A recently released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that since 2004, the number of people who get diseases from mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the U.S., and that nine of these diseases have been discovered or newly introduced in the country. The following Indiana University experts are available to comment on how these insects spread, the diseases they carry and the relationship between pathogens and their hosts.
Keith ClayTicks, tick-borne disease, invasive species, environment, movement ecology, microbial symbiosis, disease and host ecology. IU Bloomington Phone: (812) 855-8158 Email: [email protected] | Expert BioA professor in the Indiana University Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Biology, Keith Clay is a leader in the field of biology focused on studying how symbiotic relationships between organisms affect larger-scale ecological and evolutionary processes. (more) |
Richard HardyMosquito-transmitted viruses, virus replication, virus transmission. IU Bloomington Phone: (812) 856-0652 Email: [email protected] | Expert BioRichard Hardy is a professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences whose primary research interest is the reaction of mosquito-transmitted viruses in the insect host. (more) |
Irene NewtonWolbachia, honey bees, symbiosis, bacteria, insects, parasites, genomics, evolution of symbionts, vector biology. IU Bloomington Phone: (812) 855-3883 Email: [email protected] | Expert BioAssociate professor Irene Garcia Newton is a microbiologist in the Department of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington, where she conducts research on host-microbe interactions. (more) |
Oghenekaro OmodiorRecreation accessibility as a social determinant of health-related quality of life; the role of personal protective behavior in vector-borne emerging infectious disease risk-reduction; applications of geographic information sciences (GIS) in public health, parks, recreation and tourism studies. IU Bloomington Phone: (812) 856-7031 Email: [email protected] | Expert BioAssistant professor Oghenekaro Omodior's global health research focuses, among other things, on innovations for preventing the transmission of vector-borne emerging infectious diseases associated with travel, tourism and outdoor recreation. (more) |
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