection Relative to Degree of Human–Primate Contact.  American Journal of Primatology 73:75-83. view pdf

39. Gillespie T.R., E.V. Lonsdorf, E.P. Canfield, D.J. Meyer, Y Nadler, J Raphael, A.E. Pusey, J Pond, J Pauley, T Mlengeya, and D.A. Travis. (2010) Demographic and Ecological Effects on Patterns of Parasitism in Eastern Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 143:534-544. view pdf

38. Leendertz FH, Gillespie TR. 2010. Origins and Persistance of Human Malarias: Context Matters. Comment in PLOS Pathogens regarding article, "On the Diversity of Malaria Parasites in African Apes and the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos." view pdf

37. Leendertz FH, Gillespie TR, Cameron K, and Reed P.  (2010).  Pathogenic Threats to Gorilla Conservation. In Nellman C., I. Redmond, J. Refisch (eds.). The Last Stand of the Gorilla: A Rapid Response Assessment. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Nairobi. view pdf

36. Gillespie T.R. (2010) Beyond Competition and Predation: Infectious Disease as a Selective Force in Primate Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution.  Evolutionary Anthropology.  view pdf

35. Gillespie TR. (2010). Primate Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships [Review of the book “Primate Parasite Ecology”]. American Journal of Human Biology 22:425-426. view pdf

34. Johnston A., T.R. Gillespie, I.B. Rwego, T.L Tranby, A.D. Kent, and T.L. Goldberg. (2010) Molecular epidemiology of cross-species Giardia duodenalis transmission in western Uganda. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. view pdf

33. Gillespie, T.R., D. Morgan, J.C. Deutsch, M.S. Kuhlenschmidt, J.S. Salzer, K. Cameron, T Reed, and C. Sanz. ( 2009) A legacy of low impact logging does not elevate prevalence of potentially pathogenic protozoa in free-ranging chimpanzees and lowland gorillas in the Republic of Congo.  EcoHealth. 6:557-564. view pdf

32. Rwego, I. B., Isabirye-Basuta, G., Gillespie, T. R., Goldberg, T. L. (2009). Bacterial exchange between Gorillas, Humans and Livestock in Bwindi. Gorilla Journal 38, 16-18. view pdf

31. Rwego IB, Gillespie TR, Goldberg TL. (2009). Pathogen Transmission between primates and humans. In Kalipeni, E. Kakoma, I. Sanogo, Y. O. Fawcett, K. and Warner, R. E. (Eds), Turning Science into Action: Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resources Management in Africa. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. view pdf

30. Kowaleswski, M., and T.R. Gillespie. (2009)  Ecological & anthropogenic influences on patterns of parasitism in free-ranging primates: a meta-analysis of the genus Alouatta. In: P. Garber, A. Estrada, J.C. Bicca-Marques, E. Heymann, amd K. Strier (Eds.). South American Primates:  Testing New Theories in the Study of Primate Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. New York: Springer Press. Pp 433-461. view pdf

29 Gillespie, T.R., C.L Nunn, and F.H. Leendertz. (2008)  Integrative approaches to the study of primate infectious disease: implications for biodiversity conservation and global health. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 51:53-69 view pdf

28. Gillespie, T.R. and C.A. Chapman. (2008) Forest fragmentation, the decline of an endangered primate, and changes in host-parasite interactions relative to an unfragmented forest. American Journal of Primatology. 70:222-230. view pdf

27. Goldberg TL, T.R. Gillespie, I.B. Rwego, E.L. Estoff., and C.A. Chapman. (2008) Forest fragmentation as cause of bacterial trasmission among nonhuman primates, humans, and livestock, Uganda. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14(9):1375-1382. view pdf

26. Rwego, I.B., T.R. Gillespie, G. Isabirye-Basuta, and T.L. Goldberg. (2008) High rates of Escherichia coli transmission between livestock and humans in rural Uganda. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46(10): 3187-3191. view pdf

25..Rwego, I.B., G. Isabirye-Basuta, T.R. Gillespie, and T.L. Goldberg. (2008) Gastrointestinal bacterial transmission among humans, mountain gorillas, and domestic livestock in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Conservation Biology.view pdf

24. Bezjian, M., T.R. Gillespie, C.A. Chapman, and E.C. Greiner.(2008) Gastrointestinal parasites of forest baboons, Papio anubis, in Kibale National Park, Uganda.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 44(4): 878-887. view pdf

23. Hasegawa, H., E.C. Greiner, and T.R. Gillespie. (2008) Morphology of Enterobius (Colobenterobius) Colobis Vuylsteke, 1964 (Nematoda: Oxyuridae: Enterobiinae) collected from an ashy red colobus, Procolobus rufomitratus trphrosceles (Elliot, 1907) (Primates: Cercopithecidae: Colobinae) in Uganda. Journal of Parasitology. 94(5): 1082-1086 view pdf

22. Goldberg, T.L., T.R. Gillespie, and I.B. Rwego. (2008) Health and disease in the people, primates, and domestic animals of Kibale National Park: Implications for conservation. In: R. Wrangham (Ed.). Kibale Forest: A Model For Exploring the Relationship Between Long Term Research and Conservation. Cambridge: Cambridge Unviersity Press.Pp 75-86. view pdf

