Sentences with phrase «studying disease ecology»

For example, we are continuing to generate the base of evidence needed to empower science based control of the spread of rabies within vampire bats in Latin America, but also exploring fundamental questions about cross-species transmission and the role of host and pathogen genomics in studying disease ecology».

Not exact matches

To make the predictions as precise as possible takes understanding the ecology not just of the place being studied, but also of the disease and the human population.

In theory, the disease could be halted by limiting people's access to unaffected areas, but that would be a very unpopular policy and perhaps impossible to implement, he says.The rapid spread of sudden oak death is «such a dynamic system that a lot of our tools in ecology for understanding and predicting patterns are inadequate,» says Rick Ostfeld of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York.

Additionally, culling may have unintended consequences: destabilizing host ecology can actually increase risk for disease transmission, as seen in studies of Marburg and rabies viruses.

Roman Biek, a biologist at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom who studies the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, agrees that the study paints a fascinating historical picture, but he notes that the results won't rewrite our fundamental understanding of TB disease dynamics.

Finally, the field would benefit from more studies that look at the impacts of disturbance or management interventions on the ecology of multiple diseases simultaneously.

We research the ecology, evolution, and epidemiology of vector - borne, wildlife, and zoonotic diseases using field - based studies and molecular tools.