Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Zohdy S, Derfus KS, Headrick EG, Mbolatiana TA, Wright PC, Gillespie TR. Small-scale land-use variability affects Anopheles spp. distribution and risk of malaria in rainforest-associated communities in Southeastern Madagascar. (under review)

Zohdy S and Durden L. 2015. A review of ectoparasites in the Cheirogaleidae. In Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar: Biology, Behavior, and Conservation Biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae. Shawn M. Lehman, Ute Radespiel, and Elke Zimmermann (eds), Cambridge University Press.(in press) 

Zohdy S, Grossman M, Fried IR, Rasambainarivo FT, Wright PC, Gillespie TR. 2015. Diversity and Prevalence of Diarrhea-Associated Viruses in the Lemur Community and Associated Human Population of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology. 36(1): 143-153.

Zohdy S, Derfus KS, Mbolatiana TA, Wright PC, Gillespie TR. 2015. Field Evaluation of Synthetic Lure (3-methyl-1-butanol) When Compared to Non Odor-Baited Control in Capturing Anopheles Mosquitoes in Varying Land-Use Sites in Madagascar. Parasites and Vectors. 8(1):145. Highly Accessed and selected as part of the 2015 World Malaria Day collection series

Zohdy S, Gerber B, Tecot S, Blanco MB, Wright PC, and Jernvall J. 2014. Teeth, Sex, and Testosterone: Aging in the world's smallest primate. PLOS ONE. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109528

Zohdy S, Kemp A, Durden L, Wright PC, and Jernvall J. Mapping the Social Network: Tracking Lice in a Wild Primate Population (Microcebus rufus) to Infer Social Contacts and Vector Potential. 2012. BMC Ecology. 12:4. Highly Accessed

Zohdy S. Senescence Ecology: Aging in a Population of Wild Brown Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus rufus). 2012. PhD thesis, University of Helsinki Press. ISBN 978-952-10-7726-5. ISSN 1799-7372.

King SJ, Boyer DM, Tecot S, Zohdy S, Strait SG, Blanco, MB, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Lemur Habitat and Dental Senescence in Ranomafana National Park. 2012. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol 148:2, pp. 228-237.

Wright PC, Erhart EM, Tecot S, Baden AL, Arrigo-Nelson SJ, Herrera J, Morelli TL, Blanco M, Deppe A, Atsalis S, Johnson S, Ratelolahy F, Tan C, and Zohdy S.  Long-Term Lemur Research at Centre Valbio, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. 2012. P.M. Kappeler and D.P. Watts (eds.), Long-Term Field Studies of Primates, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7_4, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Crowley BE, Thorén S, Rasoazanabary E,. Barrett MA, Zohdy S, Blanco MB, McGoogan KC, Arrigo-Nelson SJ, Irwin MT, Vogel ER, Wright PC, Radespiel U, Godfrey LR, Koch PL, and Dominy NJ. Geographic isotopic variation among mouse lemur (Microcebus) populations. 2011. Journal of Biogeography. 38, 2106-2121.

Durden L*, Zohdy S*, and Laakkonen J. 2010. Lice and Ticks of the Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur, Microcebus rufus, with Descriptions of the Male and Third Instar Nymph of Lemurpediculus verruculosus. 2010. Journal of Parasitology.  Vol. 96, No. 5, pp. 874-878.

Zohdy S, Derfus KS, Mbolatiana TA, Wright PC, Gillespie TR. The effect of deforestation and land-use change on mosquito abundance and malaria risk in the southeastern rainforests of Madagascar. (in prep)

* denotes shared authorship

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Zohdy S. A Wild Tale About Old Age. Marie Curie Conference, European Science Open Forum 2008. Barcelona, Spain.

¤ Zohdy, S, Evans, AR, Jernvall, J, Wright, PC.  Greater, Woolly, and Giant: What it Takes for Bears Rodents and Lemurs to Eat Bamboo Prosimians Congress. 2007. Ithala, South Africa.

Zohdy, S, Evans, AR, Jernvall, J, Wright, PC.  Roughing it: What it Takes for Bears, Rodents and Lemurs to Eat Bamboo American Association of Physical Anthropologists. 2008. Cleveland, OH.  American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl  46:228.