21.Gillespie, T.R.  (2008) 98% Human, 91% Extinct. Conservation Biology, 22:224-225. view pdf

20.Salzer, J.S., I.B. Rwego, T.L. Goldberg, M.S. Kuhlenschmidt, and T.R. Gillespie. (2007) Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. infections in primates in fragmented and undisturbed forest in western Uganda. Journal of Parasitology. 93(2):439-440. view pdf

19. Goldberg TL, T.R. Gillespie, et al. (2007) Patterns of gastrointestinal bacterial exchange between chimpanzees and humans involved in research and tourism in western Uganda.  Biological Conservation. 135:527-533.view pdf

18. Chapman, C.A., L. Naughton-Treves, M.J. Lawes, M.D. Wasserman, and T.R. Gillespie. (2007)  The conservation value of forest fragments: explanations for population decline of the colobus of western Uganda. International Journal of Primatology. 28(3):513-528. view pdf

17. Gillespie, T.R. and C.A. Chapman.(2006) Prediction of parasite infection dynamics in primate metapopulations based on attributes of forest fragmentation. Conservation Biology. 20:441–448.view pdf

16. Gillespie, T.R. (2006) Non-invasive assessment of gastro-intestinal parasite infections in free-ranging primates. International Journal of Primatology 27:1129-1143. view pdf

15. Goldberg, T.L., T.R.Gillespie, and R.S. Singer. (2006) Optimization of analytic parameters for inferring relationships among Esherichia coli isolates from repetitive-element PCR by maximizing correspondence with multilocus sequence typing data. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(9):6049-6052. view pdf

14. Chapman, C.A., M.D. Wasserman, T.R. Gillespie, M.L. Speirs, M.J. Lawes, and T.E. Ziegler.(2006) Do nutrition, parasitism, and stress have synergistic effects on red colobus populations living in forest fragments? American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 131: 525-534. view pdf

13. Goldberg, T.L., T.R. Gillespie, I.B. Rwego, and C. Kaganzi.(2006) Killing of a Pearl Spotted Owl (Galucidium perlatum) by male red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in a forest fragment near Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology. 68:1007-1011. view pdf

12. Chapman, C.A., T.R. Gillespie, M. Speirs, T. Holland, and K. Austad. (2006)  Life on the edge: A comparison of primate gastrointestinal parasites from forest edge and interior groups.  American Journal of Primatology. 68:397–409. view pdf

11. Chapman, C.A., M.D. Wasserman, and T.R. Gillespie.(2006) Behavioural patterns of colobus in logged and unlogged forests: The conservation value of harvested forests. In: V. Reynolds, H. Notman, and N. Newton-Fisher (Eds.), Primates of Uganda (pp 373-390). New York: Springer. view pdf

10. Gillespie, T.R., C.A. Chapman, and E.C. Greiner. (2005) Effects of logging on gastrointestinal parasite infections and infection risk in African primate populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:699-707. view pdf

9. Gillespie, T.R., E.C. Greiner, and C.A. Chapman. (2005) Gastrointestinal parasites of the colobus monkeys of Uganda. Journal of Parasitology 91:569-573. view pdf

8. Chapman, C.A., T.R. Gillespie, and T.L. Goldberg. (2005) Primates and the ecology or their infectious diseases: how will anthropogenic change affect host-parasite interactions? Evolutionary Anthropology 14:134–144. view pdf

7. Chapman, C.A., T.R. Gillespie, and M. Speirs. (2005) Parasite prevalence and richness in sympatric colobines: effects of host density. American Journal of Primatology 67:259-266. view pdf

6. Gillespie, T.R., E.C. Greiner , and C.A. Chapman. (2004) Gastrointestinal parasites of the guenons of western Uganda. Journal of Parasitology 90: 1356-1360. view pdf

5. Chapman, C.A., M.J. Lawes , L. Naughton-Treves , and T.R. Gillespie . (2003) Primate survival in community-owned forest fragments: Are metapopulation models useful amidst intensive use? In: L.K. Marsh (Ed.), Primates in Fragments: Ecology and Conservation. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. view pdf

4. Chapman, C.A., L.J. Chapman , and T.R. Gillespie . (2002) Scale issues in the study of primate foraging: red colobus of Kibale National Park. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 117: 349-363. view pdf

3. Gillespie, T.R., and C.A.Chapman. (2001) Determinants of group size in the red colobus monkey (Procolobus badius): An evaluation of the generality of the ecological-constraints model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50:329-338. view pdf

2. Chapman, C.A., S.R. Balcomb, T.R. Gillespie, J.P. Skorupa, and T.T. Struhsaker. (2000) Long-term effects of logging on primates in Kibale National Park, Uganda: A 28 year comparison. Conservation Biology 14:207-217. view pdf

1. Hodges, B.L., M.J. Gagnon, T.R. Gillespie, J.R. Breneisen, D.F. O'Leary, S. Hara, and R.M. Quock.(1994) Antagonism of nitrous oxide antinociception in the rat hot plate test by site-specific n- and e- opioid  receptor blockade. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 269: 596-600. view pdf