Publications

Price, S.J., Leung, W.T.M., Owen, O.J., Puschendorf, R., Sergeant, C., Cunngingham, A.A., Balloux, B., Garner, T.W.J. and Nichols, R.A., 2019. Effects of historic and projected climate change on the range and impacts of an emerging wildlife disease. Glob Change Biol. 25(8): 2648-2660. doi:10.1111/gcb.14651

Seilern-Moy, K., Fernandez, J.R., Macgregor, S.K., John, S.K., Linton, C., Cunningham, A.A. and Lawson, B., 2019. Fatal phaeohyphomycosis due to Exophiala sp. infection in a free-living common toad Bufo bufo. Dis Aquat Org. 7;133(1):19-24.  doi:10.3354/dao03341

Cunningham, A.A., Smith, F., McKinley, T.J., Perkins, M., Fitzpatrick, L.D., Wright, O.W. and Lawson, B., 2019. Apparent absence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in wild urodeles in the United Kingdom. Sci Rep 9:2831. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-39338-4

Franklinos, L.H.V., Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez, J., Hydeskov, H.B., Hopkins, K.P., Everest, D.J., Cunningham, A.A. and Lawson, B., 2018. Herpesvirus skin disease in free-living common frogs Rana temporariain Great Britain. Dis Aquat Org 129: 239–244. doi:10.3354/dao03246

Price S.J., Wadia A., Wright O.N., Leung W.T.M., Cunningham A.A. and Lawson B., 2017. Screening of a long-term sample set reveals two Ranavirus lineages in British herpetofauna. PLoS ONE 12(9), p.e0184768. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184768

Hudson, M.A., Young, R.P., Lopez, J., Martin, L., Fenton, C., McCrea, R., Griffiths, R.A., Adams, S-L., Gray, G., Garcia, G. and Cunningham, A.A., 2016. In-situ itraconazole treatment improves survival rate during an amphibian chytridiomycosis epidemic. Biological Conservation 195, pp.37-45. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.041

Price, S.J., Garner, T.W.J., Cunningham, A.A., Langton, T.E.S. and Nichols, R.A., 2016. Reconstructing the emergence of a lethal infectious disease of wildlife supports a key role for spread through translocations by humans. In Proc. R. Soc. B 283(1839), p. 20160952. The Royal Society. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0952

Duffus, A.L.J. and Cunningham, A.A., 2010. Major disease threats to European amphibians, The Herpetological Journal 20(3), pp.117-127. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bhs/thj/2010/00000020/00000003/art00002

González-Hernández, M., Denoël, M., Duffus, A.J.L., Garner, T.W.J., Cunningham, A.A. and Acevedo-Whitehouse, K., 2010. Dermocystid infection and associated skin lesions in free-living palmate newts (Lissotriton helveticus) from Southern France. Parasitology International 59(3), pp.344–350. doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2010.04.006

Teacher, A.G.F., Cunningham, A.A. and Garner, T.W.J., 2010. Assessing the long-term impact of Ranavirus infection in wild common frog populations. Animal Conservation 13(5), pp.514-522. doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00373.x

Garner, T.W.J., Perkins, M., Govindarajulu, P., Seglie, D., Walker, S.J., Cunningham, A.A. and Fisher, M.C., 2006. The emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis globally infects introduced populations of the North American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus. Biology Letters 2(3), pp.455-459. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0494

Cunningham, A.A., Garner, T.W.J., Aguilar-Sanchez, V., Banks, B., Foster, J., Sainsbury, A.W., Perkins, M., Walker, S.F., Hyatt, A.D. and Fisher, M.C., 2005. Emergence of amphibian chytridiomycosis in Britain. Veterinary Record 157(13), pp.386-387. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04263.x

Daszak, P, Cunningham, A. A. and Hyatt, A. D., 2003. Infectious disease and amphibian population declines, Diversity and Distributions 9(2), pp.141–150. doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00016.x

Pascolini, R., Daszak, P., Cunningham, A.A., Tei, S., Vagnetti, D., Bucci, S., Fagotti, A. and Di Rosa, I., 2003. Parasitism by Dermocystidium ranae in a population of Rana esculenta complex in Central Italy and description of Amphibiocystidium n. gen. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 56(1), pp.65-74. doi:10.3354/dao056065

Hyatt, A.D., Gould, A.R., Zupanovic, Z., Cunningham, A.A., Hengstberger, S., Whittington, R.J. and Coupar, B.E.H., 2000. Characterisation of piscine and amphibian iridoviruses. Archives of Virology 145(2), pp.301-331. doi.org/10.1007/s007050050025