King SJ, Zohdy, S, Evans, AR, Godfrey, LR Jernvall J, Wright PC. Senescence in wild lemurs: does it happen? 2008. Cleveland, OH.  American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl  46:228.

Zohdy S, King SJ, Blanco MB, Wright PC, Jernvall, J. Longevity in the Brown Mouse Lemur: Old but not Mousy. 2009. Chicago, IL, USA. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl  48:280.

¤ Tecot S, Zohdy S, King SJ, Jernvall J, Wright PC. Wimpy Males and Formidable Females: Testosterone Levels in Propithecus edwardsi. 2010. Albuquerque, NM, USA. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl  50:251.

Zohdy S, Tecot S, King SJ, Blanco MB, Wright PC, Jernvall, J. Wild Brown Mouse Lemurs Live Long and Propsper. 2010. Albuquerque, NM, USA. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl  50:251.

¤ Zohdy S, Rakotoarinivo TH, Carag J,  Wright PC, Jernvall J. Parasite burden as a tool to assess immunosenescence in wild brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus). 2010. Kyoto, Japan. International Primatological Society Meeting.

Zohdy S, Tecot S, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Assessment of fecal testosterone and cortisol in both sexes of wild brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus). 2011. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl. 144:S52.

¤ Zohdy S, Tecot S, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH) in both sexes of the wild brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus). 2011. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Integr. Comp. Biol. Suppl. 51:E156.

Bunn J, Zohdy S, King S, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Testing for tooth wear resistant measures of diet in primates. 2011. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

¤ Zohdy S, Kemp AD, Durden LA, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Mapping the Social Network: Tracking lice in a wild primate population to infer social contacts and vector potential. 2012. Charleston, SC, USA. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology.

¤ Zohdy S, Tecot S, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH) in both sexes of the wild brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus). 2012. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl. 147(S54):310-311.

Kemp AD, Zohdy S, Jernvall J. Low, sexually-monomorphic digit ratios in a wild strepsirrhine primate (Microcebus rufus). 2012. Portland, Oregon,  USA. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl.

¤ Zohdy S, and Radespiel U. Lifespan and survival in eastern and western mouse lemurs. 2012. Cancun, Mexico. International Primatological Society XXII.

¤Zohdy S, Kemp AD, Durden LA, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Tracking lice in a wild primate population reveals social contacts and vector potential. 2012. Cancun, Mexico. International Primatological Society XXII.

¤ Zohdy S, Kemp AD, Durden LA, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Of Lice and Lemurs: Personality traits and Parasite Dynamics in Wild Brown Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus rufus). 2013. San Francisco, California, USA. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Zohdy S, Fried IR, Wright PC, and Gillespie TR. Detection of Diarrheal Viruses in Humans and Lemurs in Ranomafana, Madagascar. One Health Symposium. Athens, GA, USA. 2013

Zohdy S, Kemp AD, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Lousy personalities: Aggression, testosterone, and ectoparasite dynamics in a population of wild brown mouse lemurs. 2013. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Knoxville, TN, USA.

  ¤ Zohdy S, Fried IR, Wright PC, and Gillespie TR. Detection of Diarrheal Viruses in Humans and Lemurs in Ranomafana, Madagascar. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Austin, TX, USA. 2014 

Zohdy S, Derfus KS, Mbolatiana TA, Wright PC, Gillespie TR. Deforestation and Malaria: A Field Evaluation of a Synthetic Lure to Capture Mosquitoes in Madagascar. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Austin, TX, USA. 2014

  ¤ Zohdy S, Bisanzio D, Wright PC, and Jernvall J. Lousy Personalities: Effects of Personality and Hormones on Parasitism in Wild Brown Mouse Lemurs. 2014. Hanoi, Vietnam. International Primatological Society XXIII.

 Headrick E, Rist C, Zohdy S, Wright PC, and Gillespie TR. Factors Affecting Community Health Volunteer Utilization Around Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. 2014. Washington D.C., USA. 5th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health.

Rist C, Headrick E, Zohdy S, Wright PC, and Gillespie TR. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Health : A Cross-Sectional Cluster Sample Survey Examining Health Risks at the Human-Animal Interface in Madagascar. 2014. Washington D.C., USA. 5th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health.

Zohdy S, Schotte M. Rediscovery of Cirolana poissoni in southwestern Madagascar, with notes on feeding ecology. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Portland, OR, USA 2016.