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Bats, Biosafety, Conservation, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Zoonoses

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Employment (3)

Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) : Bangkok, TH

2020 to present | Biosafety Consultant
Employment
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Tom Hughes

Conservation Medicine: Sungai Buloh, MY

2013 to present | Founder / Director
Employment
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Tom Hughes

EcoHealth Alliance: Sungai Buloh, MY

2005 to present | Senior Fellow and Malaysia Project Coordinator
Employment
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Tom Hughes

Professional activities (1)

Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU): Bangkok, TH

2016 to present
Invited position
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Tom Hughes

Works (31)

URSID γ-HERPESVIRUS TYPE 1-RELATED VIRUS IN CAPTIVE BORNEAN SUN BEARS (<i>HELARCTOS MALAYANUS EURYSPILUS</i>) IN SABAH, MALAYSIA

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Zeid, Zahidah, I; Hughes, Tom; Lee, Mei-Ho; Lee, Jimmy; Tarmizi, Reza; Opook, Fernandes; Japrin, Alexter; Azian, Mohamed S. M.; Wazlan, Muhammad Y.; Aziz, Nor A. et al.
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Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Grange, Zoe L.; Goldstein, Tracey; Johnson, Christine K.; Anthony, Simon; Gilardi, Kirsten; Daszak, Peter; Olival, Kevin J.; O'Rourke, Tammie; Murray, Suzan; Olson, Sarah H. et al.
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The first reported cases of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus infectious haemorrhagic disease in Malaysia: case report

Virology Journal
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Lee, Mei-Ho; Nathan, Senthilvel K. S. S.; Benedict, Laura; Nagalingam, Pakeeyaraj; Latimer, Erin; Hughes, Tom; Ramirez, Diana; Abd Sukor, Jum Rafiah
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Socializing One Health: an innovative strategy to investigate social and behavioral risks of emerging viral threats

One Health Outlook
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2524-4655
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Tom Hughes
grade
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No evidence of coronaviruses or other potentially zoonotic viruses in Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) entering the wildlife trade via Malaysia

Ecohealth
2020 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Can the Health Implications of Land-use Change Drive Sustainability?

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Tom Hughes
grade
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Diagnosis of spotted fever group Rickettsia infections: the Asian perspective

Epidemiology & Infection
2019 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Distribution and ecological drivers of spotted fever group Rickettsia in Asia

EcoHealth
2019 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Land- use Change Impacts of Malaria in Southeast Asia

APHA's 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo (Nov. 2-Nov. 6)
2019 | Conference paper
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Tom Hughes

Serological evidence of exposure to filoviruses and henipaviruses in wildlife, Malaysia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2019 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Spotted fever rickettsiosis in a wildlife researcher in Sabah, Malaysia: a case study

Tropical medicine and infectious disease
2018 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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A comparative analysis of viral richness and viral sharing in cave-roosting bats

Diversity
2017 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Global patterns in coronavirus diversity

Virus evolution
2017 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

One Health proof of concept: Bringing a transdisciplinary approach to surveillance for zoonotic viruses at the human-wild animal interface

Preventive veterinary medicine
2017 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Macacine Herpesvirus 1 in Long-Tailed Macaques, Malaysia, 2009--2011

Emerging Infectious Disease.
2015 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Molecular evidence of Ebola Reston virus infection in Philippine bats

Virology journal
2015 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Capacity building efforts and perceptions for wildlife surveillance to detect zoonotic pathogens: comparing stakeholder perspectives

BMC Public Health
2014 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Foraging behaviour and landscape utilisation by the endangered golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), the Philippines

PLoS One
2013 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Risk factors for Nipah virus infection among pteropid bats, Peninsular Malaysia

Emerging infectious diseases
2013 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Agricultural intensification, priming for persistence and the emergence of Nipah virus: a lethal bat-borne zoonosis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface
2011 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Evidence for Nipah virus recrudescence and serological patterns of captive Pteropus vampyrus

Epidemiology and Infection
2011 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Pteropid bats are confirmed as the reservoir hosts of henipaviruses: a comprehensive experimental study of virus transmission

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
2011 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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Characterization of Nipah virus from naturally infected Pteropus vampyrus bats, Malaysia

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2010 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Pteropus vampyrus, a hunted migratory species with a multinational home-range and a need for regional management

Journal of Applied Ecology
2009 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes
grade
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The Bat Fauna (Mammilla Chiroptera) of Palau Perhentian, Peninsular Malaysia

MALAYAN NATURE JOURNAL
2009 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Emerging viruses -- coming in on a wrinkled wing and a prayer

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2007 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Emerging viruses: Coming in on a wrinkled wing and a prayer

Clinical Infectious Diseases
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Halpin, Kim; Hyatt, Alexander D.; Plowright, Raina K.; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Daszak, Peter; Field, Hume E.; Wang, Linfa; Daniels, Peter W.
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DISEASE ECOLOGY: COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND PATHOGEN DYNAMICS. Chapter 13 - The Emergence of Nipah and Hendra virus: pathogen dynamics across a wildlife-livestock-human continuum.

2006 | Other
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Tom Hughes

Malaysia Tropical Conservation Project Report of the Perhentian Phase

Coral Cay Conservation Ltd. London
2005 | Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Nipah virus strain variation - Response

Emerging Infectious Diseases
2005 | Journal article
Contributors: AbuBakar, S
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Analyzing the importance of land conversion as a driver of disease emergence in tropical forests

Journal article
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Tom Hughes

Peer review (13 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for Conservation biology : (1)
Review activity for Ecohealth. (7)
Review activity for Journal of infection in developing countries. (1)
Review activity for Journal of the Royal Society interface : (1)
Review activity for One health outlook. (2)
Review activity for PLoS neglected tropical diseases (1)