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CIDD brings together scientists in a range of complementary disciplines to innovate in infectious disease research.

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Postdoctoral fellowship in molecular virology and immunology Postdoctoral research fellowship opening to participate in an integrated project on the temporal and spatial dynamics of cellular innate responses to viral infection and coinfection. — Posted Jul 03, 2009
Faculty Appointments in Infectious Disease: The Evolution & Dynamics of Pathogens We are seeking interactive, interdisciplinary candidates who are Mathematicians, Physicists, Statisticians, Climate Modelers or Biologists, to work across disciplines and identify novel insights and solutions to managing the disease burden. — Posted Jul 02, 2009
Highlights from recent research
Targeted insecticides could reduce malaria Targeted insecticides could reduce malaria Using insecticides indiscriminately can cause mosquitoes to built up a resistance to the insecticides creating a never ending race to engineer new insecticides. By changing the approach and creating insecticides that only target older mosquitoes the pressure to reproduce is reduced and the chances of building a resistance are greatly reduced.
Climate change and fungal disease in amphibians Climate change and fungal disease in amphibians Many amphibian extinctions in recent decades were apparently caused by a fungal disease. But what underlies increased disease incidence? Has climate change made it easier for the fungus to spread? Or has the fungus been introduced in more places independently of climate change? A new data analysis shows that neither theory explains observed amphibian population declines well. Instead, a mix of factors may be responsible
Tropical reservoir for human influenza? Tropical reservoir for human influenza? An analysis of more than 1300 complete influenza genomes shows different evolutionary patterns for two important viral subtypes (A/H1N1 and A/H3N2). Changes in diversity through time in northern and southern hemispheres suggest that for each of these subtypes, new strains arise from a reservoir in the tropics and move out to temperate regions.
Influenza A virus: history of reassortment Genetic sequences collected between 1918 and 2005 indicate that reassortment happens frequently in the evolutionary history of the Influenza A virus, including in the emergence of epidemic viruses.
Predicting the unpredictable: measles outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa Predicting the unpredictable: measles outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa Strong seasonal variations in transmission mean it is difficult to predict the size of measles epidemics in Niger from year to year. The large variability in annual outbreaks has implications for efforts to control outbreaks by vaccination.
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