Publications
In-preparation
Kauffman, Kayla M. and Rajaonarivelo, Jeanne Arline and Rabeson, Sitraka and Rakotondramanana, Rijaniaina Tsiry and Maheriniaina, Randriamoria Toky and Randria, Rianja and Pender, Michelle and Soarimalala, Voahangy and Nunn, Charles L. and Tortosa, Pablo and Young, Hillary, Assessing the Cross-Species Effects of Dog Leptospira Vaccinations in Rural Northeastern Madagascar. Under review. 2024.
Kauffman, Kayla M., Michelle Pender, Jean Yves Rabezara, Prisca Rahary, Mark Janko, Tyler Barrett, Lev Kolinski, Maheriniaina Toky Randriamoria, Voahangy Soarimalala, James Moody, David Lopez-Carr, Randall Kramer, Georgia Titcomb, Charles Nunn. Demographic drivers of land use by smallholder farmers in Madagascar.
Kauffman, Kayla M., Georgia Titcomb, Mark Janko, Randriamoria Toky Maheriniaina, Michelle Pender, Voahangy Soarimalala, Peter Mucha, Hillary Young, Charles Nunn. Risk realization: Assessing fine-scale spatial predictions of zoonotic risk in rural Madagascar. In preparation
Kauffman, Kayla M., Michelle Pender, Voahangy Soarimalala, Randall Kramer, Hillary Young, Charles L Nunn, Georgia Titcomb. Exploring the Interplay of Demographics and Land-Use Patterns in Rural Madagascar. In preparation
Jeanne A. Rajaonarivelo, Kauffman, Kayla M., Voahangy Soarimalala, Toky M. Randriamoria, James P. Herrera, Natalie Wickenkamp, Magali Turpin, Fiona Baudino, Steve M. Goodman, Charles L. Nunn, Pablo Tortosa. Effects of land use on Leptospira prevalence and transmission in Malagasy small mammals.
Published works
2025
Dubrulle J*, Kauffman, K*, Soarimalala V, Randriamoria T, Goodman SM, Herrera J, Nunn C, Tortosa P. Effects of habitat degradation on Hantavirus infection among introduced and endemic small mammals of Madagascar. Ecology and Evolution. Accepted 2025. *co-first authors
2024
Tyler Barrett, Georgia Titcomb, Mark Janko, Michelle Pender, Kayla Kauffman, Alma Solis, Toky Randriamoria, Hillary Young, Peter Mucha, James Moody, Randall Kramer, Voahangy Soarimalala, and Charles Nunn. Disentangling Social, Environmental, and Zoonotic Transmission Pathways of a Gastrointestinal Protozoan (Blastocystis spp.) in Northeast Madagascar. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. Accepted 2024. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39287986/
Carcauzon V, Herrera JP, Kauffman KM, Baudino F, Wickenkamp N, Randriamoria TM, Soarimalala V, Goodman SM, Nunn SM, Lebarbenchon C, and Tortosa P. Astroviruses in terrestrial Malagasy mammals. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012263
2023
MV Evans, T Ramiadantsoa, K Kauffman, J Moody, C Nunn, JY Rabezara, P Raharimalala, TM Randriamoria, V Soarimalala, G Titcomb, A Garchitorena, and B Roche. Socio-demographic variables can guide prioritized testing strategies for epidemic control in resource-limited contexts. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad076
2022
Kauffman, Kayla, Werner Courtney S., Titcomb Georgia, Pender Michelle, Rabezara Jean Yves, Herrera James P., Shapiro Julie Teresa, Solis Alma, Soarimalala Voahangy, Tortosa Pablo, Kramer Randall, Moody James, Mucha Peter J. and Nunn Charles. 2022. Comparing transmission potential networks based on social network surveys, close contacts and environmental overlap in rural Madagascar. J. R. Soc. Interface. 19:20210690. 20210690. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0690
2021
Kauffman, Kayla M., Todd E. Cornish, Kevin Monteith, Brant A. Schumaker, Tayler LaSharr, Katey Huggler, and Myrna Miller. Detection of Deer atadenovirus A DNA in dam and offspring pairs of Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelson). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 57(2), 2021. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00034
2019
Kauffman, Kayla M.. Expanding the knowledge of the epidemiology of Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease: Deer atadenovirus A genotype distribution in Western North America and dam to offspring transmission (Master’s Thesis). University of Wyoming. Presented 7 July 2019. Published 16 Aug 2019. Proquest (22620093).
2018
White M, Kauffman, K, Lewis J, Miller R. 2018. Wild pigs breach farm fence through harvest time in southern San Joaquin Valley. Calif Agr 72(2):120-126. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2018a0017