Christine Kreuder Johnson

Christine Kreuder Johnson

Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology

Office
1089 Veterinary Medicine Drive, VM3B, Davis, CA 95616

Education
2003, PhD, University of California, Davis, California
2000, MPVM, University of California, Davis, California
1994, VMD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1990, BS, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, EpiCenter for Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence, (Principal Investigator), NIH NIAID
Co-Investigator, Advancing One Health Data Capture at the Point of Zoonotic Spillover in the Congo Basin Forest Perimeter, Evans (Principal Investigator), National Institutes of Health
Principal Investigator, Impacts of Rapid Landscape Change and Biodiversity on Virus Host Specificity, (Principal Investigator), NSF EEID
Co-Investigator, Investigation of sarbecovirus exposure patterns and development of pan-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody responses in high-risk cohorts in Myanmar, Evans (Principal Investigator), National Institutes of Health
Principal Investigator, Advancing One Health Data Capture at the Point of Zoonotic Spillover in the Congo Basin Forest Perimeter, (Principal Investigator), NIH
Principal Investigator, Measuring cross-seasonal differences in species compositions and coronavirus transmission in bats in Yolo County, California, (Principal Investigator), Wildlife Health Center
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2023 Johnson CK, Freeman JME, Smiley Evans T, Montecino-Latorre D, Uhart MM: Chapter 25: Emerging Coronaviruses: A One Health Harbinger, Jessup DA, Radcliffe RW, (ed), Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation, . .
2016 Quinn JH, Gabriel MW, Johnson CK: Pathogens and parasites in American badgers (Taxidea taxus), Proulx G, Do Linh San E, (ed), Badgers: Systematics, Biology, Conservation, and Research Techniques, Alberta, Canada. .
2011 Mazet JK, Johnson CK: Approaching health problems at the wildlife-domestic animal interface, Miller RE, Fowler ME, (ed), Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine: Current Therapy, St Louis. 153-60.
2002 Orsini JA, Kreuder C: Emergency medical and surgical principles and procedure, Diver TJ, Ornini JA, (ed), Manual of Equine Emergencies: Treatments and Procedures, Second Edition, Philadelphia. 1-128.
1998 Orsini JA, Kreuder C: Emergency medical and surgical principles and procedures, Divers TJ, Orsini JA, (ed), Equine Emergency Manual, Philadelphia. 1-92.
Research Focus
Wildlife epidemiology, with special emphasis on wildlife population health and emerging infectious diseases with significance to public health and global health security
Specialty Focus
Epidemiology, Disease Dynamics, Wildlife Health, Ecosystem Health, One Health
Ten Recent Publications

2023
Evans TS, Tan CW, Aung O, Phyu S, Lin H, Coffey LL, Toe AT, Aung P, Aung TH, Aung NT, Weiss CM, Thant KZ, Htun ZT, Murray S, Wang LF, Johnson CK^, Thu HM
Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses indicates frequent zoonotic spillover in human communities interacting with wildlife

2023
Latinne A, Nga NTT, Long NV, Ngoc PTB, Thuy HB, PREDICT Consortium, Long NV, Long PT, Phuong NT, Quang LTV, Tung N, Nam VS, Duoc VT, Thinh ND, Schoepp R, Ricks K, Inui K, Padungtod P, Johnson CK, Mazet JAK, Walzer C, Olson SH, Fine AE
One Health Surveillance Highlights Circulation of Viruses with Zoonotic Potential in Bats, Pigs, and Humans in Viet Nam

2023
Barkhasbaatar A, Gilbert M, Fine AE, Shiilegdamba E, Damdinjav B, Buuveibaatar B, Khishgee B, Johnson CK, Leung CYH, Ankhanbaatar U, Purevtseren D, Tuttle JM, Mazet JAK, Peiris JSM, Jambal L, Shatar M, Sukhbaatar T, Olson SH
Ecological characterization of 175 low-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds in Mongolia, 2009-2013 and 2016-2018

2023
Napit R, Manandhar P, Poudel A, Rajbhandari PG, Watson S, Shakya S, Pradhan SM, Sharma AN, Chaudhary A, Johnson CK, Mazet JK, Karmacharya D
Novel strains of Campylobacter cause diarrheal outbreak in Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) of Kathmandu Valley

2023
Smiley Evans T, Lowenstine LJ, Ssebide B, Barry PA, Kinani JF, Nizeyimana F, Noheli JB, Okello R, Mudakikwa A, Cranfield MR, Mazet JAK, Johnson CK, Gilardi KV
Simian homologues of human herpesviruses and implications for novel viral introduction to free-living mountain gorillas

2023
Leguia M, Garcia-Glaessner A, Muñoz-Saavedra B, Juarez D, Barrera P, Calvo-Mac C, Jara J, Silva W, Ploog K, Amaro L, Colchao-Claux P, Johnson CK, Uhart MM, Nelson MI, Lescano J
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in marine mammals and seabirds in Peru

2023
Napit R, Manandhar P, Chaudhary A, Shrestha B, Poudel A, Raut R, Pradhan S, Raut S, Rajbhandari PG, Gurung A, Rajbhandari RM, Dixit SM, Schwind JS, Johnson CK, Mazet JK, Karmacharya DB
Rapid genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in a dense urban community of Kathmandu Valley using sewage samples

2022
Carter NH, Miller MA, Moriarty ME, Tinker MT, Gagne RB, Johnson CK, Murray MJ, Staedler MM, Bangoura B, Larson S, Ernest HB
Investigating Relationships Between Genetics and Causes of Mortality in Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

2022
Sanchez JN, Munk BA, Colby J, Torres SG, Gonzales BJ, DeForge JR, Byard AJ, Konde L, Shirkey NJ, Pandit PS, Botta RA, Roug A, Ziccardi MH, Johnson CK^
Pathogen surveillance and epidemiology in endangered peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni)

2022
Sanchez JN, Reyes GA, Martínez-López B, Johnson CK^
Impact of social distancing on early SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States