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

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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
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Daily temperature fluctuations affect malaria transmission potential Daily temperature fluctuations affect malaria transmission potential Most climate-based malaria transmission models utilize mean monthly temperatures to explore the impact of climate on infection dynamics. According to CIDD researchers, this leads to an overestimation of malaria transmission in higher temperature areas and underestimation of transmission in lower temperature areas. Their studies show that daily temperature fluctuations greatly influence the incubation period of parasites in their vector, which alters malaria transmission potential.
Birth rates and vaccination affect the timing of rotavirus epidemics Birth rates and vaccination affect the timing of rotavirus epidemics Experts have been at a loss to explain the pattern of rotavirus epidemics in the U.S, in which seasonal activity begins in the southwest and ends in the northeast each year. Using epidemiological modeling, CIDD researchers have revealed that geographic differences in birth rate explain this apparent traveling wave. Their model also clarifies the impacts of vaccination and herd immunity.
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.
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