Berger, L., Speare, R., Daszak, P., Greene, D.E., Cunningham, A.A., Goggin, C.L., Slocombe, R., Ragan, M.A., Hyatt, A.D., McDonald, K.R., Hines, H.B., Lips, K.R., Marantelli, G. and Parkes, H., 1998. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95(15), pp.9031-9036. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.15.9031

Folly, A.J., Sewgobind, S., Hernández‐Triana, L.M., Mansfield, K.L., Lean, F.Z., Lawson, B., Seilern‐Moy, K., Cunningham, A.A., Spiro, S., Wrigglesworth, E. and Pearce‐Kelly, P., 2022. Evidence for overwintering and autochthonous transmission of Usutu virus to wild birds following its redetection in the United Kingdom. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14738

Hanmer, H.J., Cunningham, A.A., John, S.K., Magregor, S.K., Robinson, R.A., Seilern-Moy, K., Siriwardena, G.M. and Lawson, B., 2022. Habitat-use influences severe disease-mediated population declines in two of the most common garden bird species in Great Britain. Scientific reports, 12(1), pp.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18880-8

Lawson, B., Robinson, R.A., Briscoe, A.G., Cunningham, A.A., Fooks, A.R., Heaver, J.P., Hernández-Triana, L.M., John, S.K., Johnson, N., Johnston, C. and Lean, F.Z. (2022) Combining host and vector data informs emergence and potential impact of an Usutu virus outbreak in UK wild birds. Scientific reports, 12,10298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13258-2

Duff, J. P., Richey, M., Holmes, J. P., Bianco, C., Duff, K. P., Lawson, B. (2020) Suspected collision trauma deaths in pied wagtails. Veterinary Record 186, 18:609-610. doi: 10.1136/vr.m2272

Folly, A. J., Lawson B., Lean, F. Z. X., McCracken, F., Spiro, S., John, S. K., Heaver, J. P., Seilern-Moy, K., Masters, N., Hernández-Triana, L. M., Phipps, L. P., Nuñez, A., Fooks, A. R., Cunningham, A. A., Johnson, N., McElhinney, L. M. (2020) Detection of Usutu virus infection in wild birds in the United Kingdom, 2020. Eurosurveillance 25(41). doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.41.2001732

Lawson, B., Robinson, R.A., Parmar, M., Killick, R., Cunningham, A.A., MacDonald, S.J. (2020) Aflatoxin and ochratoxin A residues in supplementary foods used for wild birds. Science of The Total Environment 731:138851. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138851

Alrefaei, A.F., Low, R., Hal,l N., Jardim, R., Dávila, A., Gerhold, R., John, S., Steinbiss, S., Cunningham, A.A., Lawson, B., Bell, D. (2019) Multilocus Analysis Resolves the European Finch Epidemic Strain of Trichomonas gallinae and Suggests Introgression from Divergent Trichomonads. Genome Biol Evol 11(8):2391-402. doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz164

Wilkinson, V., Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez, J., Núñez, A., Macgregor, S.K., John, S.K., Dallman, T.J., Cunningham, A.A., de Pinna, E.M., Lawson, B. (2019) Novel Salmonella Variant Associated with Mortality in Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major). J Wildl Dis. In-Press. https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-08-191 

Lawson, B., Robinson, R.A., Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez, J., John, S.K., Benitez, L., Tolf, C., Risely, K., Toms, M.P., Cunningham, A.A., Williams, R.A.J. (2018) Spatio-temporal dynamics and aetiology of proliferative leg skin lesions in wild British finches. Sci. Rep. 8:14760. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32255-y

Fogell, D.J., Martin, R.O., Bunbury, N., Lawson, B., Sells, J., McKeand, A.M., Tatayah, V., Trung, C.T., Groombridge, J.J. (2018) Trade and conservation implications of new beak and feather disease virus detection in native and introduced parrots. Conserv. Biol. 0:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13214

Lawson, B., Robinson, R.A., Toms, M.P., Risely, K., MacDonald, S., Cunningham, A.A., 2018. Health hazards to wild birds and risk factors associated with anthropogenic food provisioning. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 373 20170091. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0091

Zu Ermgassen, E.K., Durrant, C., John, S., Gardiner, R., Alrefaei, A.F., Cunningham, A.A., Lawson, B.,2016. Detection of the European epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae in finches, but not other non-columbiformes, in the absence of macroscopic disease. Parasitology 143(10), pp.1294-300. doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016000780

