Eleca Dunham

Was a graduate student in CIDD until August 2008

Research while at CIDD

Molecular evolution of pathogen strains:

Host immune-mediated selection on pathogen gene expression
Cross-species jumps and pathogen adaptation to new hosts
Immune-mediated and direct competition between pathogen strains
Evolution of strains through mutations and recombination

Study systems

Influenza

Dengue

Selected publications

Dunham EJ & Holmes EC (2007). Inferring the timescale of dengue virus evolution under realistic models of DNA substitution. J. Mol. Evol. 64: 656-661

Miura O, Kuris AM, Torchin ME, Hechinger RF, Dunham EJ & Chiba S (2005). Molecular-genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria cumingi (Crosse). Int. J. Parasitol. 35: 793-801

Lafferty KD & Dunham EJ (2005). Trematodes in snails near raccoon latrines suggest a final host role for this mammal in California Salt Marshes. J. Parasitol. 91: 474-476

Faculty

Research Associates

Postdoctoral researchers

Graduate students

Ex-CIDD: now elsewhere

Eleca Dunham

Research while at CIDD

Study systems

Selected publications