Tag: Infectious Diseases
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What causes disease outbreaks?
New research finds large-scale, zoonotic outbreaks are driven by different factors.
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Disease Detectives
UGA is looking for clues about how ecology could help prevent the next pandemic.
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UGA researchers to study zoonotic disease spillover
Most infectious disease outbreaks involve transmission from animals to humans.
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Scientists get $1.6M to study disease transmission
Researchers will focus on social and ecological factors in tropical landscapes.
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Statistical model could predict disease outbreaks
It includes preventable childhood infections such as measles and pertussis.
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Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill
Study caps a multi-year effort to determine cause of a neurological disease.
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5 UGA professors with spooky connections
Whether you revel in the music of the children of the night on All Hallows’…
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Researchers seek vaccine for ‘traveler’s diarrhea’
A joint effort between the University of Georgia and the University of Texas at Austin…
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Feeding wildlife can influence migration, disease
Animal migration patterns are changing as humans alter the landscape, according to new research from…
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NIH awards UGA researchers $2.6 million to fight African sleeping sickness
Athens, Ga. – The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.6 million to University of…
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Researcher developing coatings that help medical implants resist infection, clotting
A University of Georgia scientist is developing a new weapon in the fight against clotting…
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UGA researchers report milestone in global fight against a major cause of diarrheal disease
Infectious disease scientists from research institutions including the University of Georgia have reported the discovery…
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New Lyme disease forecast map targets rising tide of ticks
New research offers veterinarians a forecasting map that tells them which parts of the country…
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UGA entomologist Michael Strand elected to National Academy of Sciences
University of Georgia Regents’ Professor Michael R. Strand has received one of the highest honors…
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New model maps likelihood of Ebola spillovers
Ecologists at the University of Georgia have developed a model that maps the likelihood of…
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Parasitic wasp may aid battle against diseases spread by mosquitoes
Scientists at the University of Georgia are using lessons learned from a parasitic wasp to…
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Deadly raccoon roundworm can infect humans without symptoms, new UGA study finds
Although this “raccoon roundworm” was believed to cause severe problems and even death in people…
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More mosquito species than previously thought may transmit Zika
Zika virus could be transmitted by more mosquito species than those currently known, according to…
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White ibis salmonella shedding increases with urbanization, new UGA study finds
The more urbanized a place is, the more white ibises there are carrying salmonella-the same…
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New survey shows only half of people plan to get flu shots this year
Americans are split on getting an annual flu shot, with four out of 10 having…
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Study explains factors that influence the timing of infectious disease outbreaks
The delay between the time when a disease outbreak becomes possible and when it actually…
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Neurodevelopmental model of Zika may provide rapid answers
A newly published study from researchers working in collaboration with the Regenerative Bioscience Center at…
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Researcher receives $5.2 million to develop affordable diagnostic test for Chagas disease
An international team of researchers led by infectious disease experts at the University of Georgia…
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UGA researchers discover a drug for a tropical disease
Researchers at the University of Georgia are working to find the fastest way possible to…
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