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Kristian M. Forbes Data-verified
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High Impact
Associate Professor
faculty
23 h-index
96 pubs
1,588 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Kristian M. Forbes, an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, conducts research focused on zoonotic diseases and their transmission. His work investigates the role of animal behavior and host selection in the spillover of viruses to humans, with a particular emphasis on bats and rodents. Forbes is a Principal Investigator on a $700,636 NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant aimed at understanding how bat behavior and virus shedding drive spillover risk.
His recent publications explore topics such as predicting zoonotic risk, improving host predictions for rodent orthohantaviruses, roost selection by bats in Kenya, and the implications of human-bat interactions in rural settings. Forbes also studies humoral immunity in bats and its connection to viral pathogenesis and zoonosis. His research extends to serological evidence of zoonotic viral infections in wild rodents in Barbados and Kenya, as well as developing frameworks for understanding orthohantavirus functional traits.
Forbes' scholarship is recognized by a high-impact researcher designation, with an h-index of 23, 94 total publications, and 1,564 total citations. He actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Metrics
- h-index: 23
- Publications: 96
- Citations: 1,588
Selected Publications
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Food Subsidy Effects on Host Foraging Behavior Shape Host–Macroparasite Infection Dynamics (2026)
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Food Supplementation Reduces Nematode Super-Shedding in a Wild Mammal (2026)
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New parajeilongviruses detected in bats but not in humans: assays for screening and diagnostic purposes (2026)
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Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya (2025)
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Discovery and characterization of Sager Creek virus, a new orthohantavirus in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) (2025)
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Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal dsRNA and ssRNA(−) Viruses Subcommittee, 2025 (2025)
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Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya (2024)
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Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya (2024)
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Bat humoral immunity and its role in viral pathogenesis, transmission, and zoonosis (2024)
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Ecological factors alter how spatial overlap predicts viral infection dynamics in wild rodent populations (2024)
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Current and future environmental suitability for bats hosting potential zoonotic pathogens in rural Kenya (2024)
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Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations (2024)
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Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya (2024)
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Kenyan Free-Tailed Bats Demonstrate Seasonal Birth Pulse Asynchrony with Implications for Virus Maintenance (2024)
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Novel Ozark Orthohantavirus in Hispid Cotton Rats (<i>Sigmodon hispidus</i>), Arkansas, USA (2023)
Federal Grants 1 $700,636 total
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Contact PI
Jul 2024 - May 2028
Beyond discovery: bat behavior and virus shedding as drivers of spillover risk
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Joseph Ogola
University of Nairobi (KE)
18 shared publications
- The future of zoonotic risk prediction
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human–wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover
- Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya
- Seroevidence of Zoonotic Viruses in Rodents and Humans in Kibera Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
- Modern building structures are a landscape-level driver of bat-human exposure risk in Kenya
Showing 5 of 18 shared publications
Paul W. Webala
Maasai Mara University (KE)
14 shared publications
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human–wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover
- Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya
- Modern building structures are a landscape-level driver of bat-human exposure risk in Kenya
- No Substantial Histopathologic Changes in <i>Mops condylurus</i> Bats Naturally Infected with Bombali Virus, Kenya
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human-wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Tamika J. Lunn
University of Georgia (US)
14 shared publications
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human–wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover
- Bat humoral immunity and its role in viral pathogenesis, transmission, and zoonosis
- Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya
- Modern building structures are a landscape-level driver of bat-human exposure risk in Kenya
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human-wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Tarja Sironen
University of Helsinki (FI)
12 shared publications
- Bat humoral immunity and its role in viral pathogenesis, transmission, and zoonosis
- Serological Evidence of Multiple Zoonotic Viral Infections among Wild Rodents in Barbados
- Seroevidence of Zoonotic Viruses in Rodents and Humans in Kibera Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
- Effects of habitat management on rodent diversity, abundance, and virus infection dynamics
- No Substantial Histopathologic Changes in <i>Mops condylurus</i> Bats Naturally Infected with Bombali Virus, Kenya
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Reilly T. Jackson
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
12 shared publications
In database
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human–wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover
- Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya
- Modern building structures are a landscape-level driver of bat-human exposure risk in Kenya
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human-wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover
- Global patterns of reported human-wildlife interactions in areas of land-use change
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Nathaniel Mull
Shawnee State University (US)
10 shared publications
- Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses
- A framework for understanding and predicting orthohantavirus functional traits
- Effects of habitat management on rodent diversity, abundance, and virus infection dynamics
- Global patterns of reported human-wildlife interactions in areas of land-use change
- Viral competence data improves rodent reservoir predictions for American orthohantaviruses
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Sarah A. Budischak
Scripps College (US)
8 shared publications
- Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations
- Do Some Super-Spreaders Spread Better? Effects of individual heterogeneity in epidemiological traits
- Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations
- Ecological factors alter how spatial overlap predicts viral infection dynamics in wild rodent populations
- Food Subsidy Effects on Host Foraging Behavior Shape Host-Macroparasite Infection Dynamics
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Colin J. Carlson
Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
7 shared publications
- The future of zoonotic risk prediction
- Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses
- Zoonotic Risk Technology Enters the Viral Emergence Toolkit
- Viral competence data improves rodent reservoir predictions for American orthohantaviruses
- Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Olli Vapalahti
Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
7 shared publications
- Serological Evidence of Multiple Zoonotic Viral Infections among Wild Rodents in Barbados
- Seroevidence of Zoonotic Viruses in Rodents and Humans in Kibera Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
- No Substantial Histopathologic Changes in <i>Mops condylurus</i> Bats Naturally Infected with Bombali Virus, Kenya
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Moses Masika
University of Nairobi (KE)
6 shared publications
- Seroevidence of Zoonotic Viruses in Rodents and Humans in Kibera Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
- No Substantial Histopathologic Changes in <i>Mops condylurus</i> Bats Naturally Infected with Bombali Virus, Kenya
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
- Dengue virus serotype 4 in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Kenya
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Essi M. Korhonen
University of Helsinki (FI)
6 shared publications
- Seroevidence of Zoonotic Viruses in Rodents and Humans in Kibera Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
- Current and future environmental suitability for bats hosting potential zoonotic pathogens in rural Kenya
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
- Dengue virus serotype 4 in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Kenya
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Daniel J. Becker
University of Oklahoma (US)
5 shared publications
- Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses
- Demography, education, and research trends in the interdisciplinary field of disease ecology
- Viral competence data improves rodent reservoir predictions for American orthohantaviruses
- Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses
- Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses
Meggan E. Craft
University of Minnesota System (US)
5 shared publications
- Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations
- Do Some Super-Spreaders Spread Better? Effects of individual heterogeneity in epidemiological traits
- Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations
- Ecological factors alter how spatial overlap predicts viral infection dynamics in wild rodent populations
- Food Subsidy Effects on Host Foraging Behavior Shape Host-Macroparasite Infection Dynamics
Richard J. Hall
5 shared publications
- Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations
- Do Some Super-Spreaders Spread Better? Effects of individual heterogeneity in epidemiological traits
- Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations
- Ecological factors alter how spatial overlap predicts viral infection dynamics in wild rodent populations
- Food Subsidy Effects on Host Foraging Behavior Shape Host-Macroparasite Infection Dynamics
Teemu Smura
Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
5 shared publications
- Novel Ozark Orthohantavirus in Hispid Cotton Rats (<i>Sigmodon hispidus</i>), Arkansas, USA
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
- Discovery and characterization of Sager Creek virus, a new orthohantavirus in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya
- Dengue virus serotype 4 in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Kenya
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