Human factors − such as how people produce food and how they organize themselves and live together − influence disease outbreaks.
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Bird flu is decimating species already threatened by climate change and habitat loss.
The microbiologist who directs the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University explains all the biosafety precautions in place that help him feel safer in the lab than out.
The outbreak continues to spread in new geographies and in numbers.
Emerging research suggests that preexisting immunity to dengue virus, which is endemic in South America, could make a subsequent Zika infection worse.
What is the difference between these pathogens, and how dangerous are they?
This parasitic infection is endemic in Central and South America, and can lead to serious health complications. Though rare in the US, incidence is starting to increase.
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Assistant Professor-Division of Infectious Diseases, The Ohio State University
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MSc, University of Saskatchewan
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Research Fellow, Malaria biochemistry, Monash University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, University of East Anglia
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Director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories and Chair of Microbiology, Boston University
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Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College