A disease ecologist is a scientist who studies how diseases spread and interact with the natural environment. They help us understand how diseases affect different species and ecosystems. Full definition
«This sort of deep epidemiology is important,» says Raina Plowright, an infectious disease ecologist at Montana State University in Bozeman. (sciencenews.org)
Hunting and deforestation have already brought chimpanzees to the brink of extinction, but «diseases such as anthrax, Ebola, or introduced human respiratory viruses may serve as the final nail in their coffin,» says disease ecologist Tom Gillespie of Emory University in Atlanta. (sciencemag.org)
That we really need to step up in our fight and our knowledge in what we can do to help them,» said Cornell University Wildlife Disease Ecologist Dr. Krysten Schuler. (wbng.com)