Elise Paietta

Elise obtained her PhD in Biology at Duke University in April 2025 from the lab of Dr. Anne Yoder where her interests in virology and One Health have led to the discovery of hundreds of viruses from lemurs, rodents, and people in both captive settings at the Duke Lemur Center and natural settings in southeastern Madagascar.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Student Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications

Metagenome-assembled microvirus and cressdnavirus genomes from fecal samples of house mice (Mus musculus).

Journal Article Microbiology resource announcements · August 2024 House mice, Mus musculus, are highly adapted to anthropogenic spaces. Fecal samples were collected from house mice entering primate enclosure areas at the Duke Lemur Center (Durham, NC, USA). We identified 14 cressdnavirus and 59 microvirus genomes ... Full text Cite

Diverse Circular DNA Viral Communities in Blood, Oral, and Fecal Samples of Captive Lemurs.

Journal Article Viruses · July 2024 Few studies have addressed viral diversity in lemurs despite their unique evolutionary history on the island of Madagascar and high risk of extinction. Further, while a large number of studies on animal viromes focus on fecal samples, understanding viral d ... Full text Open Access Cite

Interspecies Papillomavirus Type Infection and a Novel Papillomavirus Type in Red Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia rubra).

Journal Article Viruses · December 2023 The Papillomaviridae are a family of vertebrate-infecting viruses of oncogenic potential generally thought to be host species- and tissue-specific. Despite their phylogenetic relatedness to humans, there is a scarcity of data on papillomaviruses (PV ... Full text Open Access Cite

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