«Whether we can
predict emerging diseases is a whole other question,» Ford says, especially as their vectors or risk factors might take time to assess.
Not exact matches
Satellite imagery is used for all sorts of climate study, from identifying conditions that allow infectious
diseases like West Nile virus and cholera to
emerge, to creating models for
predicting hurricanes, to distinguishing natural resources such as wind, water and sunlight.
«It will certainly lead to boring names and a lot of confusion,»
predicts Linfa Wang, an expert on
emerging infectious
diseases at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong.
«Clarifying how
disease outbreaks subside will help us
predict, and respond to, other
emerging pathogens in plants, wildlife — and in humans,» Voyles said.
RENO, Nev. - The search for answers to protect Central American frogs from extinction is also giving scientists clues on how to
predict and respond to
emerging diseases and epidemics in humans, plants and other wildlife.
PREDICT http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ohi/
predict/index.cfm Building a global early warning system to detect
emerging diseases that move between wildlife and people