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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… discovery. Among them was a model that Cary Institute disease ecologist Shannon LaDeau created 15 years ago … from West Nile — presumably because the virus’s mosquito vectors were more likely to thrive. That finding … direction as she realized the scarcity of data related to mosquito composition, abundance, and distribution in urban …
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Troubling waters: Antiviral medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses
… medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses Researchers raise concerns that … concluded co-author Barbara Han , a Cary Institute disease ecologist. “It could be they are consuming a very … Emma J., 2018. High mortality in aquatic predators of mosquito larvae caused by exposure to insect repellent. …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… his study plots were dying off due to pests like Beech Bark Disease, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, and spongy moths. This …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
How Lyme disease became unstoppable There was nothing … humans disrupted the environment and fueled an era of tick-borne diseases. Photo by Spongetastic69 July … referred to as the deer tick), it is the most common vector-borne disease in the country. And its incidence is …
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West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
… income. Graduate student Kaitlin Saunders checks a mosquito trap in Baltimore, Maryland. Collected mosquitoes … Mosquito-borne Disease In Baltimore, …
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Catching the next pandemic early: the coronavirus is one example
… An intimidating image of a mosquito, magnified about 1,000 times larger than life, … mood matched the topic: the highly infectious animal-borne diseases that threaten hundreds of millions of people … talk in New York City ; probably because the speaker, disease ecologist Barbara Han , has a surprisingly …
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Low-income Baltimore blocks host bigger, more dangerous mosquitoes
… American Over the past five decades mosquito populations in parts of the U.S. have skyrocketed … have to bite at least once to become infected with disease-causing microorganisms and again to pass them on to … who was not involved in the study. Fortunately, mosquito-borne diseases are not a massive problem in the U.S. for …
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In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes
… Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at risk. Image: Paul Leisnham, a … from University of Maryland - College Park, collecting mosquito larvae in a vacant lot in Baltimore. Credit: … Mosquito-borne Disease …
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Studying effects of temperature and competition on larval mosquitoes
… relevant to human health. Larval mosquito mesocosms in an incubator. Credit: Emmanuel Kotey. … is important to predicting the course of mosquito-borne disease under changing climatic conditions. To …
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Elizabeth Valentine
… Elizabeth began her career at Cary in 2016 performing Lyme disease ecology research. She earned a Biology M.S. from …
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