Mather, A.E., Lawson, B., de Pinna, E., Wigley, P., Parkhill, J., Thomson, N.R., Page, A.J., Holmes, M.A. and Paterson, G.K., 2016. Genomic analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from wild passerines in England and Wales. Applied and environmental microbiology, 82(22), pp.6728-6735. doi:10.1128/AEM.01660-16

Lawson, B., Duff, P., Beckmann, K.M., Chantrey, J., Peck, K.M., Irvine, R.M., Robinson, R.A. and Cunningham, A.A., 2015. Drowning is an apparent and unexpected recurrent cause of mass mortality of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Sci Rep 5: 17020. doi:10.1038/srep17020

McBurney, S., Kelly-Clark, W.K., Forzán, M.J., Lawson, B., Tyler, K.M. and Greenwood, S.J., 2015. Molecular characterization of Trichomonas gallinae isolates recovered from the Canadian Maritime provinces’ wild avifauna reveals the presence of the genotype responsible for the European finch trichomonosis epidemic and additional strains. Parasitology 142(8), pp.1053-62. doi.org/10.1017/S0031182015000281

Lawson, B., Dastjerdi, A., Shah, S., Everest, D., Núñez, A., Pocknell, A., Hicks, D., Horton, D.L., Cunningham, A.A. and Irvine, R.M., 2015. Mortality associated with avian reovirus infection in a free-living magpie (Pica pica) in Great Britain. BMC veterinary research, 11(1), p.20. doi:10.1186/s12917-015-0329-5

Gourlay, P., Decros, A., Moinet, A., Lambert, O., Lawson, B., Beaudeau, F., Assié, S., 2014. The potential capacity of French wildlife centres for  wild bird disease surveillance. European Journal of Wildlife Research 6(60), pp.865-873. doi:10.1007/s10344-014-0853-9

Beckmann, K.M., Borel, N., Pocknell, A.M., Dagleish, M.P., Sachse, A., Cunningham, John, S.K., Popischil, A., Cunningham, A.A., Lawson, B., John, S.K., 2014. Chlamydiosis in British garden birds (2005-2011): retrospective diagnosis and Chlamydia psittaci genotype determination. Ecohealth 11(4), pp.544–563. doi:10.1007/s10393-014-0951-x

Lawson, B., de Pinna, E., Horton, R.A., Macgregor, S.K., John, S.K., Chantrey, J., Duff, J.P., Kirkwood, J.K., Simpson, V.R., Robinson, R.A., Wain, J. and Cunningham, A. A., 2014. Epidemiological evidence that garden birds are a source of human salmonellosis in England and Wales. PLoS ONE 9(2), p.e88968. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088968

Ganas, P., Jaskulska, B., Lawson, B., Zadravec, M., Hess, M. and Bilic, I., 2014. Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinae isolates circulating in European finches. Parasitology, 141(5), pp.652-661. doi:10.1017/S0031182013002023

Sa, R.C., Cunningham, A.A., Dagleish, M.P., Wheelhouse, N., Pocknell, A., Borel, N., Peck, H.L. and Lawson, B., 2014. Psittacine beak and feather disease in a free-living ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in Great Britain. European journal of wildlife research, 60(2), pp.395-398. doi.org/10.1007/s10344-013-0792-x

Chi, J.F., Lawson, B., Durrant, C., Beckmann, K., John, S., Alrefaei, A.F., Kirkbride, K., Bell, D.J., Cunningham, A.A. and Tyler, K.M., 2013. The finch epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae is predominant in British non-passerines, Parasitology 140(10), pp.1234-45. doi:10.1017/S0031182013000930 

Blackburn, T.M., Monroe, M.J., Lawson, B., Cassey, P. and Ewen, J. G., 2013. Body size changes in passerine birds introduced to New Zealand from the UK. NeoBiota 17, p.1. doi:10.3897/neobiota.7.4841

Horton, D.L., Lawson, B., Egbetade, A., Jeffries, C., Johnson, N., Cunningham, A.A. and Fooks, A.R., 2013. Targeted surveillance for Usutu virus in British birds (2005–2011). Vet Rec. 172(1), p.17. dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.101275

Lawson, B., Lachish, S., Colvile, K.M., Durrant, C., Peck, K.M., Toms, M.P., Sheldon, B.C. and Cunningham, A.A., 2012. Emergence of a novel avian pox disease in British tit species. PLOS ONE 7(11), p.e40176. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040176

Lachish, S., Lawson, B., Cunningham, A.A. and Sheldon, B.C., 2012. Epidemiology of the emergent disease Paridae pox in an intensively studied wild bird population. PLOS ONE 7(11), p.e38316. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038316

Lachish, S., Bonsall, M.B., Lawson, B., Cunningham, A.A. and Sheldon, B.C., 2012. Individual and population-level impacts of an emerging poxvirus disease in a wild population of great tits. PLOS ONE 7(11), p.e48545. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048545

Lawson, B., Robinson, R.A., Colvile, K.M., Peck, K.M., Chantrey, J., Pennycott, T.W., Simpson, V.R., Toms, M.P. and Cunningham, A.A., 2012. The emergence and spread of finch trichomonosis in the British Isles. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 367(1604), pp.2852-2863. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0130 

Colvile, K.M., Lawson, B., Pocknell, A.M., Dagleish, M.P., John, S.K. and Cunningham, A.A., 2012. Chlamydiosis in British songbirds. Veterinary Record, 171(7), pp.177-177. dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.100506

Lawson, B., Robinson, R.A., Neimanis, A., Handeland, K., Isomursu, M., Agren, E.O., Hamnes, I.S., Tyler, K.M., Chantrey, J., Hughes, L.A., Pennycott, T.W., Simpson, V.R., John, S.K., Peck, K.M., Toms, M.P., Bennett, M., Kirkwood, J.K., Cunningham, A.A., 2011. Evidence of spread of the emerging infectious disease finch trichomonosis, by migrating birds. Ecohealth 8(2), pp.143-153. doi:10.1007/s10393-011-0696-8

Lawson, B., Cunningham, A.A., Chantrey, J., Hughes, L.A., John, S.K., Bunbury, N., Bell, D.J. and Tyler, K.M., 2011. A clonal strain of Trichomonas gallinae is the aetiologic agent of an emerging avian epidemic disease. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 11(7), pp.1638-1645. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2011.06.007

Lawson, B., Hughes, L.A., Peters, T., de Pinna, E., John, S.K., Macgregor, S.K. and Cunningham, A.A., 2011. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis supports the presence of host-adapted Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhimurium strains in the British garden bird population. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77(22), pp.8139-8144. doi:10.1128/AEM.00131-11

Lawson, B., Malnick, H., Pennycott, T.W., Macgregor, S.K., John, S.K., Duncan, G., Hughes, L.A., Chantrey, J. and Cunningham, A.A., 2011. Acute necrotising pneumonitis associated with Suttonella ornithocola infection in tits (Paridae). The Veterinary Journal, 188(1), pp.96-100. doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.03.010

Lawson, B., Howard, T., Kirkwood, J.K., Macgregor, S.K., Perkins, M., Robinson, R.A., Ward, L.W. and Cunningham, A.A. (2010) The epidemiology of salmonellosis in garden birds in England and Wales, 1993 to 2003. Ecohealth 7(3), pp.294-306. doi.org/10.1007/s10393-010-0349-3

Robinson, R.A., Lawson, B., Toms, M.P., Peck, K.M., Kirkwood, J.K., Chantrey, J.,  Clatworthy, I.R.,  Evans, A.D., Hughes, L.A., Hutchinson, O.C., John, S.K., Pennycott, T.W., Perkins, M.W.,  Rowley, P.S.,  Simpson, V.R.,  Tyler, K.M., and  Cunningham, A.A. (2010) Emerging infectious disease leads to rapid population declines of common British birds. PLOS ONE 5(8), p.e12215. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012215

Hughes, L.A., Shopland, S., Wigley, P., Bradon, H., Leatherbarrow, A.H., Williams, N.J., Bennett, M., DePinna, E., Lawson, B., Cunningham, A.A. and Chantrey, J. (2008) Characterisation of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium isolates from wild birds in northern England from 2005-2006. BMC Veterinary Research 4(1), p.4. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-4

Lawson, B., Cunningham, A., Chantrey, J., Hughes, L., Kirkwood, J., Pennycott, T. and Simpson, V., 2006. Epidemic finch mortality. The Veterinary record, 159(11), p.367. doi.org/10.1136/vr.159.11.367-a

Lawson, B., MacDonald, S., Howard, T., Macgregor, S.K. and Cunningham, A.A., 2006. Exposure of garden birds to aflatoxins in Britain. Science of the total environment, 361(1), pp.124-131. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.074

Pennycott, T., Lawson, B., Cunningham, A., Simpson, V. and Chantrey, J., 2005. Necrotic ingluvitis in wild finches. Veterinary Record 157(12), p. 360. dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.157.12.360